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## Space Operations Instituteat Capitol College

- NASA

- Education

- 		Industry

- A consortium of:

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## Educational Goal

- Build a framework of programs that ...

***provide the expertise and knowledge necessary****** to support NASA's space operations ******programs and needs ***

- in areas including ...

***Flight and ground system support for ******        space operations******The operation, maintenance and upgrade******        of satellite systems****. *

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## Operational Goal

- Provide support for education that ...

***prepares students for careers in space mission***
*** ******operations and provides continuing education ***
***for current workers.***

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## Sponsorship

- NASA    Three year grant (August 2002)
- CSC, Capitol    Scholarships & internships
- ai solutions, Analytical Graphics     FreeFlyer, STK Toolkit
- Honeywell Technology Solutions, Lockheed Martin, SGT   Mentoring, student training, technical support

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## Some Educational ConsortiumMembers

- Maryland State Department of Education
- Baltimore City, Montgomery County, and Prince George's County Departments of Education
- Project Lead the Way
- High Schools, including   Bowie, Meade, Serverna Park,     Laurel, High Point
- Community and Other Colleges   Prince George's, Montgomery, Goucher

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## Initial Team of Students

- First meeting at Capitol College
- August 2002

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## Current Missions –1 

- Flight Ops    (3 Students)
- Ground System Upgrade    (4 Students)

_**TOMS/EP**_

- Flight ops students certified as: Mission planners, and as Command and Control Operators

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## Current Missions – 2 

- Flight Operations(2 Students)

_**UARS**_

- Students certified as a UARS Ground Controller

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## Current Missions – 3 

- Flight Operations   (3 students)

_**ERBS**_

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## Current Missions - 4

- Flight Operations    (2 Students)

_**TRMM**_

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## Some SOI StudentsFlight Operations

**Michael Cabrera, PGCC**

**Ken Sterling, CC**

**Angela Gibson, PGCC**

**Charles Hodanics, CC**

**Si Tran, CC**

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## Some SOI StudentsTOMS Ground System Upgrade

**Peter Fetterer**

**Denaire Gilmore**

**Anthy Nguyen**

**Noah Williams**

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## Capitol College

- Founded - 1927
- Private, Non-Sectarian
- Accredited
- B.S., M.S., and MBA degrees

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## Early Days

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## 1982: Laurel Campus

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## 1982: Laurel Campus - Dormitories

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## Delivery Formats

- Traditional
- Mostly Undergraduate

- Online
- Mostly Graduate

- and

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## Engineering Degrees

- Astronautical
- Computer
- Electrical
- Software

- Electrical

**B.S**

**M.S**

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## Computer Degrees

- Computer Science
- Network Security
- Software & Internet Applications

- Computer Science
- Information Architecture
- Network Security

**B.S**

- Capitol is an NSA Center of Excellence for Information
- Assurance

**Graduate**

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## Business & Management Degrees

- Mgmt of Information Technology
- Mgmt of Telecom. Systems
- Business Administration (Fall 04)

- MBA
- Info. & Telecomm. Systems Mgmt

**B.S**

**M.S**

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## Certificates

- Capitol offers a variety of certificates
- All certificates are approved by the State of Maryland
- Each certificate consists of 4 courses and carries 12 college credits.
- Credit obtained by completing a certificate may be applied towards a college degree.

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## UndergraduateCertificates

- Space Missions and Operations Specialist(New - State approval pending)
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Web Programming
- Web Development
- Computer & Network Security
- ... See more online      _[http://www.capitol-college.](http://www.capitol-college.edu/)__[edu](http://www.capitol-college.edu/)_

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## Graduate Certificates

- Client-Server and Wireless Devices
- Information Technology
- Network Protection
- Security Management
- ... See more online     _[http://www.capitol-college.edu](http://www.capitol-college.edu/)_

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## Space Missions and Operations Specialist

- 12-Credits
- Undergraduate certificate
- Counts towards engineering degrees
- Courses-- AE150 Introduction to Space -- AE311 Spacecraft Systems -- AE351 Dynamics of Aerospace systems -- AE361 Remote Sensing

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## Astronautical Engineering(The core of the SOI's Educational Mission)

- 132 Credit hours
- 33 AE credits
- 30 EE credits
- 35 Science and Math Credits
- 34 Other

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## Scholarships & Financial Aidfor students attending Capitol College

- Available to full-time and part-time students
- Scholarships and grants range from $400 to full tuition
- SOI provides scholarships for students in the program
- SOI provides internships for juniors and seniors in the program
- SOI provides work opportunities for students who need extra income.

- NOTE: SOI internships and work opportunities available             only to U.S. citizens.

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## Astronautical Engineering Courses

- AE-150  Introduction to Space
- AE-311 Spacecraft Systems
- AE-351 Dynamics of Aerospace Systems
- AE-361 Remote Sensing
- AE-401 Computational Dynamics
- AE-451 Propulsion Systems
- AE-458 Capstone Project in Space Science

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##               Contact           Information

- Director of Space Operations InstituteKen Dolan, _[skdolan@capitol-college.edu](mailto:skdolan@capitol-college.edu)_
- Chair of EngineeringRobert Weiler, Ph.D., _[rweiler@capitol-college.edu](mailto:rweiler@capitol-college.edu)_
- Chair of Computers and MathematicsFoad Alvandi, _[falvandi@capitol-college.edu](mailto:falvandi@capitol-college.edu)_
- Chair of Business and ManagementMarina Borovok, Ph.D., _[miborovok@capitol-college.](mailto:miborovok@capitol-college.edu)__[edu](mailto:miborovok@capitol-college.edu)_
- Director of AdmissionsDarnell Edwards, _[dedwards@capitol-college.edu](mailto:dedwards@capitol-college.edu)_
- Capitol College: 301-369-2800 / 800-950-1992

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