Shakopee High School students to present research to NASA
"They're following the engineering process, exactly what we as engineers follow." Shakopee High School students from Shakopee, Minn. high school, along with seniors Kady McGraw and Lisa Leary, will present their research research to NASA in Houston, Texas. The students' projects, which beat out hundreds of other high schools across the country, aim to improve how astronauts live and work in space and at home. The trip includes a trip to Houston, where they will use the engineering process similar to what NASA does. Nancy Hall, project manager and research scientists with the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, also works with high school students United with NASA to Create Hardware, the program both students are in.
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"They're following the engineering process, exactly what we as engineers follow."
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SHAKOPEE, Minn. — As students in Shakopee get ready to head off for spring break, some in the school district are focusing on the trip they'll take after break.
They, along with Kady McGraw are all Seniors at Shakopee High School – but this trip to Texas isn't just for fun.
McGraw and Leary worked together on one project, Chhun on another, with both projects aimed at doing the same thing – improving how astronauts live and work in space and at home.
"They wanna try and alleviate that amount up there," Chhun said about her project, which involves 3D printing medical supplies.
"How can we help make astronauts happier during their time in space?" McGraw said about their project, which uses art to help astronauts with PTSD, struggling to adjust to life back on Earth.
These projects were so well done that they beat out hundreds of entries from other high schools across the country – impressive enough in it's own right. But that doesn't just come with bragging rights, it comes with that trip to Houston.
"It's great to see how students can come up with lots of different ideas, things we don't even think of," Nancy Hall, project manager and research scientists with the NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, said.
Hall also works with HUNCH – High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware, the program both of these projects are in.
Getting to this point was a challenge. Not only did they beat out hundred of entries, but the students are using the same process NASA does.
Hall admits – not every project that is presented at NASA will be integrated into what they do, but says NASA looks at how ideas can be adapted.
Tematy: Space, NASA