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Within the Aerospace Academy are three institutes:
- Mathematics/Science Teacher Institute
- Activities currently underway through this Institute:
NaMAS - National Middle School Aerospace Scholars (Funded by National
Science Foundation)
GISSE - Geographic Information Systems and Space for Educators (Funded by National Science Foundation)
GISSPE - Geographic Information Systems and Space Program for Educators (Funded by National Science Foundation)
- Significant completed activities by this Institute:
- Making Connections (Training recognized by the Texas Legislature)
- APEX Teacher Training Grant - Achieving Performance Excellence (Funded by
Texas Workforce Commission)
- High Technology Institute
- Activities currently underway through this Institute:
NASA Student Flight Program, Graduate Student Researcher Program
and NASA Facility Fellowship Program (Funded by NASA)
NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars Program (Funded by Texas
Legislature through NASA-JSC)
SpaceTEC
Aerospace Training Grant (Funded by President's High Growth Job Training Initiative through U.S. Department of Labor)
Biotechnology/Life Science Activities
- Significant completed activities by this Institute:
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High Technology Initiatives Aerospace Training Grant (Funded by Texas
Workforce Commission)
- Texas Technical Workforce Development Grant
- Recognition:
- Making Connections (Training recognized by the Texas Legislature). The first Aerospace Academy activity, an outstanding success recognized by the Texas Legislature in conjunction with Space Day 2001, was through his institute. Through its "Making Connections" class now available online or face to face, mathematics teachers from nine different school districts and community colleges throughout Texas learn first hand how the mathematics concepts they teach are used in aerospace applications. The course was created with assistance from NASA-Johnson Space Center, Lockheed Martin Space Operations, Barrios Technology, and Space Center Houston.
- Finalist for a national 2003 Bellwether Award for being an innovative outstanding program.
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