Shorewood student accepted to summer residency at Museum of Flight

The Washington Aerospace Scholars program is pleased to announce that Shorewood High School student Nebiyou Abunie will be participating in one of the four WAS Summer Residency sessions held in June and July at the Museum of Flight in Seattle.

Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is a competitive educational program designed to connect high school juniors with educational and career opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through independent learning, hands-on interaction, professional guidance, and site-based tours.

Abunie is among the 160 students who qualified for the Washington Aerospace Scholars Summer Residency program from 308 students who applied in November. To qualify for the residency program each student spent five months studying a University of Washington and NASA-designed online curriculum and have been selected based on their academic performance in these lessons.

Through a special partnership with the University of Washington, WAS students were able to register to earn five college credits based on completion of the WAS curriculum.

During the residency experience students will collaborate to design a human mission to Mars with guidance from professional engineers, scientists, university students and certified educators. In addition to the design of the Mars mission, students will compete in hands-on engineering challenges, receive briefings from experts in aerospace and engineering fields, and participate in behind-the-scenes tours, including the Boeing Commercial Airplane assembly plant and the engineering laboratories at the University of Washington.