Presentations from Oct. 1, 2006 to August 30, 2007:
The SEMAA staff at TSU made numerous presentations through out the year to local, state, and national groups about the GRASP program. Many of the presentations included the GRASP program as it relates to the broader program of astrobiology that is a major focus of the high school SEMAA initiative at TSU.

The presentations centered on helping to increase each audience’s understanding of issues related to the geosciences and STEM areas. Audiences included business owners at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Seminar Nashville, TN, teachers at the Tennessee Science Teachers Association, Directors of the national SEMAA program, and scientists from around the world at the BioAstronomy conference in Puerto Rico. See Figure 1 for additional information on the location and dates of these presentations.

Arino de la Rubia, L., Butler, J., Stockman, S., Gary, T., Mumma, M., Pfiffner, S., Davis, K. & Edmonds, J. “Development, Evaluation, and Dissemination of an Astrobiology Curriculum for Secondary Students: Establishing a successful model for increasing the use of scientific data by underrepresented students.” BioAstronomy San Juan, PR July 2007.

Arino de la Rubia, L., Butler, J., Cummings, T., Madison, R., Byrne, B. & Gary, T.  “A Cultural and Scientific Partnership between TSU and Oglala Lakota College with a focus on the next generation of Earth and Space Scientists.”  Presented at the 29th Annual University-Wide Research Symposium, Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN., March 27, 2007.  

Butler, J. “Tennessee Students Embark on a Geological Mission to Mars in the Badlands of South Dakota.” (2006) TEST Tube: Newsletter of the Tennessee Earth Science Teachers, Vol 15,  No. 2.

Butler, J. and Gary, T. “The GeoRobotic Analytical Sampling Project (GRASP) at Tennessee State University,” Presented at the Tennessee Earth Science Teachers Symposium held at the Tennessee Science Teachers Association Conference, Nashville, TN November 2006.

Gary, T.   “Increasing STEM Areas in the High School SEMAA Program: GeoRobotic Analytical Sampling Project.”  Presented at the NASA SEMAA Director’s Annual Conference Program.  Washington, DC., Sept. 6-8, 2006.

Cummings, T., Arino de la Rubia, L., & Gary, T., & Butler, J. “Engineers of Tomorrow: Promoting Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics,” Presented at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers Seminar Nashville, TN April 2007.