March 12, 2010 Tracy Young Kennedy Space Center, Fla. 321-867-2468 tracy.g.young@nasa.gov Ashley Edwards Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1756 ashley.edwards-1@nasa.gov RELEASE: 10-65 NASA ANNOUNCES SYSTEMS ENGINEERING STUDENT COMPETITION WASHINGTON - NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate is inviting teams of undergraduate and graduate students throughout the country to participate in the fourth annual Systems Engineering Paper Competition. Participants in the competition will submit a paper on an Exploration Systems mission topic. The deadline to register for the competition is April 16. Papers are due April 23. The winning teams will be announced in May. Awards include up to $3,500 in cash scholarships and VIP invitations to attend a future space shuttle or rocket launch at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The competition is designed to engage students in the science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, disciplines critical to NASA's missions. For information about the competition and how to apply, visit: http://education.ksc.nasa.gov/esmdspacegrant/SystemsEngineering.htm For information about NASA's education programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/education -end- To subscribe to the list, send a message to: ksc-subscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov To remove your address from the list, send a message to: ksc-unsubscribe@newsletters.nasa.gov
