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Education & Outreach Lecture by Eugene Brown |
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Date: December 1, 2006
Time: 10:30am
Location: NIA, Rm 137
Additional Information: Presentation (PDF)
VDP - A Mentor-Focused Middle School Outreach Program
Prof. Eugene Brown, Virginia Tech
The Virginia Demonstration Project (VDP) is a science and math outreach program for 7th and 8th grade students. The VDP is funded by the Office of Naval Research and is currently being piloted in the middle schools of Stafford, Spotsylvania, and King George County, Virginia. Scientists and engineers employed at the nearby Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren, Virginia, work alongside the teachers, and, serving as mentors and role models, use problem-based learning techniques to give a real-world, Navy-flavored realism to the educational experience. The objective of the program is to increase interest among the students in pursuing careers in math, science, and engineering.
Dr. Eugene F. Brown is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. He has worked with ONR since 2001 on university-centered Navy work force development issues. He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in thermodynamics and fluid mechanics and is the author of many papers and reports describing his research in the areas of computational fluid mechanics and aircraft propulsion.
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