SCSGC Workforce Development Programs

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SCSGC Workforce Development Programs
Tell me and I'll forget show me and I may
remember, involve me and I'll understand.
Confucius, 500 BC
Dr. Mitchell Colgan, Director SCSGC and SC NASA
EPSCoR College of Charleston 843-954-5463 Colganm_at_
cofc.edu
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SCSGC Workforce Development Goals

• To provide undergraduates with hands-on research
  experiences while working on NASA-related
  scientific and engineering projects.
• To increase the number of students pursuing
  NASA-related science and engineering professions.

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SCSGC Workforce Development Programs2003-2006

• NASA Center Internships
• Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs)
• Geospatial Institute (GSI)

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SCSGC NASA Internships

• Goals
• To expose undergraduates to the exciting
  research environment at NASA centers
• To increase participation of SC students in
  research studies at NASA field centers.

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SCSGC NASA InternshipsCompetitively Awarded

• Since 2003, we have supported 17 students
• 87,100 in funding
• Students have participated in programs at Ames,
  JPL, Goddard, Wallops, Langley and Glenn.

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Research Experience for Undergraduates (REUs)

• REU Goals
• To advance NASAs research agenda.
• To raise the profile of NASA in the region, which
  will in turn raise the overall interest in
  aerospace related studies on SCSGC-REU campuses.

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Four REUs2005 and 2006

• Bioastronautics (Medical Univ. of SC) (2 years)
• Microgravity - Biological (Wofford College)
• Advance Materials (Clemson University)
• 190K in REU awards
• 22 student participants from all over the US

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The Geospatial Institute (GSI)

• GSI Goals
• - To train students to understand, integrate,
  and master geospatial technology.
• - To increase the number of students from a
  broad range of disciplines to pursue geospatial
  careers that are vital to NASA's Science Mission
  Directorate.

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The Geospatial Institute

• Geospatial Summer Institute at the College of
  Charleston
• 70K GSI award
• 15 student participants from all over the US
• Student remote sensing research projects