06/09/2010
Michoud Education Fellows Tour NCAM

	Photo #1 -- Explanation of process.
	Photo #2 -- Autographed poster.
	Photo #3 -- In front of GTA.

Several area teachers spent the day touring the NASA Michoud Assembly Facility where they met and talked with employees of UNO-NCAM and Lockheed Martin.

The teachers were part of the Michoud Education Fellows Program. The MEF Program is designed to provide educators an opportunity to explore the way science content and inquiry skills, mathematics and communication skills are used by scientists, engineers and skilled workers at NASA Michoud.

Photo #1 -- Explanation of the Friction Stir Weld Process.
At the UWS2, John Alt, NCAM, describes to local teachers the speed of the tool in the friction stir welding process. Listening are Renee Davis, Madisonville Jr. High; Diana Morgan, seated, Salmen High; and Christina Hotard, Monteleone Jr. High.

Photo #2 -- Autographed Poster.
Circe Bridges (center) and Lisa Redmon (right) ask Lockheed Martin employee Ronald Ellzey for his autograph on their poster of NASA rockets for their students at Copper Mill Elementary in Zachary, Louisiana. The teachers were collecting signatures of people who worked on the Orion Ground Test Article.

Photo #3 -- With the Orion Ground Test Article (GTA).
The Michoud Education Fellows stand in front of the Orion Crew Capsule Ground Test Article, recently completed by staff of Lockheed Martin using machines owned by UNO. Left to right are: John Alt and Mark Lotz, UNO-NCAM; Kathy Treese, Pearl River High; Dr. Paulette Perrin, St. Tammany Parish School District; Renee Davis, Madisonville Jr. High; Dr. Ian Binns, Louisiana State University, Director of MEF Program at Michoud; Christina Hotard, Monteleone Jr. High; Diana Morgan (seated), Salmen High; Lisa Redmon and Circe Bridges, Copper Mill Elementary.