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The College of Management has been selected to provide leadership training for NASA engineers, scientists and technologists who will be instrumental in extending the agency's reach deeper into space.
Tech's training program for the Johnson Space Center will begin in June. It will last a total of 15 days, broken into five three-day modules through November 2008, and will include courses on leadership, project management, vendor and contractor relationships, financial and risk management and systems engineering.
The Georgia Tech Research Institute and H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering are assisting the College of Management with the training.
The program's 30 participants, including several former astronauts, will be active in developing NASA's crew exploration vehicle to replace the space shuttle, which is scheduled for retirement in 2010. Other major goals include launching the crew exploration vehicle by 2014, completing the International Space Station, returning to the moon by 2020 to establish a sustained human presence there and leading human and robotic missions to Mars and other destinations.
"We're very excited about this terrific opportunity to employ Georgia Tech's strengths in management and technology to help NASA fulfill its ambitious mission," said College of Management Dean Steve Salbu. "Our college does an excellent job of customizing leadership development programs for a wide variety of companies and organizations."
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