Academy of Aerospace Academy of Aerospace QualityQuality

Briefing to Space Grant Directors – Briefing to Space Grant Directors – March 3, 2007March 3, 2007

Alice E. SmithAlice E. SmithJeffrey S. SmithJeffrey S. Smith

Auburn UniversityAuburn University

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BackgroundBackground 50+ universities have contracts, 50+ universities have contracts,

grants, and co-operative grants, and co-operative agreements with NASA to provide agreements with NASA to provide space flight experiments and space flight experiments and payloadspayloads

These payloads are designed, These payloads are designed, constructed and tested under constructed and tested under diverse conditions and by largely diverse conditions and by largely “amateur” teams “amateur” teams

The principal focus has been on The principal focus has been on verifying payloads as “safe” for verifying payloads as “safe” for flight flight

There is additional opportunity to There is additional opportunity to provide assistance in assuring provide assistance in assuring that payloads are “successful” that payloads are “successful” from an operations standpoint from an operations standpoint

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Target AudienceTarget AudienceAcademicsAcademics – professors, – professors,

instructors, teachersinstructors, teachersStudentsStudents – youngsters through doctoral – youngsters through doctoralStaffStaff – research assistants, post-docs – research assistants, post-docs InstitutionsInstitutions – universities, colleges, high – universities, colleges, high

schools, middle schoolsschools, middle schools

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AAQ is for…AAQ is for…Those involved with NASA payloads – on Those involved with NASA payloads – on

satellites, shuttle, station, balloon, rocketsatellites, shuttle, station, balloon, rocketThose interested in Those interested in becomingbecoming involved involvedFuture scientists and engineers interested Future scientists and engineers interested

in spacein space

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AAQ and Space GrantAAQ and Space Grant Space grant embraces Space grant embraces

much of our AAQ intended much of our AAQ intended audienceaudience

Space grant participants Space grant participants can:can: Provide content for AAQ – Provide content for AAQ –

case studies, lessons case studies, lessons learned, best practiceslearned, best practices

Provide part of the new Provide part of the new community of userscommunity of users– test users, forum – test users, forum attendees,attendees,“ask the expert” experts“ask the expert” experts

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Using AAQ AdvantageouslyUsing AAQ Advantageously Tutorials on technical Tutorials on technical

topicstopics Learning skills and Learning skills and

methodsmethods Bringing on new studentsBringing on new students Lessons learnedLessons learned

Links to standards, Links to standards, practices, FAQs, other practices, FAQs, other official and in depth official and in depth resourcesresources

Posting queries, Posting queries, comments, responsescomments, responses

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Please Work with Us!Please Work with Us! Pick up an AAQ brochurePick up an AAQ brochure Fill out your questionnaire:Fill out your questionnaire:

Volunteer to provide a case Volunteer to provide a case study or best practices modulestudy or best practices module

Give us curriculum feedbackGive us curriculum feedback Join our first AAQ breakoutJoin our first AAQ breakout

forum – March 29, near KSC, forum – March 29, near KSC, part of NASA QLFpart of NASA QLF

Encourage your spaceEncourage your spacegrantees to start using AAQgrantees to start using AAQ