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AIAA Baltimore Section
AIAA and Baltimore Section
Precollege Programs
Tom Milnes
Navigation Modeling Section Supervisor
Johns Hopkins University / Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)
Baltimore Section Precollege Programs
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
AIAA Educator
Associate Program
AIAA Baltimore Section
• Educator Associate Program
– Join AIAA for free as an Educator Associate
• http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=215
– Apply for Grant of up to $200 per teacher and 5 teachers
per school ($1000) for Classroom Math, Science,
Engineering and Technology Hands On Projects
• Rubric
– http://www.aiaa.org/pdf/student/2009_Classroom_Grant_Rubric_v3.pdf
• Online Application
– http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=245
AIAA Educator
Achievement Award
• Every Two Years
– 7 Educators Total
• Expenses Paid Trip to Washington DC
– Tour of Capital’s Aerospace Facilities
– Gala Spotlight Awards Ceremony
– http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=217
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Kid’s Place
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• Web Site: http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=473
Workshops
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• MESA
– Model Rocket Basics
– Aerodynamics
• Paper Plane
• Launched Glider
• Windmill
• Maryland Engineering Challenges
– Paper Plane
– Electric Cargo Challenge
Judging
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• MESA Regional and State Competitions
• Maryland Engineering Challenges
– Paper Airplane
– Electric Cargo Challenge
• Montgomery Fair
– 4-H Aerospace Club
• Rockets
• Airplanes
And…
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• MESA Career Fair
• Classroom Visits
• Event Visits
– Flying Principal
• You Tell Us!
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Maryland Engineering
Challenges
Elementary School
Paper Plane Challenge
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• February Each Year
• 4 students per team – Written Report – Oral
Interview - Timed Build – Jumbo Paper Clip is
“Passenger”
• Performance Score: Length x Speed x Accuracy
– Length = Length of Flight
– Speed = Length of Flight / Time of Flight
– Accuracy = 1 – Deviation / Length of Flight
• Deviation is distance from center line
• Contact Tom Milnes at [email protected]
for latest rules.
Setup for Paper
Plane Challenge
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d = deviation
Speed = Length / Time*
L = Length
Accuracy = (1-d/L)
Start Line
*Time from throw to plane stops sliding on floor - “Gate Time”
rather than “Landing Time”
MESA Participants
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MESA Participants
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High School Electric
Cargo Plane Challenge
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• New MESA Competition!!!!
• Plane built by student teams of 1-4 students must
complete one lap of tethered flight with and without
cargo about a “power pole” (which distributes
electrical power via the tether)
– Plane must be 8” off the ground at all times
• Other Components
– Report
– Oral Interview
– Design Score
• Contact Tom Milnes at [email protected]
for latest rules.
Yours in Education!
AIAA Baltimore Section
• AIAA Baltimore Section Precollege Programs
– Tom Milnes - [email protected]