Explore Flight: NASA's System-Wide Safety (SWS) Project
Thursday 05/26/2022
7:00 pm ET
FREE 1-hour Webinar
Educators, Students, & Parents in Grades 5-16
 
The NASA Educator Professional Development Collaborative at Texas State University is providing a 1-hour webinar.

When Capt. Sullenberger landed US Airways Flight 1549 on New York's Hudson River in 2009, many components (flight crew, air traffic control, technology and first responders) came together seamlessly to save all 155 people onboard. As the dawn of a new era in aviation breaks, this webinar will explore how NASA is "developing innovative data solutions to assure safe, rapid and repeatable access to a transformed National Airspace System." Relevant instructional resources will also be included.


Dr. Anne Weiss is the Education Professional Development Specialist at Langley Research Center, which serves Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. Anne originally trained as a neuroscientist, which included a research assignment in genetics at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory. Since 1998, Anne has taught Earth science, chemistry & biochemistry, physical science, human anatomy & physiology, and general biology at the K-12 and higher education levels. As a graduate assistant, Anne served as Community Manager of the NASA Educators Online Network (NEON), the subject of her dissertation on online teacher professional development, for the NASA Aerospace Education Services Project (AESP). Anne earned a B.S. in Vertebrate Physiology (with history minor) from the Pennsylvania State University, a M.S. in Physiology from the Arizona State University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from the Pennsylvania State University.