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Former NASA astronaut, Dr. George D. Nelson, is the director of Project 2061, which is engaged in the reform of science, math and technology education. The project aims to create a system whereby all high school graduates are literate in these areas. In addition, Dr. Nelson is a senior staff member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has been an administrator for research and professor of astronomy and education at the University of Washington and has taught graduate courses in stellar atmospheres and solar physics. Research interests include science education and radiative transfer and hydrodynamics.