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Rockford native Hong Kim to teach senior engineering class as part of NASA fellowship
As a NASA Administrator's Fellow, Rockford, Ill., native Hong Kim will teach a senior engineering design class for two semesters at Texas A&M University in Kingsville.
Photo: Hong (NASA/MSFC)As a NASA Administrator's Fellow, Rockford, Ill., native Hong Kim will teach a senior engineering design class for two semesters at Texas A&M University in Kingsville.
A 1985 graduate of Jefferson High School in Rockford, Kim is a project manager 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.
A recent study managed by Kim was the Altus Cumulus Electrification Study (ACES). Based at the Naval Air Facility Key West in Florida, researchers chased down thunderstorms using an uninhabited aerial vehicle, or "UAV" - allowing them to achieve dual goals of gathering weather data safely and testing new aircraft technology. This marked the first time a UAV was used to conduct lightning research.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.
Kim, a native of Seoul, South Korea, grew up in Rockford. He has a bachelor's degree in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master's degree in material science from Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. He also completed a summer session program at the International Space University in Houston.
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/
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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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