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Raytheon / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Lou Mayo

mayo@mail630.gsfc.nasa.gov

astronomertogo@comcast.net

Goddard Space Flight Center Code 670

Building 26, Room 109

Greenbelt, MD 20771

W: 301 286-0165

Astronomer Chair of the Parkland Partnership Committee

Member DC Space Grant Consortium

Co-Chair AAS/DPS Education Committee

Member NASA Sun Earth Connection Education Forum

We offer access to many NASA education programs in all areas of

science, math, and technology. Just a few examples of these programs include:

Sun Earth Day

Student Observation Network

After School Astronomy Clubs

Space Weather Action Centers

Cassini Reading Writing and Rings

Space Place

Mars for Educators

Teach Space Science

Meredith DeMoss

Coordinator, Undergraduate Recruitment & Special Programs

A. James Clark School of Engineering

University of Maryland

1137A Glenn L. Martin Hall

College Park, MD 20742-3011

Phone: 301.405.0287

Fax: 301.314.9867

mdemoss@umd.edu

Nicole P. Roop

Assistant Director, Aerospace Engineering Undergraduate Program

3172 Glenn L. Martin Hall

University of Maryland, College Park

College Park, MD 20742

Phone: 301-405-8959

Fax: 301-314-9001

nroop@umd.edu

Educating students about the many opportunities in engineering is our

specialty, and the Clark School offers various ways to help students

learn through presentations, hands-on activities, and tours. We begin

by explaining how math and science can be applied in engineering, the

experiences available at the University of Maryland, College Park, and

describe what careers engineers pursue.

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Dr. Harold Williams

harold.williams@montgomerycollege.edu

 Montgomery College at Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus

Takoma Avenue and Fenton Street

Takoma Park, MD 20912

Phone - 301-650-1463

Fax - 301-650-1674

Montgomery College Planetarium

Dr. Harold Alden Williams, Planetarium coordinator and physics & geology

lab coordinator, adjunct professor, and vice president of Montgomery

College staff union, AFSCME local 2380, representing more than 450 people.

Montgomery College Planetarium

Astronomy Courses Offered in the Planetarium

Syllabus for traditional AS101 class in a planetarium, Monday & Wednesday night.

Syllabus for distance learning AS101 online class..

 Syllabus for distance learning AS102 online class.

Syllabus for MA100 class taught the traditional way.

Teacher Workshops.

National Capital Astronomers.

 Best info on the Web about Astrolabes.

Montgomery College Staff Union AFSCME local 2380.

Civil Air Patrol

Lt Col John Knowles

John.knowles@bcc.mdwg.cap.gov

CIVIL AIR PATROL MARYLAND WING

United States Air Force Auxiliary

PO BOX 18341

BALTIMORE, MD 21240-8341

Our cadet program focuses on leadership skills, aerospace education, and

physical fitness. Maryland cadets are able to participate in a number of

activities, both within the state and across the nation. Maryland is home to

the National Honor Guard Academy, the Maryland Wing Powered Flight Solo

School, the Aerospace Academy, and the Tri-Wing Encampment. Maryland Cadets

participate in Blue Beret, Cadet Officer School, International Air Cadet

Exchange, and many other national cadet special activities.

Aerospace Education is an integral part of Civil Air Patrol for both cadets

and adult members. Members learn about the history of flight and discuss the

future of air and space exploration. Cadets experience the thrill of flight

through both powered and glider orientation rides where their "book"

knowledge of aerodynamics is demonstrated in the air. Maryland provides an

excellent opportunity for members to visit some of the best aviation museums

in the country as well as locations such as NASA where history is being made

every day.

www.mdcap.org

www.cap.gov

United Stated Air Force

Arnold Engineering Development Center

White Oak

Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel no. 9

Dan Marren, Director

Phone: 301-394-1750

Email:Dan.Marren@Arnold.AF.Mil

Nearby at the Federal Research Center at White Oak is a one-of-a-kind high

speed wind tunnel used to understand the challenges of high-speed flight.

Engineers and scientists are available to help students and faculty

understand aerospace principals, see a live test facility in operation and

provide guidance on aerospace curricula pertinent to the aerospace community

at large.

http://www.arnold.af.mil/

http://www.arnold.af.mil/aedc/factsheets/tunnel9/HypvelTun9.pdf

Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9

White Oak site in Silver Spring, Maryland

The Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel 9 Facility provides aerodynamic simulation in

critical altitude regimes associated with strategic offensive missile

systems, advanced defensive interceptor systems, reentry vehicles, and

hypersonic vehicle technologies. Tunnel 9 is a blow down type facility with

operational Mach numbers of 7, 8, 10, 14, and 16.5. This facility utilizes a

unique storage heater which provides supply pressures up to 1430 atmospheres

and supply temperatures up to 3460 degrees Rankine and sustains long-duration,

constant-condition runs. Tunnel 9 contains two test legs to accommodate the multiple testing

capabilities available at the facility. Each leg contains a test cell which

is five feet in diameter and over twelve feet in length. These test cells

can accommodate full-scale reentry bodies, full-scale endo-interceptors, and

large-scale aerospace vehicles and hypersonic inlet models.

With nominal test times up to 15 seconds, Tunnel 9 provides high test

productivity by allowing parametric variations (such as angle-of-attack

sweeps, control jet operations, window cooling operations, and/or flow

surveys) on heavily instrumented models during a single run.