Volume 11, Number 3 • Fall 2003 • Aerospace Technology Development

SEMAA Celebrates 10 Years

A SEMAA student from Cleveland, OH prepares to conduct an icing research experiment in the FLOTEK 360 Wind Tunnel. NASA Glenn Research Center.

Over the last 10 years, an innovative program managed by the Office of Educational Programs at NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH, has been inspiring a diverse student population, K–12, to pursue careers in the fields of science, engineering, mathematics and technology.

The 10th anniversary celebration of SEMAA (Science, Engineering, Mathematics and Aerospace Academy) coincided with the annual National SEMAA Conference, held June 16–19 in Cleveland, OH. Educators, students, parents and administrators from all 19 SEMAA sites across the country attended. The focus of the conference was to develop additional ways to create awareness and access to programs with similar purposes, and to develop partnerships.

SEMAA was born in 1993 of then US Congressman Louis Stokes’ concern about the low level of academic achievement of the young students in his district and his urging for the creation of a unique program that would focus on mathematics and science. Educational personnel at Glenn and Tri-C embraced his idea and developed the SEMAA program. *

Further information about SEMAA can be found at http://www.semaa.net. Please mention you read about it in Innovation.

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