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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/[email protected] 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/[email protected]
Voice 928 523 1275 or 1496FAX 928 523 1280PO Box 5768, Flagstaff, AZ 86011