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August 16, 2005 - The National Institute of Aerospace (NIA) has partnered with NASA Langley Research Center, NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), and CIBER to create the NESC Academy. The NESC Academy has been established to meet NASA’s need to capture lifetime experiences and knowledge of senior scientists and engineers and pass that information on to NASA’s current and next generation technical workforce.
The NESC Academy initially will focus on 15 key discipline areas including flight sciences; guidance, navigation, and control; human factors; robotic flight operations; and systems engineering. The Academy will provide NASA civil servants and contractors a multi-sensory learning experience that is adaptive to ever-changing environments. These three day courses will be offered on university and college campuses beginning this fall, and will be taught by NASA’s most senior experts. A limited number of seats will be set aside for college students to attend.
“NESC Academy presents an outstanding opportunity to pass on lessons learned and best practices from seasoned NASA experts to the current and future NASA workforce,” stated Dr. Marcia Gibson, NESC Academy Program Director. “It allows the NASA engineer of today and tomorrow to gain first-hand knowledge from NASA experts who developed Apollo, Saturn, and the Space Shuttle, and to gain insights not attainable in any other forum.”
NIA has contracted with Remtech Services, Inc. (RSI), a CIBER company, to develop the curriculum. CIBER RSI President, Ms. Deborah Scott stated that, “We look forward to partnering with NIA and the NESC for the preservation of key legacy components in our Nation’s rich aerospace program history. CIBER RSI will apply the latest application of training technology as a strategy to deliver an educational pathway for NASA and its partners to retain key engineering experiences and capabilities.”
NESC’s mission is to improve safety by performing in-depth independent engineering assessments, testing, and an analysis to uncover technical vulnerabilities and to determine preventative and corrective actions for current and future problems. NESC draws upon the best engineering expertise from across NASA and includes partnerships with other government agencies, national laboratories, universities, and industry.
NIA was formed by a consortium of leading research universities and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Foundation. The roster of major research universities now includes: Georgia Tech, Hampton University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina State University, the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, Old Dominion University, and The College of William & Mary. NIA conducts research in aviation, space exploration, advanced technology, and science in collaboration with NASA, universities, other government agencies, and industry. NIA’s founding member universities provide local full-time and part-time graduate degrees in a variety of engineering disciplines as part of NASA’s mission to train the next generation.
For more information about the NESC Academy, visit the academy website at http://www.nescacademy.org. For more information about the National Institute of Aerospace, visit our website at http://www.nianet.org.
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