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Congratulations to Shaan Jagani and Christopher Kwon, both second year graduate students in MIT AeroAstro, for receiving the 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship! The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program supports outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research-based master’s or doctoral degrees in STEM — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — or in STEM education. This support includes an annual stipend and a cost-of-education allowance towards tuition and fees. The overall goal of the Graduate Research Fellowship Program is to recruit individuals into Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields; to select, recognize, and financially support individuals who have demonstrated the potential to be high achieving scientists and engineers, early in their careers; and to broaden participation in science and engineering of underrepresented groups, including women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans. NSF Fellows are anticipated to become experts whose work contributed significantly to research, teaching, and innovations in science and engineering.

#fridayfun Ah! Fridays - the perfect excuse to showcase simple, fun experiments that explain complex STEM concepts! I was wondering how to explain Bernoulli's principle to the students while also emphasizing the fact that flight dynamics in real world is more than just this one effect. 🛫 This simple arrangement allowed me to do just that! Although getting the measurements right did take a while 😀 While Bernoulli's principle highlights the role of airspeed in creating pressure differences, there has been enough research to demonstrate the importance of the wing's shape (camber) and angle of attack. In conjunction with other intriguing effects such as the vortex lift and the Coandă effect, aeroplanes are an epitome of the complexity and beauty of #aerodynamics! The real world is often an interplay of different effects. Helping students understand that concepts don't work in isolation is crucial to fostering an innovative minsdet. When designing the STEMonsters program, our focus has always been to dive deep into the complexities of every application to an extent that students end up with more questions than answers —encouraging them to seek knowledge on their own. If you are a forward-thinking #schoolleader, keen to adopt a world-class #STEM curriculum/ program (as per NEP2020) in your #school, let's talk! 🌐 P.S: An excellent short read on the curvature of the wingtips can be found in one of the blogs on our website. - https://lnkd.in/gGeiyWRY #Aerodynamics #FlightResearch #ScienceBehindTheSkies #stemeducation #scienceeducation #scienceexperiment #handsonlearning #stemleadership #innovativelearning #stemonsters #stem #stemprogram #experientiallearning

Just returned from an incredible event that reaffirmed my passion for engineering, and I'm excited to share my team's achievements! Last week, I had the honor of being part of Team 77, representing Rowan University at the Spaceport America Cup ran by Experimental Sounding Rocket Association. Despite having one of the smallest budgets and in-person teams (just six of us), we brought unparalleled energy, enthusiasm, and a love for rocketry. We faced numerous challenges, including almost every part of our rocket breaking in the week leading up to and during the event. However, we banded together, persevered, and made Rowan Rocketry history. We became the first team to launch a rocket to a scoreable height (the competition target was 10,000 feet, and scoreable is 7,000 feet—we hit just over 7,000) and recover it 100% intact. Nothing felt better than witnessing our launch on the final day of the event after historic weather delays. Huge thanks to my incredible team that attended Beth Kraus Aidan Sharpe Zachary Pedrick Rowen Christianson and Christian Hanlon (a even bigger thank you to our Project Manager Zach Pedrick), those in the clinic who couldn't attend, and our advisors Dr. John Schmalzel and Dr. Nand Kishore singh. Engineering is the ultimate team endeavor, and sometimes it takes an army to reach your goals, but today we proved that you can achieve ANYTHING you set your mind to. Aim high and reach higher, Profs! 🦉 #Engineering #Rocketry #Teamwork #Innovation #RowanUniversity #SpaceportAmericaCup #STEM #StudentEngineers #Aerospace #Success #Persistence #GoalAchievement #EngineeringStudents #RocketScience #WomenInSTEM #FutureEngineers #TechInnovation

Yassine Gaye, your ambition to #DreamBig has been a powerful force, challenging you to overcome obstacles with unwavering dedication. Your commitment to advancing sustainable energy and STEM education is truly commendable. As a first-generation college student and valedictorian, your story reflects resilience and determination. Your mission to revolutionize STEM education and sustainable practices in Senegal is not just admirable but promises a brighter future, where you embody the change you wish to see. We take immense pride in having you as part of our community and wish you continued success in your BSE, Ph.D. pursuits, and beyond. Your story resonates and motivates us all. Never stop #DreamingBig! (📸 credit to @phestudios)

Officially completed my Bachelor Degree Program

PhD student Ciarra Ortiz traveled to the National Society of Black Engineers 50th Annual Convention, representing both MIT AeroAstro and the Patti Grace Smith Fellowship, to share her journey into the aerospace sector and inspire others to do the same! Her best advice? “Look beyond the classroom to understand your passion and place in aerospace,” Ortiz says. “The path is winding and sometimes unconventional, but the love and admiration for astronauts, planes, rockets, or cubesats is what fuels our determination to trailblaze a path in aerospace. Mentorship, academics, and #perseverance are key for making strides towards earning a career in the aerospace sector.” Read more: https://ow.ly/MQXK50RjSt5

It is with extreme gratitude and incredible excitement for the work to come that I share that I have been elected as a member of the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) USA Board of Directors. During of the past year, my mission has been to expand access to the space industry to students from diverse backgrounds. What started as a dream to create this pathway at Austin Community College has now become a mission that I have the opportunity to execute on the national level. It is going to be challenging work and it is work that I am extremely honored to do with the support of the other incredible members of the SEDS-USA Board. Like many, I occasionally suffer from imposter syndrome. As a non-traditional, first-generation student, there are moments where I question my place in aerospace. While attending SpaceVision this past weekend, I had a profound realization. The room I was sitting in was filled with the people who will go on to be the leaders of the space industry in the coming years, and I was a person in that room. That is an opportunity that I had created for myself and my fellow chapter members that had previously not existed for us. When I realized that, my first thought was that there are so many other voices who should be sitting beside me in that room. Over the course of the next year, my goal is to take the lessons that I have learned and my experience in founding SEDS at ACC and use that to help students create SEDS chapters at community colleges around the country. By helping establish these new SEDS chapters and supporting new SEDS chapter leaders in creating that pathway for their local communities, we can ensure that the space industry is filled with the diverse perspectives needed to find versatile solutions to the many unique challenges that the industry must overcome. #SEDSUSA #SpaceVision2023 #DiversityInSpace

Meet West Point's newest Knight-Hennessy Scholar! Cadet Eric Liu, a Systems and Decision Sciences and Chinese double major, will continue his education pursuing a graduate degree at Stanford University following graduation. #BeAllYouCanBe Learn more about Eric and this tremendous accomplishment by following the link below.

Why Historians and STEM’sters Should Be Pals While it might seem like historians and STEM-professionals have little in common, nothing could be further from the facts. For example, both groups: 1) are obsessed with truth, 2) study past documents to gain insight, 3) use scientific equipment to collect data about past events—let’s face it, anytime a STEM-type measurement is taken, by the time it’s recorded, the data concerns a past event. 4) Finally, both groups are searching for patterns in their data that could guide future decisions. Furthermore, for at least the past 200 years, history and STEM have been intertwined. For example, try imagining WWII without radar, aircraft, submarines, and dozens of other STEM innovations. So, while STEM-professionals aren’t likely to start adding historians to their teams, when it comes to the educators for each group, it seems like they should be looking over each other’s shoulders. Maybe they should even have Hi-STEM on their lists of New Year’s resolutions.