2002 Pictures - NASA Day
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Houston PREP held its 2^nd Annual NASA/Career Day at UHD on July 11, 2002.  Sangeeta Gad, Program Coordinator, Donna Dickson-White and Regina Turner, PREP Instructors, who implemented NASA curriculum in PREP, led this event.  Guest speakers from NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) included: Laurie Yvette Carrillo, Engineer for the Office of Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science; Andrea Beatrice Mosie, Senior Research Scientist, Lunar Curatorial Laboratory; and George Salazar, Project Engineer.  Additional Speakers included: Dr. R. Barnes, UHD, Professor of Computer and Mathematical Sciences; Mitsue Nakamura, UHD Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences; Drs. Lisa Morano and Phyllis Griffard, UHD Biology Professors; Dr. Byron Chrismas, UHD Chemistry Professor; and NASA Ambassadors (Memling Altamirano, Monica Cardenas, Maricela Castillo, and Sandy Lee).

NASA Day also entailed PREP students’ presentations, which were based on research of the solar system, and a hall of student poster presentations.  Faculty members judged the projects based on creativity and design principles. Public Speaking was offered to enhance confidence in speaking to groups of people.