Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Environmental Education Outreach Program An...

Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals

Environmental Education Outreach Program

An Engineering Career

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Northern Arizona UniversityThe Mountain Campus

Flagstaff, AZ

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Presentation• Introduction to EEOP

• Military Career – started as a chemist

• Designing Rockets

• Monitoring Chemical Warfare Agents

• Uranium Mining and Water Quality

• Air Quality

• Climate Change

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Mission Statement The vision and mission of the

EEOP staff is to foster life-changing learning experiences in the application of science, mathematics, technology and engineering to local issues that empower American Indian students of all ages to become self-determinate citizens of their sovereign tribal nation.

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Primary Goals - EEOP• Recruitment and retention of tribal students in

environmental, science, engineering, and health careers.

• Effective science literacy programs in tribal school.

• Tribal Environmental Professionals doing effective environmental education and outreach.

• Better learning environment in all tribal schools (Indoor Air Quality)

• Improved air quality in all buildings.

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What is Engineering?Engineers apply the theories and principles

of science and mathematics to research and develop economical solutions to technical problems.

Their work is the link between perceived social needs and commercial applications.

Engineers design products, machinery to build those products, plants in which those products are made, and the systems that ensure the quality of the products and the efficiency of the workforce and manufacturing process.

Cost, Schedule, and Performance

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What is Science?Science refers to a system of acquiring

knowledge.

This system uses observation and experimentation to describe and explain natural phenomena.

The term science also refers to the organized body of knowledge people have gained using that system.

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Military Career

Young LT – “Jr!”

Started my “career” as an

LT at 22 years old – only one of my

soldiers was younger than me.

My son, David Rix at 1 years old.

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Rockets

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NASA Rockets

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Challenger Explosion

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Rijke Tube

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Data Collection

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Chemical Monitors

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Automatic Chemical Agent Detection and Alarm

Improved Chemical Agent Monitor

Teaching

Chemistry Teacher Applied

Engineering and Military Training to teaching.

Program CoordinatorEnvironmental Education

Outreach Program

Northern Arizona University

Uranium Mining

Water Quality

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Air Quality

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Asthma

• Rates of asthma have risen sharply over the past thirty years, particularly among children ages 5 to 14

• Asthma leads to 2 million emergency room visits and 5,000 deaths per year in the U.S.

• Asthma accounted for more than 14 million missed school days in 2000.

• Asthma costs (health care costs and lost productivity) totaled $14 billion in 2002.

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Surgeon General Report Smoking

Leading cause of cancer…

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Surgeon General Report Second-Hand Smoke

The scientific evidence indicates that there is no

risk-free level of exposure

to secondhand smoke

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Before/AfterBefore/After

Climate Change

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What Can We Do About Global

Warming?

•Mitigation

•Adaptation

•Monitor

Sand Dune Stabilization(Climate Change Adaptation)•EEOP is cosponsoring service learning projects along with the US Geological Survey•Techniques

– Mud balls• Native plant seeds

– Sand sausages• Erosion buffer

Climate Change MonitoringGLOBE Weather

StationGLOBE Climate Change Program

Dust Traps

Carbon reductionClimate Change Mitigation

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Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)

Mansel A. Nelson Senior Program CoordinatorEnvironmental Education Outreach Program (EEOP)Northern Arizona University (NAU)

http://www.nau.edu/eeop/mansel.nelson@nau.eduVoice 928 523 1275FAX 928 523 1280

PO Box 5768, Flagstaff, AZ 86011

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Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP)

Mansel A. Nelson, Senior Program CoordinatorEnvironmental Education Outreach Program

(EEOP)Northern Arizona University (NAU)http://www.nau.edu/eeop/mansel.nelson@nau.edu

Voice 928 523 1275 or 1496FAX 928 523 1280PO Box 5768, Flagstaff, AZ 86011