NASA today announced the 2003 awardees for the
Administrator’s Fellowship Program (AFP). The AFP was
designed to enhance the professional development both of
NASA employees and science, mathematics and engineering
faculty of minority-serving institutions. The AFP also aims
to increase the capability of minority-serving institutions
to participate in NASA’s research and development (R&D)
programs.
The NASA Employee Fellows and their fellowship plans
include: Dr. Jonathan W. Campbell, Dr. Kenneth R. Fernandez
and Hong S. Kim of the Marshall Space Flight Center,
Huntsville, Ala., who will conduct their fellowships at
Alabama A&M University, Normal, Ala., Alabama A&M University
and Texas A&M University, Kingsville, respectively; Dr.
Philip T. Chen of the Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md., who will complete his fellowship at Howard
University, Washington; Dr. A. Gholam Shaykhian and Dr. Jan
F. Corbin of the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., who will
perform their fellowships at Bethune Cookman College,
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Faculty Fellows include: Dr. Clinton Hunt, Alcorn State
University, who will conduct his fellowship at Stennis Space
Center, Miss.; Dr. Keith A. McGee, Alcorn State University,
who will participate as a fellow at Marshall Space Flight
Center; and Dr. Jianping Yue, Essex County College, who will
carry out his fellowship at Langley Research Center,
Hampton, Va.
The program provides Faculty Fellows mid-career
opportunities to conduct research at NASA centers or other
large institutions. AFP enables recipients to better compete
in NASA’s mainstream, peer-reviewed research programs.
Fellows also will be provided with opportunities to
interface with high-level NASA and other government
officials, to participate in NASA’s R&D programs, and to
learn about innovative scientific and engineering research
methods. These experiences have been planned to enhance
their professional careers and better position their home
institutions to participate in NASA’s R&D 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.
The United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation
administers the NASA Administrator’s Fellowship.
For more information about the NASA Administrator’s
Fellowship Program, and the application process for 2004, on
the Internet, visit:
http://www.uncfsp.org/nasa/nafp/
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