Lockheed Essay Contest Submissions Due by 5/23/13

Submissions for the MEEC essay contest sponsored by Lockheed Martin on the theme "Earth: There's Only One" are due by no later than 23 May 2013.  For all grade levels, the 250 word essay (drawing for K level), should address " FIVE ways that they can protect the Earth for future generations by reducing their ecological footprint."  First place winners in grades 1-12 categories will win a $50 gift card, second place $25, and third place $15 (K winner $10).  Students must submit their essays by no later than 5:00pm on 23 May 2013 to:  MEEC at 14306 Park Ave, Victorville, CA 92392.  Winners will be notified by phone and invited to attend the Award Ceremony presentation at 5:00 PM on June 4, at the Antelope Valley AQMD Office, 43301 Division St. Ste. 206, Lancaster.  For further information, please call Samantha Murray, at: (760) 245-1661 ext 6717.

Niles, You Will Be Missed

"Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
 And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
 Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
 of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
 You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung
 High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
 I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
 My eager craft through footless halls of air....

" Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
 I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
 Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
 And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
 The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
 - Put out my hand, and touched the face of God."

- "High Flight" by John Gillespie Magee

Our sincerest condolences to his wife, Majella, and his loving children and family.  Services will be held Friday, 12 April 2013, 11:00 a.m., at Joshua Memorial Park and Mortuary, 808 East Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA.




Niles Nilo assisting high school students with Bridge Building Workshop

Niles Nilo - Lockheed Martin Engineer
AV STEM Advocate - working with child at ArtSTEM Fair 2011

NASA and Lockheed Partner in Orion Exploration Design Challenge

At a kickoff announced by NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and prime contractor Lockheed Martin CEO Marilyn Hewson, students in grades K-12 are invited to participate in the Orion Exploration Design Challenge to solve a radiation shield problem facing deep-space exploration flights.  The challenge involves elements of increasing complexity depending upon the grade level (K-4, 5-8, 9-12), including teacher-led activities, and student design problems.  All students participating will have their names flown aboard the maiden voyage of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle in September of 2014, with five winning teams testing their designs in a virtual radiation simulator, and attending the launch at Kennedy Space Center; one team may have its shield tested on the flight.  For more information about the Challenge, go to Orion Exploration Design Challenge .

Antelope Valley E-Week School Visits a Big Hit!

Lockheed volunteers demonstrate robotics maze.

Northrop volunteers present to students

Thanks to our local industry partners Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for their generosity in sending out engineers to local schools as part of CTE Month/Engineering Week commemorations.  Lockheed Martin sent out 65 company volunteers who visited 17 schools and saw 3,642 students.  Northrop Grumman sent out 18 engineers to 8 school sites who saw 1,354 students.