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OSGC Observations – Winter, 2016 Page 1 My Journeys with NASA! By Kenneth W. Smith, Jr. NASA Student Ambassador I am a recent graduate of The University of Akron with a B.S. in Aerospace Systems Engineering (Summa Cum Laude), and also an OSGC scholarship recipient during my Junior and Senior years as an undergraduate. I was recently named as NASA Student Ambassador and am currently at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) working with the Launch Services Program (LSP). As of Fall Semester, 2015, I will be attending Georgia Tech to attain my PhD in Aerospace Engineering. At KSC, I am working on a Coupled Loads Analysis study. Coupled Loads Analysis is an analytical simulation of flight loading events, which are performed to define the critical flight loads for both the launch vehicle and the spacecraft. This is important because a loads test is not done on the coupled Launch Vehicle and Spacecraft, so it is important to have accurate mathematical models of each and have good technique of the coupling them together to get an accurate representation of a launch environment. I am doing this Loads analysis study of a simple jim beam structure and doing individual testing of three plates that make up this structure, and seeing how well I can predict its modes and natural frequencies in an FE model. By using this simple structure as an example, we can now get numerical data, and test it to see how similar the models are. There will be five phases to this research: 1) Hand calculations of the predicted modes (completed) 2) FEM Models using FEMAP to test the models of individual plates and then predict where the modes of the full assembly will occur and what they will look like (currently analyzing) 3) Perform a modal test on the structure 4) Perform an environmental vibration test 5) Compare/analyze/update models/produce final report Continued on Page 2 Winter, 2016 Kenneth at Kennedy Inside this Issue: Page(s) NASA Ambassador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Education Scholar – Chicago Schools. . . . 5-6 OSGC Former Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7 Featured Student Internships . . . . . . . . . . . 8 OSGC New Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Scholarship Awardees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Fellowship, Community College . . . . . . . . 10 and Education Awardees Pre-Service Teacher Workshop . . . . . . . . . 11 UAS Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13

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My Journeys with NASA! By Kenneth W. Smith, Jr.

NASA Student Ambassador

I am a recent graduate of The University of Akron with a B.S. in Aerospace Systems Engineering (Summa Cum Laude), and also an OSGC scholarship recipient during my Junior and Senior years as an undergraduate. I was recently named as NASA Student Ambassador and am currently at NASA Kennedy Space Center (KSC) working with the Launch Services Program (LSP). As of Fall Semester, 2015, I will be attending Georgia Tech to attain my PhD in Aerospace Engineering.

At KSC, I am working on a Coupled Loads Analysis study. Coupled Loads Analysis is an analytical simulation of flight loading events, which are performed to define the critical flight loads for both the launch vehicle and the spacecraft. This is important because a loads test is not done on the coupled Launch Vehicle and Spacecraft, so it

is important to have accurate mathematical models of each and have good technique of the coupling them together to get an accurate representation of a launch environment.

I am doing this Loads analysis study of a simple jim beam structure and doing individual testing of three plates that make up this structure, and seeing how well I can predict its modes and natural frequencies in an FE model. By using this simple structure as an example, we can now get numerical data, and test it to see how similar the models are. There will be five phases to this research:

1) Hand calculations of the predicted modes (completed) 2) FEM Models using FEMAP to test the models of individual

plates and then predict where the modes of the full assembly will occur and what they will look like (currently analyzing)

3) Perform a modal test on the structure 4) Perform an environmental vibration test 5) Compare/analyze/update models/produce final report

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Winter, 2016

Kenneth at Kennedy

Inside this Issue: Page(s)NASA Ambassador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5Education Scholar – Chicago Schools. . . . 5-6OSGC Former Fellow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7Featured Student Internships . . . . . . . . . . . 8OSGC New Faces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Scholarship Awardees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Fellowship, Community College . . . . . . . . 10 and Education Awardees Pre-Service Teacher Workshop . . . . . . . . . 11UAS Workshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13

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My Journeys with NASA! (Continued from Page 1)

Mode Shapes of Plate

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My Journeys with NASA! (Continued from Page 2)

Mode Shapes of Assembly

Gold Rear Plate (4 X 6 X 3/8)

So far it has been fun, but very humid. There is a beach, a really nice Visitor Center, and tours of KSC. Kennedy is really cool since there are actual launch complexes that you can get near. On the second day you take a 5 hour tour of most of Kennedy, this includes the launchpads, Vertical Assembly Building (VAB), The Visitor Center, etc.

There are plenty of theme parks within an hour drive, however the price of them is crazy expensive. There are cheaper alternatives, but they are not the real deal. The beach is nice, the center is on a wildlife reserve which is cool (you can see crocodiles), the bio-luminescence is a summer thing around here.

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My Journeys with NASA! (Continued from Page 3) Though the Center is big, once you get into your group, that’s pretty much where you stay. It shrinks the whole place down. The work is always exciting because you know that what you are doing will fly, where at LaRC it is a research center, and missions are just forming. A lot of them get cancelled or changed, and it seems as if you will never see the mission com into fruition. The exact opposite here! It is exciting to know that what you are working on will be in space. NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) My NASA LaRC experience was one of my favorites. I got to spend a Fall, Spring, and Summer semester there. I worked in the Systems Integration and Test Branch all three times doing a variety of things.

My first semester there I designed the new GN2 (Gaseous Nitrogen) system in the building. GN2 is used for spacecraft instrument purges and in thermal vacuums, due to its extreme cold temperatures as well as it being known as a “clean gas.”

My second time at Langley I worked on designing a portable shaker system that would be used to perform vibration test that could not be mounted to the shaker tables at Langley. In parallel, I also devised an experiment that would test the vibration environment of two different aircrafts. These aircrafts were the HU-25, and B-200, that were both used for airborne experiments. Luckily, I was able to actually fly in the aircrafts and perform the test. I had to perform three flights in the HU-25 and two in the B-200. I created a test document with all the background and Power Spectrum Density curves that will be used by scientists when considering the environment while testing. My third semester at Langley I was part of a Game Changing Development (GCD) design project to return an Antares rocket second stage using a Hypersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (HIAD). This group was to test the bounds of the new thermal protection system for the inflatables and to have an initial trial of a similar size HIAD that would be needed when reentering Mars. I worked closely using the LISA software for flight trajectory as well as calculating the heat transfer of the nozzle too cool, and the deorbit propulsion. I enjoyed Langley’s area! It was in a town called Hampton, Virginia, but was close to Virginia Beach, Colonial Williamsburg, Busch Gardens, etc. So whether you liked the beach, or history, there was always something to do. I loved going to the Virginia Air and Space Museum (VASM) and just walking around, watching IMAX Movies. I went to a big party at VASM to celebrate Yuri’s Night (April 12/First man in space). There were aliens, drinks, music, and star gazing on the roof. It was one of the most fun times I have had anywhere. The people at Langley were very close. This could be due to it being a smaller center, but everyone knew almost everyone, and they were always willing to give tours of different places, like the wind tunnels, or the gantry. There were also a bunch of leagues to join (softball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, etc.) I ran the summer 5k (Moonwalk), watched the F-22’s takeoff from the Langley Air Force Base, and even went to the bar on center, Afterburners. The LARSS Program was very good about keeping everyone involved, setting up tours and intern nights. They also set up photos in front of the hangar in flights suits. It is a shame it is gone.

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Kenneth at Glenn

Kenneth at Langley

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My Journeys with NASA! (Continued from Page 4) NASA Ambassador I have done a few events representing the Ambassadors. I have done Technology Day and Home School Day at the Virginia Air and Space Museum celebrating STEM and discussing some of the new technologies at NASA. I got to explain some of the concerns with traveling to Mars such as radiation and reentry. I also represented the ambassadors at Busch Gardens discussing similar things. While back at school, I participated in some STEM events for the STEM High Schools where I talked about NASA and set-up paper rocket launches. We had the students figure out how much pressure was needed to launch a paper rocket a given distance. The Ambassador program is very self-starting and is all what one puts in it. If one is not self-motivated, it becomes a useless title, but I felt the need to expand and talk about the awesome things NASA has been and will be doing.

OSGC Education Scholar Reaches Out to Chicago Schools! By Stacey Forte, Kent State University

This summer, I was privileged to receive the opportunity to impact the lives of about 150 girls from inner-city Chicago. The Midtown Educational Foundation (MEF) is an organization that holds a summer program for girls, Grades 4-12, called the Midtown Metro Achievement Center. The program splits the girls into sub-programs: Grades 4-6, 7-8, and high school (9-12). For six weeks, the girls take academic classes in mathematics, science, and language arts, as well as fun electives such as engineering, cooking, art, or choir. The center hires licensed teachers for the academic positions and college students for the elective courses. The college students also have the responsibility of meeting with the girls once a week to talk about goal setting and character formation. Although the program is highly focused on enriching the girls academically, they are also greatly focused on character development. Each week, the girls also get to go on a field trip to different Chicago attractions, such as the Brookfield Zoo, the Chicago Botanical Gardens, and the Chicago Institute of Art. I had originally applied to be one of the college student counselors, since I am obviously not a licensed teacher yet. However, it was not long after I had my skype interview that I received an email with the job acceptance, as well as a request to choose between being a counselor and the mathematics teacher for the 4th-6th grade program. As a pre-service teacher who would take any teaching opportunity she can get her hands on, I enthusiastically accepted the mathematics teacher position. Turns out they simply did not have enough applicants for this position that had the same values as the MEF. Nevertheless, I was beyond grateful that these people had enough confidence in me to take on this opportunity as a classroom teacher. For the 4th-6th grade program, there are two 3-week sessions, each with three different classes (4th grade class, 5th grade class, and 6th grade class). Each class had between 18 and 25 students in it, so I had about 140 students by the end of the summer! So I was told to create a curriculum of what I wanted to teach the girls in the three week segments, give them a pre- and post-assessment to evaluate their growth, create daily lesson plans, and attend the parent nights, where the students’ parents would come and I would tell them what I was teaching their daughters and what each girl was strong and weak in.

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Stacey (second from the right) is shown here flanked by her students at the Chicago Botanical Gardens

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OSGC Education Scholar Reaches Out to Chicago Schools! (Continued from Page 5) These six weeks were absolutely the most stressful time of my life, as teaching a classroom of young girls is not easy if done well; and although each day I experienced failure and disappointment, I found grace in making those learning opportunities and a chance to grow as a teacher. Sometimes I joke that I learned more about teaching than my students learned about mathematics! I suppose that I learned more in Chicago that summer than I have learned in any of my undergraduate courses in education. There is something to be said about hands-on experience, rather than lectures and assignments. Although the age group is different than what my student teaching and licensure is in, the experience still has proven invaluable, as I often refer to my experience in Chicago while I am student teaching a classroom of 11th graders. Perhaps the lesson to be learned is to take every opportunity that you can get your hands on because you never know what doors will open for you, and also in doing so, never be afraid to make mistakes and experience failure. It is in failure that we can find life’s greatest opportunities for learning.

OSGC Former Fellow Shares His Love of Physics and Aerospace Engineering By Robert D. Knapke, Ph.D.

Ever since grade school I have had an interest in Math and Science. During high school, I realized that I enjoyed Physics found Aerospace Engineering to be a good combination of interesting Physics and difficult math problems. After investigating several schools, I decided to attend the University of Cincinnati (UC) because of the co-op program offered and the excellent Aerospace Engineering program.

With the advanced placement credits I obtained in high school and extra classes I completed the summer before my freshman year, I was able to enter the University of Cincinnati in the first class of the ACCelerated Engineering Degree (ACCEND) program. This program allows a student to obtain a bachelor’s and master’s degree in a shortened time frame. I knew that this was the best opportunity for me to achieve my ultimate goal of obtaining a doctorate in Aerospace Engineering.

Although I had settled on my degree of study, I was not sure of which area I wanted to pursue. Fortunately, the UC co-op program enabled me to have real-world experience in the aerospace field before graduating. My first co-op

experience was at Gulstream working in the performance and flight test groups. My next co-op, at the University of Cincinnati Gas Turbine Simulation Laboratory (GTSL), introduced me to the world Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). I realized that studying fluid flows and propulsion with computational tools was where I wanted to be. GTSL was also where I started my first research project, which would later become my Master’s Thesis topic. My last co-op was at IHI in Tokyo, Japan. Working and traveling in Japan is one of my fondest memories of school. I was tasked with designing the data acquisition software for experiments of a Micro Machine Gas Turbine.

Throughout my time at UC, I was fortunate to work on some very interesting research projects. The first, which began during my Senior year, was unsteady simulations of a Counter-Rotating Aspirated Compressor (CRAC). I was fortunate to receive funding from OSGC for these early stages of research. The CRAC design includes an inlet guide vane and two counter rotating rotors. The transonic, highly loaded design is made more efficient by aspirating flow from the suction side of the second rotor. The simulations provided insight into the unsteady flow physics of the main flow passage and the aspiration slot. Contours of entropy and static pressure gradient are shown in Figure 1 at an instant in time.

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OSGC Former Fellow Shares His Love of Aerospace Engineering (Continued from Page 6)

During my Master’s studies, I participated in research for Siemens. The research involved investigating high pressure turbines with a focus on unsteady heat transfer phenomena, such as hot streak migration. I continued the topic of unsteady heat transfer with my dissertation research. Specifically, I added the Harmonic Balance (HB) and Conjugate Heat Transfer (CHT) methods to a framework that uses a high-order Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) scheme. This allowed for the efficient simulation of unsteady flows with fluid-solid heat transfer. An example of these techniques is shown in Figure 2. The fluid and solid domains of a channel are simulated (half of the channel is modeled using symmetry). An unsteady temperature perturbation is specified at the inflow of the fluid domain and is convected downstream, as shown in Figure 2b. I am thankful for the OSGC fellowship I received, which gave me the freedom to focus entirely on my dissertation studies and allowed me to choose a topic I found particularly interesting.

(a) Entropy (b)

Figure 1. Entropy and static pressure gradient contours at an instant in time and 50% span.

(a) Computational Domain (b) Temperature Contours at an instant in time

Figure 2. An unsteady simulation of heat transfer in a channel (half domain shown). CHT is used to simulate the heat transfer between the fluid (blue) and solid (green) domains.

Robert received his Ph.D. Degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati on May 1, 2015. Robert is currently a Scientist/Engineer Level 3 with Arnold Engineering Development Complex at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tennessee.

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Featured Student Internships

Summer, 2015 – Aerospace Academy at Glenn Research Center – Abhishektha Boppana, Junior, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University

“I was responsible for working with another student, and developing a computational bone strength model using models generated from CT image data. I had to develop a

workflow which automatically segmented the bone regions from the CT image data, generated a 3D model of the bone, and prepared it for the finite-element analysis which would create a bone strength model. In addition, I was working on a team-arranged Space Academy group project with four other students. We designed a project which would explore methods to drill into Europa’s icy surface. We also produced a proof-of-concept remote-controlled submarine, which would serve as a sensor package to explore the oceans under Europa’s icy surface.” Fall, 2015 – Skyward Ltd., Dayton, Ohio - Jeremy J. Lee, Graduate Student, Renewable and Clean Energy Engineering, Wright State University

“I did post processing of 3D scanned objects, this ranged from scanning commercial products to reverse engineering and modifying them; I also did metrology grade measurements of military aircrafts that had been damaged with warheads.”

OSGC Welcomes New Interim Director, Jed E. Marquart, Ph.D., P.E.

The OSGC’s new Interim Director is Jed E. Marquart, Ph.D., P.E. Dr. Marquart is also a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Ohio Northern University. The OSGC thanks Dr. P. Ruby Mawasha for his service to the OSGC.

New OSGC Faces – Dr. James Moller – Miami University

The OSGC’s new Campus Representative and member of the Executive Committee at Miami University is James Moller, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.

Many thanks to Dr. Tim Cameron who served as the Miami University Campus Representative for many years! Welcome Dr. Moller!

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2015-2016 Scholarship Awardees The University of Akron *Sofia Chinchilla, Senior, Biomedical Engineering *DeGraft A. Palmore, Junior, Electrical Engineering *Olivia L. Petrey, Junior, Biomedical Engineering Case Western Reserve University *Kayla B. Andersen, Junior, Mechanical Engineering *Catherine M. Passmore, Senior, Mechanical Engineering *Valerie A. Weaver, Junior, Mechanical Engineering Cedarville University *Calvin J. Anderson, Senior, Geology *Grace A. Revenaugh, Senior, Biology *Joseph R. Morin, Junior, Mechanical Engineering Central State University *Josephine Johnson, Junior, Water Resources Management *Maimouna Ndao, Junior, Chemistry *Lauren B. Pinder, Junior, Manufacturing Engineering University of Cincinnati *Jeffrey E. Bennett, Junior, Aerospace Engineering *Nathaniel L. Richards, Junior, Aerospace Engineering *Liberty M. Shockley, Junior, Aerospace Engineering Cleveland State University *Jodi C. Turk, Senior, Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics University of Dayton *Annastacia C. Bennett, Senior, Biology *Colleen J. Bransley, Senior, Physics and Mechanical Engineering *Raymmond K. Hall, Senior, Physics and Mechanical Engineering

Kent State University *Shannon K. Hunter, Senior, Geology *Andrew J. Knueven, Senior, Applied Engineering *Miguel R. D. Richey, Senior, Aerospace System Engineering Technology

Marietta College *Myles A. Shade, Senior, Petroleum Engineering *Shaun T. Stoner, Senior, Petroleum Engineering * Blair M. Wilson, Senior, Petroleum Engineering Miami University *Alan J. Ehret, Junior, Electrical Engineering *Adam L. Reece, Junior, Mechanical Engineering *Joshua G. Smith, Senior, Mechanical Engineering Ohio Northern University *Rebekah G. Douglass, Senior, Mechanical Engineering *Michael V. Potter, Senior, Mechanical Engineering *Kayla M. Hummell, Junior, Mechanical Engineering The Ohio State University *Sara E. Mahaffey, Senior, Aerospace Engineering *Alex F. Miller, Senior, Aerospace Engineering *Dennis Omari, Senior, Aerospace Engineering Ohio University *Maureen A. Dean, Senior, Biological Sciences *Sara C. Sand, Junior, Engineering Physics The University of Toledo * Caleb R. Heitkamp, Junior, Mechanical Engineering *Kia N. Potts, Senior, Mechanical Engineering *Bruce G. Tokar, Jr., Junior, Mechanical Engineering Wright State University *Lazette M. Carter, Junior, Biomedical Engineering *Joanna A. Fadel, Junior, Biomedical Engineering *Erica G. Meadows, Senior, Materials Engineering *Erica G. Meadows, Junior, Materials Engineering Wright State University *Michael J. Radetic, Senior, Chemical Engineering *Elizabeth A. Rogenski, Junior, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy

The OSGC would like to recognize Choose Ohio First, the Nord Family Foundation, and the Nordson Corporation Foundation for providing financial support to our Scholarship and Fellowship program!

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2015-2016 Fellowship Awardees

Doctoral

Kent State University *Dulcinea M. Avouris, PhD 2, Applied Geology

The Ohio State University *Michael G. Wood, PhD s, Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree

Cleveland State University *Daniel G. Gerges, MS1, Mechanical Engineering

The Ohio State University *Achal Singhal, MS 1, Mechanical Engineering *Sloan M. Zimmerman, MS 1, Mechanical Engineering

2015-2016 Community College Scholarship Awardees Columbus State Community College *Michelle R. Weber, Sophomore, Construction Management *Joseph M. Wisner, Sophomore, Construction Management

2015-2016 Education Scholarship Awardees

The University of Akron *Ann J. Klindworth, Senior, Middle Childhood Education, Science and Mathematics Cedarville University *Abigail M. Fleming, Junior, Middle Childhood Education, Science and Mathematics Cleveland State University *Kristen R. Schuler, Senior, Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA), Mathematics and Physics Kent State University *Stacey N. Forte, Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA), Mathematics and Physics Marietta College *Emilia M. Jacobs, Senior, Early Childhood Education Miami University *Lindsey A. States, Sophomore, Adolescent to Young Adult Education, Mathematics Ohio Northern University *Callie M. Brown, Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA), Life Sciences

Ohio University *Ellen N. Conrath, Sophomore, Early Childhood Education University of Cincinnati *Chelsea R. Meyers, Senior, Early Childhood Education University of Dayton *Jenna N. Baechle, Junior, Middle Childhood Education, Mathematics and Science Wright State University *Richard A. Dillow, Post Baccalaureate, Middle Childhood Education, Mathematics and Science

The OSGC would like to recognize Choose Ohio First, the Nord Family Foundation, and the Nordson Corporation Foundation for providing financial support to our Scholarship and Fellowship program!

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Annual Pre-Service Teacher Workshop – Friday, November 20, 2015 OSGC hosted their tenth annual Education Workshop in cooperation with NASA Glenn Research Center Office of Education at the Ohio Aerospace Institute in

Cleveland on November 20, 2015. Attendees included 11 undergraduate students studying to be K-12 teachers. Ms. Susan M. Kohler, NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative (EPDC) Specialist, NASA Glenn Research Center, Office of Education, was the facilitator and taught the group through a variety of hands-on lesson

plans and brainstorming practices for K-12 STEM disciplines, including:

•Mars Mission “The Martian” Suiting Up Mars Protecting Our Astronauts from Radiation (Using UV Beads) Engineering Design Challenge: Why Pressure Suits? •Martian Challenge Space Food Challenges and Water Recovery and Filtration

Other speakers included Dr. Michael L. Heil, President and Chief Executive Officer, OAI, who welcomed the group, Dr. P. Ruby Mawasha who spoke about Teachers’ Role in the NASA Mission and Nation’s Education and, Ms. Ann O. Heyward, Executive Vice President, OAI. All speakers shared how teachers impacted their lives and careers with the students and the importance of their roles with young people.

Commentary from the participants: I found the workshop to very valuable and useful! The activities were fun, and I enjoyed the Mars theme. I wish more future teachers could experience! I was overall amazed by this workshop. I gained so much information today and am very excited to use NASA resources in my future classroom. I am so thankful for this learning opportunity. This workshop was so beneficial! I had no idea how many resources were out there. I enjoyed that we were shown so many different resources that applied to our project and my future classroom!

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UAS Workshop – Saturday, September 12, 2015

It was a gloomy morning Saturday, September 12, but inside Lorain County Community College something bright was happening. This was the first gathering of the CC-STARS UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) program hosted by Professor Marlin Linger. Lorain County Community College Professor, Marlin Linger gathered students from all over the state to learn about drones and how to fly them. The day was filled with equal parts classroom learning as it was hands-on experience. Three Ohio community colleges attended: Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, Lakeland Community College, and Lorain County Community College. The event was advertised as an Aerial Photography Workshop, but it was so much more. The keynote speaker was Rodd Munn of the Ohio Aerospace and Aviation Technology Committee and discussed UAS operations and needs from the perspective of the State of Ohio. Jose Borges of the Cleveland Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Flight Standards District Office talked about safe UAS operations in the National Airspace System. Fred Judson of the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) discussed GIS systems and UAS usage in mapping and roadway construction. Dana Clarke of Aerial Video Pros discussed the operation and capabilities of the Phantom 3 UAS aircraft. The speakers covered the emergence of “drones” and their impact from the FAA’s perspective, explained how the ODOT uses UAS technology, and encouraged entrepreneurial opportunities for the budding field.

The students spent the first part of the day eating breakfast and watching presentations by Jose, Fred, Rod, and Dana. They were also treated to a presentation by Lorain County Community College student and OSGC scholarship recipient, Emilio Borges. Emilio talked about his experience building and flying UAVs and his participation in a previous competition. Then, the hands-on activities began with Professor Linger distributing consumer quality UAVs to the student teams from each school. They assembled the drones then they received a bigger toy: a DJI drone provided by Dana for them to professionally fly that day. All of the equipment was then moved down to the LCCC Field House to put it into action. The students quickly realized that flying a drone is harder than they expected. One of the store drones ended up in a net over the field! Once they had a basic grasp of the nuanced piloting style necessary, Professor Linger commenced with the games. The games were a series of three challenges to test how the students could utilize team work to get the drones accurately flown and a safely landed. The winners were Cincinnati State, First Place; Lorain County, Second Place, and Lakeland, Third Place.

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Ohio Space Grant Consortium 22800 Cedar Point Road Cleveland, OH 44142 Telephone (440) 962-3032 http://www.osgc.org/

UAS Workshop – Saturday, September 12, 2015 (Continued from Page 13)

The next workshop will be held at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, on April 9, 2016.

Ohio Space Grant Consortium Staff

Jed E. Marquart, Ph.D., P.E. Interim Director

Ms. Laura A. Stacko Program Manager

Mr. Timothy M. Hale Program Assistant

Membership

Affiliate Members • Air Force Institute of Technology • Case Western Reserve University • Cedarville University • Central State University • Cleveland State University • Kent State University • Miami University • Ohio Northern University • The Ohio State University • Ohio University • The University of Akron • University of Cincinnati • University of Dayton • The University of Toledo • Wilberforce University • Wright State University

Participating Institutions • Marietta College • Youngstown State University

Community Colleges

• Cincinnati State Technical and Community College • Columbus State Community College • Cuyahoga Community College • Lakeland Community College • Lorain Community College • Owens Community College • Sinclair Community College • Terra State Community College

Education Outreach Partners • Cincinnati Observatory Center • Drake Planetarium & Science Center • iSPACE, Inc.

Government Partners

• NASA Glenn Research Center • Air Force Research Laboratory

Lead Institution

• Ohio Aerospace Institute

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