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NASA and NIA invite you to join us for TEDx NASA – an event about ideas worth spreading.

LiveStream: http://www.livestream.com/tedxnasa2009/beta

E&O Lecture Series Seminar
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: National Institute of Aerospace headquarters,
100 Exploration Way, Hampton, Virginia 23666
Room: 137

"Teaching K-12 Teachers About Engineering"

Short Course Offering:
Date: January 11-14, 2010
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: National Institute of Aerospace headquarters,
100 Exploration Way, Hampton, Virginia 23666
Room: 104
Introduction to Aeronautics – A Practical Perspective

NIA and the NASA Systems Analysis and Concepts Directorate Distinguished Lecture Series, in sponsorship with the Virginia Air and Space Center, hosted a panel discussion, Moon-Mars Forum, on March 17, 2009 in Hampton, Va.

August 26, 2009
Dr. Bill Moore, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, University of California, Los Angeles

June 5, 2009
“ Dr. M. Frances Kelly, Former Director (retired), U.S. Navy Education Programs: The Implications of the Internet and E-Learning for Changes in American Society”

February 3, 2009
"Lesley A. Weitz, PhD Candidate, Texas A&M University; Using Structural Analogies to Analyze and Design Cooperative Control Laws for Multivehicle Systems"

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WHAT'S HAPPENING

NIA PUBLICATIONS

NIA News Release 11/10/2009: NIA LANGLEY PROFESSOR RECEIVES SBIR CONTRACT

Hampton, VA. - Dr. Mool C. Gupta, NIA Langley Distinguished Professor from the University of Virginia and founder of Laser & Plasma Technologies (LPT), LLC, has been awarded a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) phase II contract valued at $594,000 by the U.S. Navy to continue research and development on an optical corrosion monitoring system for aircrafts.

NIA News Release: 10/08/2009: NASA TV SHOW ENTERS THE THIRD DIMENSION

HAMPTON, Va. – The Emmy award-winning "NASA 360" has added a new dimension to its half-hour TV show. It's the third dimension or 3-D.

NIA News Release: 10/07/09: NIA AWARDED GSA AIMS SCHEDULE

HAMPTON, Va. -- The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded an Advertising and Integrated Marketing Solutions (AIMS) Schedule 541 contract to the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). Through this new contract, any federal government entity can purchase fixed price communications and public awareness services from NIA with the assurance that NIA has been thoroughly screened and preapproved by the GSA.

NIA News Release: 09/29/2009: NIA and NASA Announce Student Engineering Competition

HAMPTON, Va. – Attention college students - a competition sponsored by NASA and the National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) want your engineering ideas. The result is that your design could become part of an actual space project.

- NASA Langley Professor Keynote Speaker
at 2009 ASME Conference

Dr. James Hubbard, NIA Langley Professor from the University of Maryland was a keynote at the 2009 ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures & Intelligent Systems, September 21-23, in Oxnard, California Abstract: the U.S. Aerospace industry has historically led the way in technology innovation and leadership. In 2003 this country celebrated 100 years of leadership in the evolution of flight. Many now feel that we as a Nation have lost our edge in Aeronautics and that the industry has become mature. Our global dominance in this area has and continues to diminish during recent years. The speaker shall present his views on where the future lies and how we might begin to reclaim technological leadership.

- NASA eClips™ Featured on LCROSS

NASA eClips is featured on the LCROSS education page ( http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/education.htm ) and the impact media kit page ( http://lcross.arc.nasa.gov/impactkit/index.htm ).

- NASA 360, NASA In Your Home

The latest episode of NASA 360 is now live at http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/nasa360 . NASA in Your Home features NASA spinoff technologies that impact your lives. Produced by the National Institute of Aerospace, this Emmy-award winning program is available online (NASA.gov and YouTube) and by television broadcast on over 500 television stations.

- Successful Ambient Room Light Powered Wireless
Sensor Demonstration

NASA Langley Research Center, the University of Virginia, and the National Institute of Aerospace supported by the NIA Langley Professor Program has successfully demonstrated an ambient room light powered wireless sensor for detecting micrometeorite impacts and vessel air leaks. Team members included Eric Madaras and William Wilson (NASA LaRC), Eric Compher (graduate student, UVA ECE Department), and Mool Gupta (NIA Langley Professor at UVA), The work was conducted in the Nondestructive Evaluation Sciences Branch (NESB) which is headed by William Winfree.

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NIA Foundation

The 2008 NIA Annual Report is now available to download in pdf format.

	2008

	Aviation Plan for American Leadership (April 2005)
	Research and Development for Safe, Secure and Affordable Air Transportation for Every Community in America (January 2006)

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