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Alexander city native Jonathan Campbell to conduct earth defense research as part of NASA fellowship
As a recipient of a NASA Administrator's Fellow, Alexander City, Ala., native Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell will spend part of this year conducting advanced Earth-defense research at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville.
Photo: Campbell (NASA/MSFC)
As a recipient of a NASA Administrator's Fellow, Alexander City, Ala., native Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell will spend part of this year conducting advanced Earth-defense research at Alabama A&M University in Huntsville.
For his fellowship, he will conduct homeland-defense research; study methods for deflecting asteroids, meteoroids and comets to prevent them from impacting Earth; and help the university build a research working group for space applications.
A 1968 graduate of Benjamin Russell High School in Alexander City and former member of the school's National Academic Olympics Team, Campbell is a NASA research scientist managing several Earth-defense and homeland defense research projects at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in Huntsville, Ala. The NSSTC is a partnership with NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama universities, industry, research institutes and federal agencies.
The Administrator's Fellowship was designed to enhance the professional development of NASA employees, as well as the science, mathematics and engineering faculty of minority-serving institutions. The fellowship also aims to increase the capability of institutions serving minorities to participate in NASA's research and development programs."The Administrator's Fellowship Program is a superb example of how NASA is working to engage minority-serving institutions in the agency's work, while also encouraging professional development in disciplines critical to NASA's mission," noted Dr. Adena Williams Loston, NASA's associate administrator for education. "The program is an essential element of the agency's dedication to engaging minority institutions in the process of advancing our nation's science discoveries," she said.
Campbell has a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering and a master's in experimental plasma physics from Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., as well as a master's in engineering management, a master's in theoretical physics and a doctorate in astrophysics and space science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Campbell recently retired from 30 years of service in the Air Force Reserve, which awarded him the Legion of Merit, a medal recognizing members of the U.S. Armed Forces for outstanding conduct in serving their country.
The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation administers the NASA Administrator's Fellowship. For more information about the NASA Administrator's Felllowship Program, visit:
http://www.uncfsp.org/nasa/nafp/
For more information on other NASA and education programs on the Internet, visit:
The NSSTC is a cooperative venture of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama A & M University, Auburn University, Tuskegee University, The University of Alabama, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, and The University of South Alabama.
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