Undergraduate/Graduate Workshops
Supported by Space Florida & the NASA / Florida Space Grant Consortium
Space Florida & the NASA / Florida Space Grant Consortium invite undergraduates registered at a Florida school to attend 5-day Workshops scheduled throughout the year. Applicants must be U.S. citizens. The workshops provide the building blocks necessary to advance education goals, as well as assist students entering the space / science workplace. Students are engaged in stimulating science and math activities as well as offer exciting opportunities to meet key employers and scientists from the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) workforce. A challenging, workshop itinerary provides the students with real-world science and engineering projects. Under the supervision of Dr. Larry Chew (UCF), they develop problem solving skills –a necessary function for cutting-edge technology and development. Applications are now being accepted for these 5-day space workshops at the Center for Space Education, Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Workshop activities (may vary depending on KSC scheduling and timelines):
- Build and test payloads for scientific weather balloons
- Build autonomous robots capable of obstacle avoidance
- Design stabilization capabilities for the payload on the scientific, weather balloon
- On-Site NASA education visits to key KSC installations
- Tour Historic Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Launch Sites
- Learn about Global Positioning Systems (GPS)
- Participate in Q&A sessions with leading KSC and CCAFS employers and scientists
- Design and launch high-powered rockets
Qualifications: U.S. Citizenship
Space Florida Workshop details
- The Workshops are held at the Center for Space Education Labs, Kennedy Space Center
- Upcoming Workshop dates will be posted on this web site
- Participants bring their own lunch
- There is no cost for workshop and shared hotel accommodations to accepted applicants
- Online application process
- Contact Ms. Emma Rader at erader@spaceflorida.gov, Tel: (321) 730- 5301, Ext. 231, Fax: (321)730-5307
- Due to KSC regulations, there is a dress code enforcement policy and a security background check to be completed for all accepted applicants
- Open application policy
Space Florida Upcoming Workshops
12-15-2008 ~ 12-19-2008
(Five Day Program)
*Hotel Accommodation Provided
