Tammy Jones							March 17, 1995 
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, Md.  20771
(301-286-5566)


RELEASE NO:  067

NASA SELECTS RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FOR THE 1995 NASA ACADEMY AT 
GSFC

	NASA has selected 23 Research Associates (RAs) to participate in the 1995 NASA 
Academy program at the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Md.  The 
intent of the 10-week intensive summer institute is to help guide potential future leaders of 
the space program.  The program will be held from June 4 through Aug. 11.

	All RAs were selected competitively from a  pool of more than 100 applicants.  
Potential RAs must be current undergraduate or graduate level students majoring in science, 
math, engineering, computer science, or other areas of interest to the space program.

	The Academy provides insight into all of the aspects that make the NASA mission 
possible, while at the same time assigning the RA to one of the most innovative and 
creative researchers at GSFC as a mentor.  In addition, the RAs get a unique view of the 
space program through interactive lectures, tours, and special projects with the leaders and 
motivators of the space program.  

	The program is co-sponsored by GSFC and the National Space Grant College and 
Fellowship Program consortium in each state.  Forty-three RAs have participated in the 
program since its inception in the summer of 1993.  Additional information on the NASA 
Academy program can be accessed through the World Wide Web at 
http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/SA/academy.html.

-more-






2


1995 Research Associates selected:

Shawn Kuehl 	University of Alaska at Fairbanks      	Fairbanks, Alaska
Tonya Felix     	Hendrix College             			Conway, Ark.
Eric Jackson        	University of Arizona           		Tucson, Ariz.
Azuka Ugwonali  	Howard University          	 		Washington, D.C.
Susan Welsh 	University of Florida           		Venice, Fla.
Jacob Lopata   	Illinois Institute of Technology      	Skokie, Ill.
Jon Sims        	Purdue University               		West Lafayette, Ind.
Miquel Leon 	University of Kansas            		Lawrence, Kan.
Karen Bottom    	Louisiana Tech University      		Ruston, La.
Charlotte Brown 	Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Cambridge, Mass.
Holly Offerman  	University of Maryland          		College Park, Md.
David Vaughan  	Michigan State University          		East Lansing, Mich.
Laura Sachi     	University of Minnesota         		Minneapolis, Minn.
Neil Beaudry   	Montana State University            		Bozeman, Mont.
Derek Carlson   	University of Nevada, Reno      		Reno, Nev.
Stephen Mascaro 	Clarkson University         			Potsdam, N.Y.
Jimmy Talbot    	York University             			Ontario, Canada
Marjorie Thorpe 	Pennsylvania State University       	State College, Pa.
Enectali Figueroa  	University of Puerto Rico           		Mayaguez, P.R.
David Goldstein 	Brown University                		Providence, R.I.
Eric Anderson   	University of Virginia          		Charlottesville, Va.
Max Ullrich     	The University of Vermont       		Burlington, Vt.
Grant Bromhal   	West Virginia University            		Morgantown, W.Va.


                            -30-