- Airborne Research Experience for Educators (AREE) Project
The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Office of Education, through its partnership with the AERO Institute, NASA Teaching From Space Program, and California State University Fullerton, will engage 10 secondary educators (grades 7-12), who specialize in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, in a six-week airborne science research experience. Educators will collect in-flight sensor data of air, land, and sea during flights aboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft. The experience culminates when participants develop curriculum-based activities based on their observations and experiences during the program. This is a complete end-to-end residential research experience in airborne remote sensing and atmospheric science.
- Bohn-Meyer Math & Science Odyssey Program
The Bohn-Meyer Math and Science Odyssey is a 1-day workshop for local eighth grade students, hosted by Antelope Valley College. The planning for this year’s program is lead by the AERO Institute in coordination with the Math, Science, Engineering, and Technology (MSET) Consortium. This free event allows students to explore career opportunities in fields related to math and science by providing them with a unique opportunity to meet career role models in a variety of technical professions.
- ROP Summer 07 Pre-Engineering Internship Program
- E-1 Basecamp
- Salute to Youth
The AERO Institute in partnership with NASA-Dryden Flight Research Center, participated in the 16th Annual Salute to Youth program at Palmdale Site 9. The Antelope Valley "Salute to Youth: the Career Connection" is a unique local event. For 16 years, this event has been sponsored by the business community, for about 2,300 high school junior students who explore career options and make contacts for senior projects. This event has earned a California School Boards Association Golden Bell award. Salute to Youth provides exposure to a variety of career fields in our local businesses. Volunteers from industry, government and community businesses attend to represent one of the eight designated career pathways. Individual vendors set-up exhibits, disseminated brochure information, conducted demonstrations, and displayed aircraft and vehicles. The AERO Institute in partnership with NASA-Dryden sponsored 10 buses, provided literature on education programs, provided F-16XL flight simulator rides, and a NASA Test Pilot and Flight Test Engineer flew in an F-18 and signed autographs.