nsf workshop “building partnerships and pathways to address engineering grand challenges” at...
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NSF WorkshopNSF Workshop“Building Partnerships and “Building Partnerships and Pathways to Address Pathways to Address Engineering Grand Engineering Grand Challenges” Challenges” at U.T . El Paso, Texas at U.T . El Paso, Texas Kamlesh Lulla, Ph.D.; Ph.D.Deputy Director, University Research and Affairs OfficeNASA Johnson Space Center
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Collaboration is our focus at Johnson:
“Bringing the best minds from universities and other research
groups to collaborate with the best minds from
NASA Johnson Space Center”
What is in our portfolio?
The University Research and Affairs Office links the university, federal and other research communities
with JSC for synergistic science and engineering efforts.
• Long-term Relationships: To enhance JSC’s long-term relations with academic community for increased research and technical support for exploration
• Enhance Engineering Education: To improve JSC involvement in higher education (undergraduate, graduate to faculty outreach) for workforce development
• Engage Space Grant Consortia: To engage Space Grant universities’ and Minority serving institutions to ensure that they have NASA relevance, especially with a focus on exploration goals and increase their participation in NASA education programs
Examples of recent activities:
Engineering Deans’ Conference
Systems Engineering Curriculum development
Systems Engineering Educators’ workshop
Engineering Skills Enhancement initiatives
Networking opportunities for new and recentlyhired employees
How can you and your students get involved?
Graduate student programsDoctoral fellowshipsPostdoctoral fellowshipsFaculty NASA program (selective)Faculty Guest/Visitor (selective)
Pre-Kindergarten Post-doctorate
Discovery of a New Mineral from a Cometary Particle
Brownleeite discovery flowchart.
NASA JSC scientist and a Postdoctoral fellowdiscovered a new mineral in a Cometary particle 2009
Stardust Sample
The Stardust sample return capsule on display in the National Air and Space Museum.
Graduate students worked with NASA science teamon this project
Johnson Space CenterAreas of Collaboration
Engineering: Johnson is an Engineering center
•Structural Engineering
•Crew and Thermal Systems•Avionic Systems
Engineering
•Aeroscience / Flight mechanics•Energy Systems•Systems Architecture and Integration•Systems Engineering
Robotics and Automation Engineering
Centaur stowing sample box.Centaur bending over and acquiring a sample.Centaur acquiring sample box from crew rover testbed.
Robonaut manipulating truss couplers.Robonaut preparing to weld.Two Robonauts assisting a suited astronaut.
White Sands Test Facility
Space Life Sciences: Human system research
•Space Flight Medicine•Human Adaptation to Space flight•Habitability•Human Factors
Habitability in Space
Rotating Reverse Osmosis for Water Recovery on Long-term Space Missions
Human Adaptation:Countermeasures to Space-flight-induced Orthostatic Hypotension
NASA’s AGS currently worn with the advanced crew escape suit post-bedrest.
Russia’s Kentavr suit worn by cosmonauts under the Sokol suit duringre-entry and landing.
ARES – Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science
How do we implement collaborations?
•Space Act Agreements (SAA’s) with universities to enhance research and technology development and to promote science and engineering education
• IPAs: Personnel Agreements for Exchanges of JSC staff and academic faculty and students to increase research and education for technical needs for space exploration.
• Special programs (e.g. NASA Administrator’s Fellows)
• Other avenues that institutions develop
