{"id":29975,"date":"2014-12-03T10:07:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T20:07:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=29975"},"modified":"2021-10-18T15:36:41","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T01:36:41","slug":"encouraging-students-to-reach-for-the-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2014\/12\/03\/encouraging-students-to-reach-for-the-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Encouraging students to Reach for the Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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On December 10th, 2014, the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Mathematics<\/a> will present Reach for the Stars at the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom. The goal of the event is to raise science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM<\/abbr>) interest within the state. The event is an opportunity for the public to learn more about some of the most advanced research in space exploration.<\/p>\n

Former astronaut Loren W. Acton will be featured as one of two special guest speakers. Acton flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F in 1985, after seven years of training, as a payload specialist. During his mission, he orbited the Earth about 126 times. He is currently a research professor in the Solar Physics Group<\/a> at Montana State University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The second guest speaker is Jennifer Trosper from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory<\/a> (NASA<\/abbr>). She is the Mars Curiosity<\/a> Deputy Project Manager, responsible for leading the Curiosity operational mission. She was named JPL<\/abbr> Fellow in Mars rover surface operations, 2013 NASA<\/abbr> Exceptional Achievement Medal for Curiosity operations work, and was the 2013 “Breaking the glass Ceiling” California Legislature award recipient.<\/p>\n

Professor Monique Chyba<\/strong> from the UH<\/abbr> Department of Mathematics will also present a joint project with the UH<\/abbr> Institute for Astronomy<\/a> to design spacecraft transfer missions to near Earth asteroids.<\/p>\n

The presentations will be followed by STEM<\/abbr> activities for the participants, organized and lead by UH<\/abbr> students interested in or majoring in education, engineering, physics, mathematics and various other degree fields. Activities will include rocket launching, building a Hawaiian compass, flying propellers, one giant leap and more, as well as demonstrations of robotics and 3D asteroid simulations in the UH<\/abbr> Laboratory for Advanced Visualization and Application’s CyberCANOE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The event is free and open to the public, recommended for ages 5 to adult. For more information, visit the Department of Mathematics SUPER-M website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An astronaut and Mars Curiosity project scientist share the latest research in space exploration, plus STEM activities and demonstrations, Dec. 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[554,174,313,9],"class_list":["post-29975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-mathematics","tag-space","tag-stem","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t