Transcript NASA Langley Research Center Office of Strategic

NASA Langley Research Center
Office of Strategic Communications and Education
Langley Aerospace Research Summer
Scholars (LARSS) Program
Presented
by
Mary Sandy
Director
Virginia Space Grant Consortium
LARSS Program Partners
The Langley Aerospace Research Summer
Scholars (LARSS) Program is managed for
NASA by the Virginia Space Grant
Consortium under the auspices of the
National Institute of Aerospace.
LARSS Overview
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Program Goals
Program Description
Program Activities
Application Information
Sponsorship Opportunities
Contact Information
John Miller, Virginia Space Grant Sponsored
Student - Working on the design for a semiautonomous hand-launched flying wing.
http://research.nianet.org/larss
LARSS Program Goals
• Encourage high caliber college
students to pursue and earn
graduate degrees
• Enhance their interest in
aerospace research by exposing
them to the professional research
resources and facilities of LaRC
• Continue to feed the NASA
pipeline and the Nation’s STEM
skills base with highly qualified
undergraduate and graduate
students
Heather Finney - Nebraska Space
Grant Sponsored Student
LARSS Program Description
• Summer, Fall, and Spring Internship
Opportunities
• ~120+ Summer research positions
~20 Fall and Spring positions
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Internship stipend based on 10
weeks:
Undergraduate:
$4,500
Graduate:
$5,000
Sam Zarovy, Minnesota Space
Grant Sponsored Student Implementing experimental flight control
codes into autopilot system used in
unmanned aerial vehicle.
• 10-week work period for summer
15-week work period for spring/fall
Note: Opportunities for select HS seniors and college
freshmen/sophomores with previous NASA program
experience and 3.5 GPA
LARSS Program Activities
Research Project
• Picnic
• Lecture Series
• Tours
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• Graduate Seminar
• Poster Session
• Banquet
• Networking
Anna Czachurski - Alabama Space Grant Consortium
and Reuben Oliver - Louisiana Space Grant Consortium Certificate of Participation being presented by Stephen
Jurczyk, Deputy Director, Langley Research Center.
Andrew Whitten and Chiu-Ying
“Francis” Low, North Carolina Space
Grant Sponsored Students - Discussing
their team design team-building activity
for a future space vehicle at the annual
picnic.
LARSS Application Information
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2008 Spring Deadline: Oct. 26, 2007
2008 Summer Deadline: Feb. 1, 2008
2008 Fall Deadline: March 6, 2008
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Electronic Application Package Includes:
- Application Form
Destiny Rainney Mississippi Space
Grant Sponsored Student - Researching
Air Quality Project for DEVELOP team.
- Resume
- Transcript (PDF)
- Statement of Goals
- References
http://edu.larc.nasa.gov/larss
Doneshia Reynolds South
Carolina Space Grant
Sponsored Student
LARSS Sponsorship Opportunity
• The LARSS Program allows opportunities for interested outside
organizations to financially sponsor one of its scholars.
• Partners for the 2007 LARSS Program were:
– Thirteen Space Grants: AL, IN, LA, MI, MN, MS, NC, NE, NV, NY,
SC, VA and WV
– Morgan State University
– ROME Contractor
• 2008 Partners: Space Grants, Industry, Clubs, Schools
JD McClurkin Indiana Space
Jing Pei North Carolina Space
Hillary Shyface sponsored by
Grant sponsored student
Grant sponsored student
Nevada Space Grant
LARSS Space Grant Supported Scholars
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Alabama Space Grant: Anna Czachurski, Auburn University
Indiana Space Grant: Janie “JD” McClurkin, Purdue University
Louisiana Space Grant: Reuben Oliver, Southern University
Michigan Space Grant: Andrew Whitten, University of Michigan
Minnesota Space Grant: Samuel Zarovy, University of Minnesota
Mississippi Space Grant: Destiny Rainney, Jackson State Univ.
Nebraska Space Grant: Heather Finney, Hastings College
Nevada Space Grant: Hilary Shyface, Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas
New York Space Grant: Nicholaus Parziale, SUNY-Binghamton
North Carolina Space Grant: John Fuller, Jing Pei, & Doug
Stefanski, NC State University; Francis Low, UNC-Chapel Hill;
Brandon Tai, UNC-Charlotte
• South Carolina Space Grant: Devon Knipple, University of South
Carolina; Doneshia Reynolds, South Carolina State University
• Virginia Space Grant: John Miller, Old Dominion University
• West Virginia Space Grant: Alex Gray & Kyle Phillips, West
Virginia University
LARSS Contact Information
Debbie Murray, LARSS Program Coordinator
Office of Education Mail Stop 400-LARSS
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Phone: (757) 864-5215
E-mail:
[email protected]
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Sarah Pauls,
LARSS Program Assistant
Phone: (757) 864-4394
E-mail: [email protected]
Kyle Phillips West Virginia Space Grant
Sponsored Student
http://research.nianet.org/larss