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2020 Johnson Space Center STEM Engagement Highlights National Aeronautics and Space Administration FY 2020 STEM ENGAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS Johnson Space Center External Relations Office 1 2020 OVERVIEW www.nasa.gov/johnson/education As Johnson Space Center continues to lead human spaceflight endeavors with its missions, the Johnson Office of STEM Engagement, or JOSTEM, is poised to MISSION inspire a new generation of explorers to reach greater We engage students heights. Our next giant leap, the Artemis program, will send humans to the Moon in 2024 and pave the way in NASA’s missions. to Mars. Students and educators are our explorers, and we are paving the way to increase knowledge among stakeholders and expand our reach outside of traditional VISION audiences. JOSTEM’s activities attract students and We immerse educators from across the nation, but there is also a keen students in NASA’s focus on engagement to specifically serve Texas and our work, enhance local community. This year, none of us were immune to the effects of the pandemic sweeping the nation, and we STEM literacy and all worked together to adapt to the new normal. We are inspire the next so proud of our participants, partners and the education generation to community for rising to the occasion and accepting our explore. safety measure of updating our activities to virtual formats. In several cases, this allowed even more participation than planned. STRATEGIC GOALS Create unique opportunities for students and the public to contribute to NASA’s work in exploration and discovery. Build a diverse future STEM workforce by engaging students in authentic learning experiences with NASA’s people, content and facilities. Strengthen public understanding by enabling powerful connections to NASA’s mission and work. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS STUDENT WORK EXPERIENCES JSC Internships ................................................................................................................. 5 STUDENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) ............................................................................ 7 Microgravity Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) ......................... 8 NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) .................................................... 9 NextGen STEM - Moon to Mars ....................................................................................... 10 NextGen STEM - STEM on Station ................................................................................... 11 Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) ............................................. 12 RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT MUREP Institutional Research Opportunity (MIRO) ........................................................... 14 MUREP Innovation and Tech Transfer Idea Competition (MITTIC) ..................................... 15 MUREP Other Opportunities (MOO) ................................................................................. 16 EDUCATOR & INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT Space Exploration Educators Conference (SEEC) ............................................................ 18 STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS Houston Independent School District (HISD) Aerospace Academies ................................ 20 Microsoft .......................................................................................................................... 21 High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) ........................................................................... 22 Texas Instruments ............................................................................................................ 22 LOOKING AHEAD STEM Engagement Learning Lab ..................................................................................... 24 What’s Next?.................................................................................................................... 25 EDITOR’S NOTE: During the COVID-19 pandemic our staff, participants, and supporting partners did everything possible to maintain the integrity of our activities while transitioning to virtual options. Some of our activities were able to happen normally before March 2020, but other photos in this report illustrate a mix of the traditional in-person activities from previous years and screenshots of the adapted virtual offerings this fiscal year (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020). Rest assured we made great strides to protect the health of students, educators, and team members at every turn. No one was ever put at risk by physical gatherings after the onset of the pandemic. 3 Student Work Experiences 4 JSC UNDERGRADS INTERNSHIPS AND GRADS intern.nasa.gov NASA Internships at Johnson Space Center and White Sands Test Facility create opportunities for students to contribute directly to NASA’s mission. NASA professionals serve as mentors and provide mission-related projects that present a strong pathway to a career with NASA or in the STEM workforce. Internships at a Glance 19% Funded by non-STEM appropriation 66 Fall Interns 242 35% 30% Where did 110 total FY20 of interns reported as the funding Winter interns identified as underrepresented come from? Interns at JSC female 66 Spring Interns 81% Funded by an organization at Johnson or White Sands Onsite internships went virtual during COVID-19, which challenged both interns and mentors to learn new teleworking skills. Transitioning to a virtual internship has been an exciting experience. I get to work on projects at NASA that are making a difference while being in the comfort of my own home. It is the best of both worlds and I am just thankful for the internship teams’ efforts to ensure internships go on. – Robert Irvine, NASA intern 5 Student Learning Opportunities 6 TEXAS HS HAS JUNIORS nasa.gov/has High School Aerospace Scholars (HAS) engages Texas high school juniors in a 16-week, interactive online course about space exploration and inspires them to pursue future careers in the STEM workforce. The highest-achieving students are typically invited to a six-day summer residential experience at Johnson Space Center, where they work in teams on engineering and design challenges to plan a mission to Mars. Students are mentored by NASA scientists and engineers, and tour NASA facilities. COVID-19 prompted online learning improvements and a redesign of the HAS curriculum. Known as HAS Moonshot, the new virtual, gamified version of the program will increase the quality and scale of future iterations. 48% 147% Increase Increase compared to compared to 94% Completed 2019 2019 24 Texas educators were employed as Technical Reviewers and Game 1,148 611 573 Moderators. Students Students Participated in HAS Virtual Students Fully Participated in the Experience Compared to the Usual 270 During the five-day summer experience, Online Course That Can Be Accommodated in Person Virtual Experience participant teams were mentored virtually by NASA scientists, engineers and interns up to three hours per day. This was further enhanced by one- of-a-kind opportunities such as virtual In 2020, participants represented HAS is good for anyone and 360-degree tours of JSC facilities and everyone, not just those who 248 cities, online visits from NASA astronauts, are interested in engineering. the largest reach in the history of HAS. engineers, and scientists. – HAS participant A new partnership with Texas A&M Engineering Experimental Station (TEES) will enhance Texas Aerospace Scholars by providing new opportunities to increase impact within targeted communities in Texas such as the Rio Grande Valley. HAS over the last 20 years has received a total of $11.8 million in support from partners, including the State of Texas, the University of Houston, TEES, the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo, Inc.™ and Rotary National Award for Space Achievement. 7 UNDER MICRO-G NEXT GRADS NCAS stem.nasa.gov/artemis Microgravity Neutral Buoyancy Experiment Design Teams (Micro-g NExT) challenges undergraduate students to design, build, and test a tool or device addressing an authentic, current space exploration challenge as NASA makes plans for the Moon and Mars. The overall experience includes hands-on engineering design, test operations, and public outreach. Student teams travel to NASA’s Johnson Space Center to test their tools in the simulated microgravity environment of the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory — a 6.2-million-gallon pool used for astronaut training. Challenge At A Glance Institution Breakdown Students 479 Participated Proposals 54 Received Participating 30% 24% 33 Institutions 21% 15% States 21 Represented New to Minority- Community Submitted Micro-g NExT Serving Colleges Multiple Institutions Proposals Each challenge focused on one of two Challenge Option Breakdown key aspects of Artemis missions: crew search and rescue devices or spacewalk Surface Autonomous Vehicle for Emergency Rescue (SAVER) tools for lunar sample collections. Dust-Tolerant Pivot Mechanism Dust-Tolerant Loose Sample Device Lunar Sample Coring Device Initial Sample Collection Device 22% 21% 14% 28% 26.6% 26.6% 18% 18% 15% 25% 22% 26.6% 20% 17% Proposals Submitted Designs Built Designs Tested Thank you for continuing to make testing happen despite COVID-19 and not just cancelling the challenge entirely. It was a lot of fun and a great experience. – Micro-g NExT participant 8 COMMUNITY NCAS COLLEGE go.nasa.gov/ncas NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) engages community college students interested in STEM careers. The five-week, online learning experience consists of discussions, webinars with NASA subject matter experts, and design
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