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Schedule
Thursday, April 26, 2001
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Below is our schedule of confirmed events for the day. Given the nature of NASA's work and the fact that we will have a shuttle docked to the International Space Station on this day, events can change. We have attempted to finalize our schedule but please continually check back as we secure additional intriguing experts.
4/6-4/26 Technology Innovation Contest
4/26 Hourly Webchats and Webcasts
4/26 Day Long Forum
Aligning with this year's theme "Technological
Innovations" we invite you to submit your idea for a technological innovation
that could benefit women, those with disabilities, improve our space program,
or better our world.
Each hour on the hour from 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT / 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CDT / 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT we will host interactive webchats and webcasts. Registration is not required for these events unless noted on the schedule. Please follow the specific links for each time slot. If you attempt to register for a chat and it is filled, you may either observe or register for another one. If registration is not required, you may simply click on "join the chat."
Webchat Directions Webcast Directions
| Date | Time | Event Type | Grade Level | Event | Description |
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| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 8 AM - 3 PM Pacific, 10 AM - 5 PM Central, 11 AM - 6 PM Eastern |
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all | Day Long Forum Details below |
In celebration of Take Our Daughters to
Work Day, mentors whose work aligns with our theme will be online
at various times of the day to answer your questions. |
| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 8 AM - 9 AM Pacific 10 AM - 11 AM Central 11 AM - NOON Eastern |
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all | Interactive Webchat with Bill Vance, an electrical engineer at NASA Langley, who is deaf. | Although Bill Vance is deaf, he is able
to work at NASA due to an innovation he has worked on that is a fire
and emergency alarm for the hearing impaired. Bill will share the
prototype and discuss his work on this invention. Read the Archive |
| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 9 AM - 10 AM Pacific 11 AM - NOON Central NOON - 1 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive webcast with Dr. Alan Pope, hosted by high school student Laura |
Laura, one of our high school correspondents, will host Dr. Alan
Pope, a behavioral researcher at NASA Langley and inventor of biofeedback
technologies that aid people with Diabetes and children with Attention
Deficit Disorder. |
| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 10 AM - 11 AM Pacific NOON - 1 PM Central 1 PM - 2 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive webchat with Stacey Morrison | Stacey Morrison hosts a webchat in which
she will explain a new website called the Virtual
Astronaut, a 3D technology that simulates life on the International
Space Station. Read the Archive |
| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 11 AM - NOON Pacific 1 PM - 2 PM Central 2 PM - 3 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive webcast focusing on the International Space Station with questions answered by Astronaut Susan Helms, first female to live aboard the ISS. |
Join Bonnie, our Young Women of NASA Advisory Council correspondent, as she hosts experts on the International Space Station. The highlight of this hour will be an interview with Bonnie and Astronaut Susan Helms, who is residing in orbit on the ISS for five months. Also joining us will be Marianne
Steele, project scientist who works with investigators engaged
in research on the shuttle and the International Space Station.
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| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | NOON - 12:30 PM Pacific 2 PM - 2:30 PM Central 3 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive webchat with Dorie Helms, mother of Astronaut Susan Helms |
Join Dorie Helms, mother of four and grandmother of 6, who by Susan's
words was a source of inspiration and support. A retired teacher,
Dorie will have some kean insights on what it takes to live your
dreams. |
Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 1 -1:45PM Pacific 3 - 3:45 PM Central 4 - 4:45 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive webcast focusing on NASA's research on Juvenile Diabetes |
This interactive webcast features Karen Gundy Burlet, a NASA expert on Space Biology,
Aerodynamics, and Mechanical Engineering, who has had diabetes for
ten years, and nine year old Mary, who also suffers from Type I diabetes.
They will share what the disease is like for them and the progress
they have made in monitoring their treatment from newly developed
technologies. Bonnie, our Young Women of NASA Advisory Council correspondent
will host this hour and will offer commentary, and give you the opportunity
to interact with them. |
| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 2 PM - 3 PM Pacific 4 PM - 5 PM Central 6 PM - 7 PM Eastern |
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all | Interactive webcast with Helen Lane. |
Helen Lane, as chief nutritionist, provides technical, scientific, and engineering leadership for the space agency's food and nutrition program to ensure astronaut health and mission success. |
| Thursday, April 26, 2001 | 3 PM Pacific 5 PM Central 6 Eastern |
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all | Contest winner announced | The winner of our Technological Innovations
contest will be announced
Katie from Hampton, Virginia is the winner in our Technology Innovations Contest! We will be contacting your teacher Katie. Congratulations on your ideas for dehydrated milk in the space program--Got Powder? |
The Forum will be open from 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PDT / 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. CDT / 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT. Registration is not necessary for the Forum and you may join in at any time to post questions or read responses. The mentors listed below will take questions specific to them or you may post a general question that any of the mentors can answer. As these women will be logging into the room at various times throughout the day to address questions, they will do their best to get to as many questions as their time allows.
| Mentor | Area of Expertise | Related Links and Research | Join the Forum |
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| Fanny Zuniga | Aerodynamics, NASA's Vertical Motion Simulator used by astronauts and pilots; Fanny will offer participants the opportunity to submit questions in English and/or Spanish. Questions asked in English will receive an English answer, and those asked in Spanish will receive a Spanish answer. | Profile | Read the Archive |
| Michelle Amos | Electronics Engineering, Human Exploration of Space, technologies aboard space vehicles | Profile | Read the Archive | Carolyn Krumrey | Manufacturing hardware for the Space Shuttle Orbiter, Engineering, processing of materials flown in space | Carolyn Krumrey's Profile | Read the Archive |
| Joyce Dever | Thermal control materials for the ISS and Hubble Space Telescope, development of lighter weight and longer life spacecraft materials, research on space environment effects on spacecraft materials | Joyce Dever's Profile | Read the Archive |
| Cathy Sakas | Research Diver, certified submersible pilot for DeepWorker 2000, Education Coordinator for Gray's Reef Marine Sanctuary, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) |
Profile |
Read the Archive |
| Alex Score | Research Diver, Research Biologist, certified submersible pilot for DeepWorker 2000, Information Specialist for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOOA) |
Profile |
Read the Archive |
Questions and comments about this event and other
Women of NASA events can be sent to: tkrieg@quest.arc.nasa.gov
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