{"id":97,"date":"2008-08-18T17:52:03","date_gmt":"2008-08-19T00:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.perfectscienceprojects.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2008-08-18T17:52:03","modified_gmt":"2008-08-19T00:52:03","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/?page_id=97","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mechanical Engineer, Rocket Scientist, University Instructor, Airplane Pilot, Astronomer…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi! I am Aurora Lipper, and I welcome you to my web site. My work evolved as an expression of a value I am committed to in my life and want to offer others: envisioning, empowering, and taking massive action.<\/p>\n

I attended Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California, where I obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering (with a minor in Mathematics and senior project in Rocket Science) in June 1996. While in California, I received a Air Force sponsorship, based on my academic background, to pursuer further studies in a Master’s program with Edward Air Force Base in Dryden, California. I was also a student pilot and shortly thereafter received my private pilot license.<\/p>\n

In June 1997, I completed a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Cal Poly State University, with a thesis in flow patterns of F-15 engines and with 4.0 GPA and was awarded Graduation with Distinction.<\/p>\n

In Fall 1997, I became one of the youngest instructors in the engineering department at Cal Poly State University, where I taught lectures in Statics, Dynamics, Engineering Systems, and labs in Fluid Mechanics, Vibrations, and Engineering Design.<\/p>\n

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When teaching at the university, I noticed a few things… One of the big things that hit me was how bored the engineering students were!\u00c2\u00a0 And I couldn’t figure out why. <\/em>I loved what I was working while I was at NASA (working on rockets and jet engines). So why didn’t the kids seem to have the same excitement? I decided to investigate further, and I looked into how kids are taught before they reached college.<\/p>\n

When I saw how kids were being taught science in high school, and especially elementary school, I realized that I’d be bored, too! That’s when I decided to do something about it. But what could I do? At first, I had no idea, so I continued along my career track to becoming a university professor. I began doctorate studies at Stanford University in the High Temperature Gas Dynamics Lab (Combustion) and spent my free time at the local children’s museum in the San Francisco Bay Area. I spent my free time (small as it was) traveling to elementary schools giving science talks to kids.<\/p>\n

Teaching elementary schools about supersonic combustion did not seem like a good idea at first. But after awhile, I realized how much physical science was really needed in all levels of schools (in private, public, and homeschool environments).\u00c2\u00a0 But once the word got out that a real <\/em>engineer was teaching at a school, well… I had to hire 12 additional staff to handle the requests!<\/p>\n

I have now taken the opportunity to have a wider range of students, as we travel across the country giving talks and workshops to kids everywhere.\u00c2\u00a0 By 2008, we have worked with over 30,000 kids through our science programs.<\/p>\n

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Many parents and teachers have learned the teaching strategies needed for self-motivated learning through my intensive workshops and camps. I share a unique perspective on overcoming the stressful and overwhelming tasks of teaching and doing real science in a meaningful and impactful way through my experiences as an instructor, speaker, scientist and engineer.<\/p>\n

Visit the Supercharged Science Galactic Headquarters.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mechanical Engineer, Rocket Scientist, University Instructor, Airplane Pilot, Astronomer… Hi! I am Aurora Lipper, and I welcome you to my web site. My work evolved as an expression of a value I am committed to in my life and want to offer others: envisioning, empowering, and taking massive action. I attended Cal Poly State University […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-97","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.awesomescienceprojects.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}