Published: August 15, 2010
July, 2009: My team trained 25 teachers from Puerto Rico at Arecibo Observatory in the use of infrared astronomy in their classrooms.
April, 2010: Six students presented a research project, "Mars Landers" and another "Lunar Waste Water Recycling" at Ames Research Center. Although this was not infrared astronomy, the idea of student research came directly out of my Spitzer experience.
May, 2010: Several students presented a research project, "Lunar Waste Water Recycling" at Kennedy Space Center. Several NASA pages carry coverage of this. (see here and here.) Although this was not infrared astronomy, the idea of student research came directly out of my Spitzer experience.
July, 2010: Presented abstract at Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) in Bremen, Germany. "Infrared Astronomy: Linking K-12 Education and Whole-Sky Infrared Mapping" (link)
July, 2010: I trained teachers, docents, and the Director of Education at the Pacific Aviation Museum on the use of infrared astronomy in K-12 classrooms.
September 2010: I will be a panelist at the September 13 NASA Stakeholder Meeting in Washington, D.C.