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Materials Presented at the MU-SPIN Ninth Annual Users' Conference Code 933 NASA/CPm2000-209970 [] m m m Materials Presented at the MU-SPIN o Ninth Annual Users' Conference Sponsored by NASA's Office of Equal Opportunity Programs Minority University Research and Education Division James Harrington, Jr., Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland Robin L. Brown, ADNET Systems, Inc., Potomac, Maryland Proceedings of a Conference Held at Florida International University r_ and the Wyndham Airport Hotel Miami, Florida September 21-25, 1999 m "'Preparing for MU-SPIN 2000: A New MU-SPIN for the New Millennium" November 2000 U [] mm m m l j_ m m _I_1 im J ! E _ iI I I REPORT/DOCUMENTATION PAGE J _; _oPPr067Vo,sd.0, S8 Public reporting burden for Ihis colleclion of informalion is oslimated to averago I hour per response. 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The MU-SPIN conference focused on showcasing successful experi- ences with information technology to enhance faculty and student development in areas of scientific and technical research and education. And, it provided a forum for discussing increased participation of MU-SPIN schools in NASA Flight Missions and NASA Educational and Public Outreach activities. 14. SUBJECTTERMS 15. NUMBER OF PAGES 225 MU-SPIN; outreach; teacher education 16. PRICE CODE 17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION 20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRAC'r OF REPORT OF THIS PAGE OF ABSTRACT Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified UL NSN 7540-01-280-5500 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89) m i The NASA STI Program Office ... in Profile m Since its founding, NASA has been dedicated to CONFERENCE PUBLICATION. Collected the advancement of aeronautics and space papers from scientific and technical science. 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Brown, ADNET Systems, Inc., Potomac, Maryland Proceedings of a Conference HeM at Florida International University and the Wyndham Airport Hotel Miami, Florida September 21-25, 1999 @ "Preparing for MU-SPIN 2000: A New MU-SPIN for the New Millennium" National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 November 2000 Iw m W Q i III J II I II m J J I _m Available from: U NASA Center for AeroSpace Information National Technical Information Service 7121 Standard Drive 5285 Port Royal Road Hanover, MD 21076-1320 Springfield, VA 22161 Price Code: A17 Price Code: A10 m i Table of Contents Conference Summary ............................................................................................ 1 Agenda ................................................................................................................. 7 List of Attendees ...................................................................... • 1 5 Poster Session .................................................................................................... 31 f_ MinoritY University Research & Education Didvision (MURED) Update ................ 115 MU-SPIN Update ................................................................................................ 121 Space Science Opportunities for Involvement .................................................... 129 Calls for Participation ....................................................................................... 1 51 Earth Science Opportunities for Involvement ..................................................... 157 Education Opportunities for Involvement .......................................................... 165 r-- w F w w I I v tl I m m _Jij W -- i r • L . V Conference Summary IIF i V i@ i i i 2 MU-SPIN Ninth Annual Users' Conference Conference Summary James Harrington, MU-SPIN Project Manager and Valerie Thomas, LaVal Corporation MU-SPIN's Ninth Annual Users Conference was held from September 21-25, 1999 and hosted by Florida International University, a predominantly Hispanic-serving institution located in Miami, FL. Its theme was A New MU-SPIN for the New Millennium. The MU-SPIN conference focused on showcasing successful experiences with information technology to enhance faculty and student development in areas of scientific and technical research and education. And it provided a forum for discussing increased participation of MU-SPIN schools in NASA Flight Missions and NASA Educational and Public Outreach activities. The Conference opened on Tuesday September 21, 1999 with a Poster Session that featured 35 posters on a variety of topics. They included posters on: Space Science (Planetary Nebula M57, L0ngslit Spectra of Galaxy NGC 1569, Blackholes, Lagoon Nebula, and Cosmology for:N0n-Science Majors) Earth System Science (Learning Earth Science Through Visualization) Databases (Implementing a Database Management System, and Network Configuration and Database Programming) Computer Science (Interactive Pre-College Computational Science, Real-Time Constraints, PC Operating Systems, UML and RAS, Code Generation, Automatic Online Tests
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