Upcoming HPCC Events

K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook
July 15 and 29; August 5, 12 and 19

The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook (K8AIT) is an online electronic textbook that comprehensively studies the science of aeronautics; it is available in English and Spanish and has also been adapted for deaf students.

Staff from NASA Dryden Research Center will be featured during web chats conducted in Spanish and English.This event is sponsored by the K8AIT project and the Learning Technology Channel.

Event information and registration
Contact: Jani Macari Pallis

Lewis Research Center Learning Technologies Project 1998 Regional Summer Professional Development Workshops
July 20-24 and July 27-31

NASA LewisResearchCenter, Cleveland, Ohio

The workshops are designed to provide computer training for teachers and to have those teachers apply the skills they learn by creating NASA-related classroom materials.

Workshops and registration information
Contact: Beth Lewandowski

INET 98 Internet Summit
July 21-24
Geneva, Switzerland

Dryden Flight Research Center's Learning Technologies Project will present its research papers.

Discover what your Internet colleagues already know: the Internet Society (ISOC) Conference is the most effective way of looking into the future of the Internet and the World Wide Web and preparing for it with sharper skills, increased productivity and a deeper understanding of the issues impacting the Internet.

Conference Information
Contact: Marianne McCarthy

NASA Computational Aerosciences (CAS) Workshop 98
August 25-27
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

This workshop brings together NASA's scientists and engineers with their CAS counterparts in industry, other government agencies and academia.

Objectives:

(1) communicate the goals and objectives of the High-Performance Computing and Communications Program and CAS,

(2) promote and disseminate CAS technology within the appropriate technical communities, and

(3) help promote synergy among CAS and other HPCC scientists.

Workshop Information
Contact: Pat Elson

Aerodynamics in Sports Research Collaboration
August 31
The Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York

Project Manager John Yandell will present "The Aerodynamics in Sports Research Collaboration" at the 1998 U.S. Tennis Association Tennis Teachers Conference.

The project teams NASA engineers with professional sports scientists to lead students through an actual research project.

Event information and registration
Contact: Jani Macari Pallis

Lewis Research Center Learning Technologies Project's Distance Learning Program resumes.
September 1998

Professional development courses on how to incorporate basic aerodynamics into the curriculum and how to use NASA educational web sites in the classroom are available to teachers via video conferencing.

Program, schedule and registration information
Contact: Beth Lewandowski

Aerodynamics in Sports Technology
September 9

The project team and Learning Technology Channel will hold an Internet Video Conference from the U.S. Open for students. The project teams NASA engineers with professional sports scientists to lead students through an actual research project.

Contact: Jani Macari Pallis

Aerodynamics in Sports Technology
September 30

The Aerodynamics in Sports Technology project will host a web chat with NASA and sports scientists for students. The project teams NASA engineers with professional sports scientists to lead students through an actual research project.

Event information and registration
Contact: Jani Macari Pallis