Over the past five months, Advanced STEM Researcher and Odessa High School junior Cole Kissler has been taking a rigorous online course developed by NASA and the University of Washington, considered Phase One of the Washington State Aerospace Scholars Program. Washington Aerospace Scholars is an educational program for public and private high school juniors across Washington state. The program emphasizes science, technology, engineering and math, and encourages students to consider careers in STEM-related fields. As a result of Kissler's high scores during Phase One, he was invited last Friday, May 13, 2016, by Melissa Edwards, the Director of Digital Learning at the Museum of Flight, to attend Phase Two of the Washington Aerospace Scholar Program. Phase Two is a six-day summer residency experience hosted by the Museum of Flight from June 19-24, 2016. Kissler is part of the Red Team and will have an opportunity to work with professional engineers and scientists, university students and educators on designing a human mission to Mars. Additionally, he will tour engineering facilities, receive briefings from professionals in a variety of fields and participate in hands-on engineering challenges.
His current research, "Engineering a Seafloor-Tethered Hydro-Electric Generator," has great potential to harness the everyday tidal energy in Washington state or anywhere there is moving water, without being aesthetically disturbing to the environment.
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