The 2002 NASA Faculty Fellowship Program Research Reports

For the 38th consecutive year, a NASA Faculty Fellowship Program was conducted at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC). The program was conducted by The University of Alabama and MSFC, May 28-August 2, 2002. Operated under the auspices of the American Society for Engineering Education, the MSFC program, as well as those at other NASA Centers, was sponsored by the University Affairs Office, NASA Headquarters, and Washington, DC. The basic objectives of the program, which is in its 38th year of operation nationally, are to (1) Further the professional knowledge of qualified engineering and science faculty members, (2) stimulate an exchange of ideas between participants and NASA, (3) enrich and refresh the research and teaching activities of the participants' institutions, and (4) contribute to the research objectives of the NASA Centers. The Faculty Fellows spent 10 weeks at MSFC engaged in a research project compatible with their interests and background and worked in collaboration with a NASA MSFC colleague. This CD is a compilation of Fellows' reports on their research during the summer of 2002.