MEDIA ADVISORY: WVU NASA WV EPSCoR to host inaugural NASA EPSCoR HackWeek
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Evana Gizzi working with a HackWeek participant (WVU Photo/Paige Nesbit).
Students, professors, data managers and others from New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and West Virginia will come together at West Virginia University this week to explore NASA’s problems of interest and learn about open science practices and software.
Story by Adrianne Uphold, Multimedia Specialist
WHAT: The NASA West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NASA WV EPSCoR) is hosting the inaugural NASA EPSCoR HackWeek starting Monday, June 13 - Friday, June 17.
The participants will learn from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center experts James Harrington, Barbara Thompson and Evana Gizzi. The weeklong event will provide underrepresented communities exposure to problems of interest to NASA and generate technical expertise and opportunities by contributing to NASA’s challenges. Participants will be introduced to educational and training activities including the problem-space of Fault Diagnosis on-board spacecraft. They will generate specific outcomes and novel solutions for the problem-space.
The event will create an inclusive, open space that fosters a collaborative learning experience, networking, innovation and sharing ideas. Ali Baheri, research assistant professor of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Piyush Mehta, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will be assisting in the event.
Learn more about NASA EPSCoR HackWeek.
WHEN: Monday, June 13-Friday, June 17 from 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Advanced Engineering Research Building, room 137
ON-SITE MEDIA CONTACT:
Melanie Page
Director, NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium/NASA EPSCoR
Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
304-293-5913; mcpage@mail.wvu.edu
OR
Kisstaman Epps
Outreach Specialist/Executive Assistant, NASA West Virginia Space Grant Consortium/NASA WV EPSCoR
304-293-3936; kdepps@mail.wvu.edu-WVU-
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Contact: Paige Nesbit
Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources
304.293.4135, Paige Nesbit
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