Precollege Outreach Activities
The section supports annual Engineers Week activities including the ongoing program to send engineers into local classrooms.
David A. Levinson was chairman of Discover "E" 2001 for the Silicon Valley Engineering Council
The Section continues with over nine years of Teacher Workshops co-sponsored by NASA Ames Research Center. Held at various sites in California, the workshops include hands-on science sessions, distribution of curriculum materials, facility tours, and presentations by AIAA members and Educator Associates.
Group photo from one of the 1999 workshops
Held each year to commemorate Apollo 11’s first manned landing on the moon, The essay question for 2001 is inspired by the first and highly publicized space tourist visit to the International Space Station. The year 2001 question to be answered by the young people is: "What should we do in Space" Click here for 2001 Announcement and Instructions. Click here for Entry Form. Click here to read year 2000 winning essays.
Volunteers are needed each year to judge essays on originality and realism
of ideas presented, soundness of logic used to develop ideas, and quality
of composition and clarity of expression. Winners are honored at an Annual
Awards Banquet held in July where U.S. Savings Bonds, calculators, and
AIAA seals flown in space are among the prizes. Each year’s contest generally begins in March.
Established as a collaborative effort between NASA Ames Research Center
and AIAA San Francisco, this annual Scholarship Program is held as a memorial
to the NASA men who perished on the Ames Galileo I aircraft on April 12,
1973. Open to high school seniors who intend to pursue a career in engineering,
mathematics, or physical or natural sciences, two $1,750 scholarships and three
$1000 scholarships were awarded this year. CLICK
HERE for additional photos of the awards banquet..
Scholarship winners flanked by Matt Jardin and John Boyd. L. to R. the
winners are: Jesse Alejandro, Ivana Chang, Swati Saini, Tammy Ma, and Gregory
Donaker.