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1 RAMP-UP Program & Radio Astronomy 101
NAC V Workshop Paul Guèye, PhD NSBP Past-President ( ) Hampton University NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

2 NSBP (Brief) History Foundation: 1977 at Morgan State University
Mission: “… NSBP seeks to develop and support efforts to increase opportunities for African Americans in physics and to increase their numbers and visibility of their scientific work ....” Flagship: NSBP Annual Conference Largest gathering of minority physicists Recruitment: students, postdocs, faculty NSBP2017: Atlanta, GA President & Board Past-President: Dr. Paul Gueye (Hampton U.) 2012–Present: Increased efficient/meaningful partnerships 2016-Present President: Dr. Renee Horton (NASA/Michoud, LA) NSBP2015 (Baltimore, MD) NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

3 NSBP Highlights Annual Conference
1977  DOSLAS Meetings  NSBP Conference Largest minority physics conference ~600 participants: ~50% students, ~25% postdocs Powerful recruiting tool! Fall Atlanta, GA – November 3-5, 2017 Physicists Inspiring the Next Generation (PING) Next generation of scientists: G6-12 students Scientists/Faculty  Grads  Undergrads G6-12 2013 (NAC)  “Yannick” Pegasus Trip to GBT 2014 (OSTP): NSBP/NRAO pilot project : NRAO [T. Spuck, S. A. Heatherly] : nuclear physics extension (JLab/FRIB) NSBP2015-Women PhDs JLab NRAO NRAO NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

4 NSBP/NRAO-NAC: 2013-2017 NAC: History & Overview Current Programs
2013: NSBP  HBCU Physics/Astronomy Depts.: 12 Current Programs Annual Workshop (Howard Univ.’13-16, Cambria Hotel’17) NAC Summer Program GradMap workshops Year-round mentoring NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

5 HU/NRAO: 2016-2017 2016 2017 Summer Fall Spring (Kabir talk, NAC-V)
Dr. Al Amin Kabir (PhD, Kent State, nuclear physics) Participation in NRAO/NINE2016 Fall New hire (lab coordinator/lecturer) NSF award (PI-Sayanagi, Co-PI-Gueye): comets impacts on Jupiter 2017 Spring (Kabir talk, NAC-V) Radio-astronomy (elective) course (4 students: 2 physics, 2 biology) One Green Bank Observatory (40 ft/H-line experiment) One Central Development Laboratory (UVA) – pending (Fall’17) G6-12: pilot research course for high school … NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

6 HU/NRAO: 2016-2017 2017, cntd Spring’17 G6-12: pilot research course
Undergraduate physics experience Research, Stipend, Presentations College credit (w/ HU-Physics) PHY110-Seminar PHY191-Research (focus) … and publish!! NRAO: telescope, soldering kits Summer’17: continue research … Fall’17 Official courses: radio-astronomy & H2O Scholarships: NSF (1-UG), NRAO (1-UG) NAC-V presentations: A. Kabir, AstroPhysKids HU-Spring2017 AAAS/ERN2017 NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

7 Conclusion NSBP/HU-NAC partnerships
Great success story!! Fantastic model Should be maintained/sustained/duplicated Publicity: put the word out Funding : a must for sustainability Expand : Hispanics*, Native Americans* … NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

8 Contacts Paul Gueye NSBP/Hampton University Tel (direct) (main) NAC-V Workshop/Washington, DC September 15-17, 2017

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