AIAA SF, P.O. Box 1548, Mountain View, CA 94042-1548

Volunteer Opportunities

The precollege outreach of AIAA SF and other local non-profit societies depend heavily on the efforts of volunteers. We have partnered over the long-term with certain organizations with similar interests. In general, we have a common interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education.

2010-2011 (Current Year)

• Girl Scout Golden Gate Bridging. Sign up now to join us at the next outreach event, the 30th anniversary of Girl Scout Golden Gate Bridging on May 7 in the Presidio. There will be over 5000 girls from 14 states celebrating with fun activities. We will be making both paper airplanes and paper rockets! Sign up with Ali aliguarnerosluna@gmail.com [ Slideshow from last year ]
• School visits.
  • Inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers! Visit a middle or high school MESA chapter one time or on a monthly basis to share your experience and do fun hands-on activities with the students.
    • Short overview of MESA, locations, and schedules
    • Volunteer guidelines from MESA
    • Presentation about MESA and the students it serves
    Contact Samantha Infeld at precollege@aiaa-sf.org to get connected to a chapter in San Jose or the East Bay.
  • The Discover "E" ("E" stands for "Engineering") K-12 engineering outreach program needs volunteer engineers to visit Bay Area classrooms and discuss the engineering profession with students and teachers. About 150 Bay Area K-12 teachers have requested an engineer to visit their classroom to discuss engineering. Now you need to fulfill their requests. First time there, fill out the lower, longer form; thereafter, use the shorter, upper form to access the database containing the requests from teachers. Your username is your email address.
• NASA Ames: Ames Exploration Encounter (AEE)
• Coaches and Mentors Needed. AIAA is recognized as the Aerospace Partner for two high school competitions. Both competitions pose real-world problems to the students, and they need real-world expertise to help them solve them. Most of your participation will be online and probably 5–10 hours per month. When the finalists in both competitions are downselected, then they have another opportunity to refine their projects from January to April, so coaching in that round might be more intensive.
  • Real World Design Challenge
  • Conrad Foundation is also looking for judges in addition to mentors. Contact Samantha Infeld at precollege@aiaa-sf.org for more information.

2009-2010

• NASA Ames: Ames Exploration Encounter (AEE), Exploration Center, Educator Resource Center (ERC), etc.
• Conrad Foundation: AIAA is the Aerospace Advisor for the Conrad Foundation on the 2010 Pete Conrad Spirit of Innovation Awards. The foundation's Innovation Summit will be held at NASA Ames. Judges are needed for the summit. The foundation also has other volunteer opportunities connected with the summit.
• Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC): Discover "E" Program.