Fortiani» (Observer
A p ril 11.2012
Andrew Hill
Joseph Thiebes
Justin Martinez
Pacific Northwest
College Spotlight special
Robert Konell
Page 7
edition
Samantha Mellin
Sheng Shen
NASA Looks to PCC for Future Engineers
Careers include
aerospace,
science and
education
Seven Portland Community
College students have been re
warded with recognition by the
space agency NASA for hard
work in their studies.
Four of the students, Sheng
Chen, Justin Martinez, Joseph
Thiebes and Danny Nguyen,
were named National Commu
nity College Aerospace Schol
ars. and will take part in interac
tive web-based activities before
visiting the Jet Propulsion Labo
ratory in Pasadena, Calif., May
1-3 for a hands-on engineering
project.
The project gives community
college students a chance to
design robotic rovers in coop
eration with NASA. The teams
will establish fictional com pa
nies pursuing Mars exploration.
Each team will develop, design
and build a prototype rover, then
use their prototypes to navigate
a course, collect rocks and wa
ter and return to a home base.
The o n-site ex p erien ce this
spring includes a tour of NAS A
facilities and briefings from
agency scientists and engineers.
In • a d d itio n , M a rtin e z ,
Samantha Mellin, Andrew Hill
and R o b e rt K o n ell w ere
aw arded the O regon NASA
Space Grant Consortium Schol
arship. The program recognizes
the academic accomplishments
of students focused on a future
career in the aerospace, science,
or education community.
Konell is a computer science
and math major based at the
Cascade Campus who plans to
Mt. Hood Jazz
Concert Friday
Genesis, the Mt. Hood Com
munity College vocal jazz en
semble, will perform 7:30 p.m.,
Friday, April 13 in the Visual
Arts Theatre, located on the
Gresham Campus, 26000 S.E.
Stark St.
The ensemble will be joined
by the Jeff Baker Quartet.
“Jeff Baker is a highly versa
tile jazz singer who is strongly
inspired by the wonderful Chet
Baker. Jeff was also a mentor
L egal N otices
for many recent Genesis stu
dents. His bass player and drum
mer also play for the Grammy
winner Kurt Elling. It’s going to
be a fabulous concert,” said Dave
Barduhn, MHCC instructor and
music and jazz ensemble direc
tor.
Tickets will be available at the
door and are $10 for students
with identification and $15 for
general admission. Parking will
be free during the performance.
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transfer to Portland State Uni
versity where he will pursue ei
ther a bachelor's degree in com
puter science with a math minor,
or a dual major in both.
"It's amazing," said Konell of
the grant. "I'm a low-income
student, and so financially it's a
huge gift, especially with the ever
increasing cost of tuition. Aside
from that, I've worked extremely
hard since I started back to school
with PCC, and it feels good to
have someone single you out for
all of your effort. It certainly
magnifies my motivation to try
hard in everything I do.”
NASA chooses students from
across the nation through a com
petitive process. Selected stu
dents are pursuing their initial
undergraduate degree at a com
For more information about
munity college who have an in NASA's education programs,
terest for mathematics, science, visit nasa.gov/education.
engineering or computer science.
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