African-American History Month Profiles

  • Released Sunday, February 5, 2012
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In observance of National African American History Month and Engineers Week, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland will host a live webcast for K-12 teachers and students. Students will interact live with African-American engineers and scientists who will discuss what sparked their career choices and how students can prepare for future careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. This webcast occurs on Feb. 22, 2012, at 1 p.m. EST. During the month of February GSFC will release two videos featuring Dr. Aprille Ericsson and James Fraction. We want you to actually see what engineers do during the day. This is a great opportunity for educators and students to learn more about engineering careers at NASA.

Profile of Deptuy Instrument Manager for ICESat Atlas instrument Dr. Aprille Ericsson.

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Profile of James Fraction, an electrical engineer working on the Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission (MMS).

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  • Black History Month 2012 Profiles (ID: 2012012)
    Monday, February 13, 2012 at 5:00AM
    Produced by - David Hon (NASA)