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ystems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) lead and pilot Peter Ma, operates the MSFC development vehicle, Rogue, during early flight testing.
Rocket U UAS Competition Series: Team Aero-M
February 10, 2014 // by

As a late entrant to the Rocket U Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Competition, Marshall Space Flight Center’s “Aero-M” team brought a competitive edge with their hexacopter. 

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The JSC helicopter in flight on the day of the competition.
Rocket U Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition Series: The Beginning
February 3, 2014 // by

A mock search and rescue mission provided three young engineering teams the opportunity to learn about NASA’s systems engineering and project management principles.

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Inside a laboratory in the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, research chemist Mary Coan describes components of the Regolith and Environment Science and Oxygen and Lunar Volatiles Extraction, or RESOLVE, rover to a group of Society of Physics students. About 800 graduate and undergraduate physics students toured Kennedy facilities. A group of about 40 students toured laboratories in the Operations and Checkout Building and the EDL during their visit. The physics students were in Orlando for the 2012 Quadrennial Physics Congress.
NASA Young Professional Science Talks
January 23, 2014 // by

Kennedy Space Center young professionals kick off the first in a series of NASA young professional presentations about their daily work across the agency.

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Rocket U teams working together during the Lego planning exercise.
Glenn Research Center Launches Rocket University Pilot
November 25, 2013 // by

Glenn Research Center (GRC) welcomed 12 early-career engineers to its Rocket University pilot program.

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Co-principal investigator Steven Christe working on the targeting technology, called the Solar Aspect System. Developed at NASA Goddard, this sophisticated, new pointing technology will enable scientists to aim HEROES with a high degree of precision to target highly specific points on the sun.
Project HOPE and Phaeton Workshop Videos Released
November 22, 2013 // by

Early-career NASA employees from four hands-on development projects share their lessons learned in new online video modules.

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The RACE team members in the lab at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. From left to right: Shannon Statham, I&T lead; Alex Kadesch, project manager; Joel Steinkraus, instrument cognizant engineer; and Max Bryk, electronics lead. Credit: NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory
HOPE Brief: Alex Kadesch on CHARM
November 14, 2013 // by

A first-time project manager is leading a team of young engineers to launch an innovative CubeSat mission.

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The HEROES balloon has just been released. This happens just prior to the gondola release.
HEROES Takes Flight
November 4, 2013 // by

A September balloon launch by a young team of NASA engineers paves the way for higher resolution heliophysics and astrophysics observations.

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Young professionals drafting a group report at the 2012 International Programme/Project Management Committee Young Professionals Workshop in Naples, Italy.
Research Brief: Next-Generation Information-Seeking Behaviors
July 3, 2013 // by

Is there a mismatch between the research competencies college graduates bring to the workplace and what employers expect from them?

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Delegates from South Korea, Italy, France, South Africa, and the United States discuss what motivates young professionals in the space industry at the inaugural IPMC Young Professionals Workshop in Naples, Italy on September 28, 2012.
Young Professional Brief: IPMC YP Workshop Report Released
February 28, 2013 // by

Findings from the inaugural young professionals workshop offer valuable insight for organizations on addressing the needs of the next-generation workforce.

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