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1 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 1 Words to Live By What can you conceive more silly and extravagant than to suppose a man racking his brains, and studying night and day how to fly? — William Law, 'A Serious Call to a Devout and Holly Life XI,' 1728 I confess that in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.... Ever since, I have distrusted myself and avoided all predictions. — Wilbur Wright, in a speech to the Aero Club of France, 5 November 1908 There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the Moon because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the earth's gravity. — Dr. F. R. Moulton, University of Chicago astronomer, 1932.
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By: James Brough National Manager Aviation & Space Education Programs Date: July 28, 2009 Federal Aviation Administration EAA Educator Day 2009 FAA Aviation & Space Education (AVSED) Programs
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3 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 3 A Little Bit About AVSED
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4 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 4 AVSED Vision
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5 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 5 Why is it important? Projections indicate significant shortages in our aerospace workforce It is vital to economic growth - 3-5% GDP It is vital to industrial growth - 10 Million jobs It is vital to America
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6 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 6 So how do we do this?
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7 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 7 Collaborations
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8 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 8 National Partnerships Build-A-Plane (BAP) Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Jamail Larkins and Dream Launch Tour Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) FAA Commercial Space Transportation International Black Aerospace Council (IBAC) National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) National Coalition for Aviation Education (NCAE) Ninety-Nines, Inc. Organization of Black Airline Pilots (OBAP) Women in Aviation International (WAI) Youth Aviation Adventure (YAA)
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9 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 9 Youth Aviation Adventure Introducing young people to the exciting world of aviation! The Youth Aviation Adventure Program (YAA) was founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1997 by Dan Kiser and Steve Wathen. Each program typically attracts 150-200 participants. Currently, YAA has over one hundred pilot and other adult volunteers. Kids spend about twenty minutes at each of the nine stations where they participate in discussions and activities. YAA program as a modular, inexpensive, repeatable system that can be transplanted and duplicated anywhere.
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10 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 10 Teacher Workshops and Classroom
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11 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 11 EXPOS Career Days
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12 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 12 ACE Academies
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13 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 13 Real World Design Challenge 1. Training Design & Global Engineering 2. Science, Math and Engineering Mentors Mentors are from DOE Energy Laboratories; Industry and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Higher Education. 3. Real Problem Aviation Challenge defined by industry. 4
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14 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 14 4. Real Tools –Pro/ENGINEER Schools Edition 3D (CAD) software, each license of Pro/ENGINEER is worth $3,000, since each teacher will receive 300 licenses that is a donation of $900,000 per teacher. –Windchill Global Engineering collaboration software: The commercial value of Windchill ProjectLink is $2,800 per seat. Each school team will get seven seats worth $19,600. –Engineering Fluid Dynamics (EFD.Pro) is a new breed of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software produced by Mentor Graphics. This fluid dynamics simulation software. Each participating school will be provided with one license of EFD.Pro for FREE. The commercial value of EFD.Pro is $24,500. Each school team will get one license.
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15 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 15 5.Real Roles –Student teams are built around real industry roles such as project manager, scientist, engineer, and community relations & marketing. 6. Real Contribution –Contribute innovative solutions to real industry design problems. The US Department of Energy will provide travel support for the winning teams travel to Washington, DC.
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16 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 16 Contact: Dr. Ralph K. Coppola Real World Design Challenge Project Director & Director of Global Government & Strategic Education Programs Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC) 11710 Plaza America Drive Suite 2000 Reston, VA 20190 Phone: 703-871-5176 Email: rcoppola@ptc.com
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17 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 17 Contact Us faa.gov/education
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18 Federal Aviation Administration July 28, 2009 18 THANK YOU
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