and implementation of bold, new, potentially transformative and scalable models
for STEM graduate education training. Several representative programs will be
described in later sections.
10.1.3 Battelle
It is not only the federal government that funds STEM projects which involve ballooning. Non-profits and corporations also fund projects. One non-profit is
Battelle. Their support is managed by the Director of Corporate Engagement &
Education Outreach for Battelle Education, which has a history in K-12 STEM
education, STEM workforce development, and community outreach across the
country. The Battelle STEM Grant Program provides funding to start or sustain
innovative STEM education programs at schools and community centers.
One of their projects is The Sisters RISE program (discussed in more detail in
a later section) which intersects with many of the scientific areas in which Battelle
is engaged and demonstrates the effort and coordination required to enable safe,
effective, complex science.
Battelle has an unmatched scientific expertise across disciplines and reaching
to the ends of the Earth, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the deep seas to
the stratosphere. Their research infrastructure and management experience spans
decades of national laboratory management, effective operation of the National
Science Foundation National Ecological Observatory Network, and world-class
chemical demilitarization technology and operations management. It works with
ISTAR (see Chapter 9) on projects that exploit the benefits of ballooning to test
prototypes for a wide variety of government programs, including new suborbital
telemetry systems. In the future, it intends to take some students on international
trips to see large-scale stratospheric programs in action and participate in launch
and recovery efforts.
10.2 EXAMPLES OF BALLOON EDUCATION PROGRAMS
10.2.1 University of Wyoming Lift Project
The University of Wyoming (UW) has been launching research balloons for more
than 40 years, giving UW the distinction of being the nation’s research institution
with the longest running program for measuring stratospheric aerosols. So it was
natural that UW would have an interest in a balloon-related STEM program.
The Learning to Integrate Fundamentals through Teaching (LIFT) Project is an
NSF-funded multidisciplinary science outreach that unites UW undergraduates
with in-state K-12 teachers. Its objective is for the undergraduates to design and
build K-12 STEM-related projects and curricula for high altitude ballooning. In
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for STEM graduate education training. Several representative programs will be
described in later sections.
10.1.3 Battelle
It is not only the federal government that funds STEM projects which involve ballooning. Non-profits and corporations also fund projects. One non-profit is
Battelle. Their support is managed by the Director of Corporate Engagement &
Education Outreach for Battelle Education, which has a history in K-12 STEM
education, STEM workforce development, and community outreach across the
country. The Battelle STEM Grant Program provides funding to start or sustain
innovative STEM education programs at schools and community centers.
One of their projects is The Sisters RISE program (discussed in more detail in
a later section) which intersects with many of the scientific areas in which Battelle
is engaged and demonstrates the effort and coordination required to enable safe,
effective, complex science.
Battelle has an unmatched scientific expertise across disciplines and reaching
to the ends of the Earth, from the Arctic to the Antarctic and from the deep seas to
the stratosphere. Their research infrastructure and management experience spans
decades of national laboratory management, effective operation of the National
Science Foundation National Ecological Observatory Network, and world-class
chemical demilitarization technology and operations management. It works with
ISTAR (see Chapter 9) on projects that exploit the benefits of ballooning to test
prototypes for a wide variety of government programs, including new suborbital
telemetry systems. In the future, it intends to take some students on international
trips to see large-scale stratospheric programs in action and participate in launch
and recovery efforts.
10.2 EXAMPLES OF BALLOON EDUCATION PROGRAMS
10.2.1 University of Wyoming Lift Project
The University of Wyoming (UW) has been launching research balloons for more
than 40 years, giving UW the distinction of being the nation’s research institution
with the longest running program for measuring stratospheric aerosols. So it was
natural that UW would have an interest in a balloon-related STEM program.
The Learning to Integrate Fundamentals through Teaching (LIFT) Project is an
NSF-funded multidisciplinary science outreach that unites UW undergraduates
with in-state K-12 teachers. Its objective is for the undergraduates to design and
build K-12 STEM-related projects and curricula for high altitude ballooning. In
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