The NESC Academy was established by the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC), headquartered at NASA Langley Research Center, to ensure that the vast body of knowledge of retiring NASA scientists and engineers remains viable and accessible to the current community of NASA professionals. The NESC Academy provides the forum through which teams of technical experts, called Technical Discipline Teams (TDT), led by a Technical Fellow (TF), can teach the critical competencies required to meet the NASA mandate.

By sharing their expertise and knowledge through the NESC Academy, these experienced senior NASA scientists and engineers will guide the next generation of NASA scientists and engineers in developing and refining their technical expertise and problem resolution skills. To foster a continued interest in NASA, the NESC Academy is also inviting graduate students across the country to participate.

Hundreds of years of experience—literally—are represented by the TFs and TDTs Agency-wide who will offer courses such as Flight Sciences; Fluids and Life Support; Satellite Attitude Control Systems; Human Factors; Human Flight Operations; Materials; Mechanical Analysis; Mechanical Systems; Nondestructive Evaluation; Power and Avionics; Propulsion; Robotic Flight Operations; Software; Structures; and Systems Engineering.

Currently, the following courses are available to be taken on-line at http://www.nescacademy.org:

·         W08-S01: Structures/NDE: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Ivatury Raju and William Prosser (Online)

·         W07-LD01: Loads and Dynamics: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Curtis Larsen (Online)

·         W07-M01: Materials Durability: Understanding Damage Modes: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Bob Piascik and Colleagues (Online)

·         W07-SW01: Software as an Engineering Discipline: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Michael Aguilar and Colleagues (Online)

·         W06-HF01: Human Factors: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Cynthia Null and Colleagues (Online)

·         W06-GNC01: Satellite Attitude Control Systems: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Cornelius Dennehy and Colleagues (Online)

·         W06-PA01: Power & Avionics: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Robert Kichak (Online)

·         W06-P01: Space Propulsion Systems: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with George Hopson (Online)

·         W06-FL01: Active Thermal Control and Life Support Systems: Learning from the Past and Looking to the Future with Hank Rotter (Online)

For more information see the NESC Academy website, http://www.nescacademy.org or contact:

Ms. Shelley Spears, 757-325-6732, shelley.spears@nianet.org