NASA Career Exploration Program Space Toxicology

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NASA Career Exploration ProgramSpace Toxicology

• Steve Intern
• Project Presentation
• CEP High School 2008-2009

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Steve M. Intern

• Born in Houston, TX but I consider Deer Park, TX
  to be my hometown
• Senior at Deer Park High School
• Member of the National Honor Society, French
  Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, French Club
• Junior Varsity Orchestra
• I speak English and Spanish fluently, and Im
  currently learning French

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Toxicology Group
The Toxicology Laboratories in JSC serves as the
NASA-wide resource for all aspects of Space
Toxicology. The mission of the Toxicology Office
is to protect spacecraft crews from toxic
exposures.
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My Part

• Space Toxicology Database Project
• Develop a system that organizes scientific
  information resources and provide the needed
  information in an efficient way.
• Create the HTML portion of the database.

• Additional Project Support
• Serve the needs of the Toxicology Group and the
  NASA community at JSC.

• JSC Animal Facility
• Work with the Toxicology Team to help take care
  of the mice.

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Database Design

• Used HTML code because I had previous experience
  with it and it is an effective tool.
• Keyword Search
• Toxicology Memos and Shuttle Mission Reports
• Opinions of Toxicology Group contributed to
  overall design and function

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Database Functionality

• The database contains a home page with links to
  two types of documents that have been compiled
  Memo Archives and Shuttle Mission Reports.

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Accessibility by Year

• While on Home Screen, click on Memo Archives
• Click on the down arrow and a series of years
  will appear.
• Select the year that applies and a list of memos
  will be available to view

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Inventory Code Key
Memo archives
Shuttle Mission Reports
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Enrichment Experiences

• The STS-126 mission
• Tour of SAIL
• Meeting Gene Kranz at Apollo 13 movie night

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Experience Gained
Responsibility
Team Work
Time Management
Working Independently
Hands-on Experience
Become a better individual!
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Future Plans
Begin Undergraduate Degree at the University of
Houston Major in Mechanical Engineering with a
Minor in Mathematics
Graduate from Deer Park HS Class of 2009
Back to NASA full-time!
Participate in CEP Tier 2
Participate in NASA Co-op
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Thank you!

• Acknowledgements
• Mentor
• USRA Supervisors
• Co-workers
• Supervisors