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Shamim Abbas
Career Profiles
Special Process Engineer
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Mauro Marongiu
Career Profiles
Flight Test Instrumentation Engineer
![Airport terminal with airplane](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-11/airport.jpg?itok=yYMTeqe9)
Up, Up and Away: Careers in Flight
Lessons
Students will learn about the wide variety of jobs related to the aviation industry.
![Aircraft wing, pictured from the aircraft in flight](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-11/Aircraft%20wing%20tip.jpg?itok=_9yIlTJn)
Testing Aircraft Wings
Lessons
Students will explore how wing design affects lift using a testing device similar to a wind tunnel.
![C-band radar](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/radar_dish.jpg?itok=HcuuNraM)
Making Waves with Radar
Backgrounders
Learn about how the radar works, the history and its many real life applications.
![Boeing 777 Ecodemonstrator aircraft](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/Ecodemonstrator_Boeing.jpg?itok=qIY5zVR1)
Sustainable Aerospace Firsts
Backgrounders
Learn how Boeing is making aviation more sustainable.
![B-58 Hustler in flight](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/B-58.jpg?itok=IQKuEKNz)
Testing for Aviation Safety
Backgrounders
Learn about some of the ways that aircraft and spacecraft are tested.
![Scale aircraft in a wind tunnel](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/Wind_Tunnel_Test.jpg?itok=fGLZha3Y)
Pre-flight Testing
Backgrounders
Learn about some of the ways Aerospace engineers test new designs.
![XB-35](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2022-01/XB-35.jpg?itok=O4nM5uk6)
Strange Shapes in the Sky: Stealth and Flying Wings
Backgrounders
Learn about how and why engineers designed and built some very unique aircraft.
![Otto Lilienthal's flying machine](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/otto-lilienthals-flying-machine-glider-1890s.jpg?itok=iY-hOAxy)
A History of How Humans Learned to Fly
Backgrounders
Learn how aviation pioneers from the world learned how to make humans fly!
![Four Harvard training aircraft](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-12/harvards.jpg?itok=54yNGDe_)
How Planes Fly
Backgrounders
Learn about what gets planes up in the air, what keeps them up there, and what brings them down again.
![Four forces acting on an aircraft](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-11/Four_forces_of_flight.png?itok=6fuWyvYE)
Four Forces of Flight
Backgrounders
Learn about the four forces of flight.
![Hot air balloons at dawn](/sites/default/files/styles/resource_card_image_360x300_/public/2021-11/balloons_at_dawn.jpg?itok=peSW6144)
Lighter Than Air Vehicles
Backgrounders
Learn about history and workings of lighter than air vehicles.
![Space lander](/sites/default/files/2020-12/yellow-space-lander.jpg)
How can we land a model space probe?
Hands-on Activities
Design and build a model space probe.
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Resources on Physics and Aerospace
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to physics and aerospace.