INSPIRING INSPIRING THE THE NEXT NEXT INSPIRING … · Gemini Launch Wakes 4 year-old from nap • 1st manned Gemini Event, 3 orbits – Gemini III, Grissom and Young – 23 March

INSPIRING INSPIRING THE THE NEXT NEXT GENERATION GENERATION OF OF

INSPIRING INSPIRING THE THE NEXT NEXT GENERATION GENERATION OF OF

SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS & & ENGINEERSENGINEERS

SCIENTISTS SCIENTISTS & & ENGINEERSENGINEERS

Tom WellsTom WellsSr. Engineering Manager Sr. Engineering Manager

IP U i iti d St t i T h lIP U i iti d St t i T h l

Tom WellsTom WellsSr. Engineering Manager Sr. Engineering Manager

IP U i iti d St t i T h lIP U i iti d St t i T h lIP, Universities, and Strategic TechnologyIP, Universities, and Strategic Technology

3 March 20143 March 2014

IP, Universities, and Strategic TechnologyIP, Universities, and Strategic Technology

3 March 20143 March 2014

BITE OF SCIENCE – March 2014 - #1 March 3, 2014

Gemini Launch Wakes 4 year-old from nap

• 1st manned Gemini Event, 3 orbits– Gemini III, Grissom and Young

– 23 March 1965, 14:24 UTC (9:24 AM EST)14:24 UTC (9:24 AM EST)

– Duration: 4h 52m 31s


Gemini Mission Control

Moon Landing (July 20) Helped by Home Town Friends

• ORNL developed the Equipment/Methods for the Lunar Receiving LaboratoryLunar Receiving Laboratory

• ORNL measured Cosmic Rays and other harmful exposure

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Elementary School Teachers Inspire


http://explorerschools.nasa.gov

Chemistry Teacher teaches “Puckett Squares”• Creativity makes lessons last and last!• ORHS Chemistry teacher, Mr. Powell Puckett,

teaches “Puckett Squares”F = ma

q– Never forgot how to “Balance the Units”

1000 kg 9.8 metersd * d

9800 Newton kg metersd d = seconds * secondsNewton seconds seconds


Oak Ridge High School; Oak Ridge, TN

Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)

• http://www.powersof10.com/film


A film dealing with the relative size of things in the Universe and the effect of adding another zero.

Powers of Ten – 1968, 1977Charles and Ray Eames for IBM (9:00)http://www powersof10 com/filmhttp://www.powersof10.com/film


Begins with a view 1 meter wide



Adds a “zero” every 10 seconds. This square is 10 meters wide



This square is 100 meters wide, the distance a man can run in 10 seconds



1 km wide, the distance a race car travels in 10 seconds



10 km : the distance the SST travels in 10 seconds



100 km : distance a satellite travels in 10 seconds, Lake Michigan



10 Mm : the diameter of the earth – just > 1minute in the journey



100 Mm : “Speed of Light” line, lunar orbitLight half traverses the lunar orbit in one second



100 Gm : Inner Planets of the Solar System



10,000 Gm : Outer Planets



100,000 Light Years : Milky Way Galaxy



100 million Light Years : Limit of Vision in 1977Hubble limit is ~10 billion light years – roughly 100 billion galaxies



Back to 1m – Remember the picnicIn our 5 minute journey the man fell asleep



0.1m – The hand



1 cm – Skin



0.1 mm – Skin layers, blood vessels



10 um – red blood cells, lymphocytes



0.1 um – DNA Helix molecule



1 nm – Hydrogen and Carobon Atoms



0.1 nm – Outer and Inner Electrons of a Carbon Atom



0.1 fm – Protons and Neutrons of a Carbon Atom … now known as baryon composite particles



0.1 pm – 40 orders of magnitude smaller than the farthest


Today we could discuss bosons, fermions, quarks, leptons, etc.


y , , q , p ,Studied at CERN & Holifield Heavy Ion Research Facility & Spallation Neutron Source

CERN = European Organization for Nuclear Research

1981: First Shuttle Columbia Launch /Landing (STS-1) from a Radio in a DOE facility


Vicarious Absorption from Spousal Studies in Space Science


ISS Artificial Intelligence Makes Experts of us all


JPL’s Deep Space Network: 70 meter Dish Antenna at Goldstone California


Climbing the Toronto Ironworks Mountain in Goldstone, CA


Gazing at the James Bond Movie Set300 meter dish

James Bond: Golden Eye ‘95


Gray Pony-tailed life-long NASA/JPL engineers long for the good old days


Barbarians to Bureaucrats(Larry Miller)

Arnold Toynbee


Evidence of Bureaucracy

• No replacement vehicle as we just landed the last Atlantis Shuttle on July 21, 2011 (Space Taxi by SpaceX, Boeing, Blue Origin, and Sierra Nevada Corp. – Richard Branson of Virgin Airlines)

• On Mars– “We’re going to Mars” – George

H W BushH. W. Bush–“We’re focusing on small

unmanned vehicles” – Bill Clinton–“We’re going to Moon on the way

to Mars” – George W. Bush–“with regard to the moon, been

there done that, let’s land on an asteroid” – Barak ObamaNASA B i t I ti d asteroid – Barak Obama• NASA Barriers to Innovation and

Inclusion – Short Satirical YouTube Video by

fo r time space flier Andre


four-time space flier Andrew Thomas

Demographic Problems

• Decreased enrollment in Engineering and Computer Science– Freshman enrollment decline in Engineering indicates a continuing trend

– Computer Science/Engineering is one of the fastest growing

l h h ’ h occupations although it’s showing a 29% enrollment decline.

• Not enough people to replace the retiring work force78 2 million Baby Boomers started to retire in 2008 with 45 million – 78.2 million Baby Boomers started to retire in 2008 with 45 million genXer’s to replace and backfill

– 54% of our employees are Boomers and 6% are in the Mature category– 79% of our directors and above are Boomers and 7% are Mature


Harris Demographics


The Engineer of 2020Vision of Engineering in the New Century

– Strong analytical skills– Practical ingenuity, creativity, dynamism, agility, g y, y, y , g y,

flexibility– Excellent communications skills– Understanding of business and management

concepts– Leadership high ethical standardsLeadership, high ethical standards,

professionalism– Background in strategic and crisis decision-

making

BITE OF SCIENCE – March 2014 - #41 March 3, 2014US will compete on Innovation and Invention

Recent Comments

• UF – “International Grad students going home”

• FSU – “Quality of international students not as high”

• Manufacturer’s Alliance / MAPI –• Manufacturer s Alliance / MAPI –“Cost of Engineering Labor in China raising 20% per year”

• MAPI – “Companies pulling the off-shoring work back to the states”

• UF - “50% of the students entering• UF - 50% of the students entering Engineering College leave with an engineering degree”


Recent Comments

National Science Foundation study shows that the time to i fl d tt t i iinfluence and attract engineers is 6th through 8th grade.

84% of kids 11-13 would rather84% of kids 11 13 would rather clean their rooms, eat vegetables, or go to the dentist than do math homeworkthan do math homework

Of the S&P 500 CEO’s, there are more Engineers than any other g ydegree – “Rising Above the Gathering Storm.” National Academy of Sciences Study


Academy of Sciences Study

Harris K-12 Outreach Objective

• Spark an interest in technical fields for t d t i l lstudents in our local

community

• Target elementary, jr. high and high school t d tstudents

• Many students don’t• Many students don t believe technical fields are an option for them –b k h h!!


break that myth!!

Approach• Harris employees develop

Technology Roadshows and take directly to the classroom fordirectly to the classroom for career days, technology days, etc.

• Advertise to schools through• Advertise to schools through Brevard Schools Foundation.

Schools request a visit through• Schools request a visit through our [email protected] email.

• Technology Roadshows are dynamic and hands-on to maximize the learning experience.


K-12 Outreach - Workshops

• Workshops Supported– SNAP Circuits WorkshopsSNAP Circuits Workshops– Lego Robotics Workshops

Applied Physics and Mechanics Workshops– Applied Physics and Mechanics Workshops


K-12 Outreach: Software Engineering

• Lesson: Introduction to Robotics• Age: Grade 3-8• Purpose: To introduce software p

terminology, and application of Robotics while applying math and science concepts.STEM C t F ti d i l• STEM Concepts: Fractions, decimals, ratios/proportions, applied geometry, applied algebra,

• Lesson Materials:Lesson Materials:– LEGO® Mindstorms Robotics

• Lesson Length: 50 minutes


Harris KHarris K‐‐12 Outreach12 OutreachHarris KHarris K 12 Outreach12 OutreachInvesting In The FutureInvesting In The Future

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An Alternative ApproachProblem Based Learning (PBL)

• Problem Based Learning– Learning driven by challenging, open-ended, ill-

defined and ill-structured problems– Students generally work in collaborative groups

T h t k th l "f ilit t " f l i– Teachers take on the role as "facilitators" of learning• Recent Example ripped from the headlines

Gamers who found HIV virus– Gamers who found HIV virus

The Call for the Barbarians

• Think big, Innovate, Dream, and Imagine

• Have persistence, stand for what is right, and bring g , gpassion and enthusiasm to everything you do

• Love people and use things, never give up on using thenever give up on using the gifts that are entrusted to you


Be a Part of the Inspiration

• Be that nursery k h kworker who wakes

up the 4 -years olds t t h th l hto watch the launch or landing



• Be the local town crier h i th kwho praises the work

done in your own back dyard



• Share the book the• Share the book, the interview, the YouTube, video post yourvideo, post your enthusiasm on Facebook and TwitterFacebook and Twitter



• Celebrate the• Celebrate the Accomplishments


with fervor


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• Live the experiences with those you know

Here’s someone that got it!

• Flickr user Chris Bray and his father attended the first shuttle launch 33 years ago. According to an interview with Universe Today, they had not been to another launch since, but decided to "bookend" the program by going to the final launch — and re-creating a photo taken at the first launch



• Cherish the opportunities you have to participate



•Be The•Be The Barbarian!Barbarian!



… because more gets caught than taught!

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INSPIRING INSPIRING THE THE NEXT NEXT INSPIRING … · Gemini Launch Wakes 4 year-old from nap • 1st manned Gemini Event, 3 orbits – Gemini III, Grissom and Young – 23 March