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타이틀	How Mockups, a Key Engineering Tool, Help to Promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education
저자	McDonald, Harry E.
Keyword	EDUCATION;; ENGINEERING;; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;; MATHEMATICS;; SAFETY;; SCHOOLS;; SCIENCE;; STUDENTS
URL	http://hdl.handle.net/2060/20100042409
보고서번호	JSC-CN-22465
발행년도	2010
출처	NTRS (NASA Technical Report Server)
ABSTRACT	The United States ranking among the world in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education is decreasing. To counteract this problem NASA has made it part of its mission to promote STEM education among the nation s youth. Mockups can serve as a great tool when promoting STEM education in America. The Orion Cockpit Working Group has created a new program called Students Shaping America s Next Space Craft (SSANS) to outfit the Medium Fidelity Orion Mockup. SSANS will challenge the students to come up with unique designs to represent the flight design hardware. There are two main types of project packages created by SSANS, those for high school students and those for university students. The high school projects will challenge wood shop, metal shop and pre-engineering classes. The university projects are created mainly for senior design projects and will require the students to perform finite element analysis. These projects will also challenge the undergraduate students in material selection and safety requirements. The SSANS program will help NASA in its mission to promote STEM education, and will help to shape our nations youth into the next generation of STEM leaders.