Celena Miller
Celena Miller is the Senior Outreach Program Coordinator for the Texas Space Grant Consortium in Austin, Texas. She has worked for over twelve years in education. During that time, Celena has worked in the Texas public school system, promoting earth and space education to students, teachers and the community through curriculum, professional development, science nights, and career exploration.
Celena has been recognized for our excellence in science teaching. She was the national recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2014. Since that time, Celena was also recognized as the 2014 HEB Excellence in Education "Rising Star" Recipient, 2014 University of Texas - RGV Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 2015 ATPE Educator of the Year, 2015 Texas Academy of Science - Outstanding Texas Educator, and the 2019 HEB Excellence in Education "Leadership" Recipient. She is a NASA MAVEN Ambassador, a SCH Space Education Educator Crew Member, a Space Foundation Teacher Liaison, and a Rio Grande Valley Science Association Board Member. Additionally, she also participated in four missions with the National Center for Earth and Space Science Education for the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program to the International Space Station.
She is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Science Teacher Association of Texas, National Science Teacher Association, Rio Grande Valley Science Association, and NASA Network of States.
Celena received her Bachelor of Science degree and master's at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. She also completed post-graduate work with the NASA Endeavor Science Teaching Certificate Project in STEM Education at Columbia University.
Sessions in which Celena Miller participates
- Mars 2020 Expedition Needs YOU!
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Destiny
- 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- The Mars 2020 mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program. The mission addresses high-priority science goals for M...
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Sessions in which Celena Miller attends
- Exoplanets in Our Backyard
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- Our generation is the first in human history to travel to other worlds. With the help of robots, we’ve seen the lava plains of Venus, the fire f...
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- Keynote Session- Thursday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Mike Kincaid oversees strategic direction and leadership of NASA’s STEM engagement function,...
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- Mission To Mars: Empowering Elementary Student through High School Career Tech Student Interactions
- Signup required Gilruth Center - Off-Site Location (take bus) - Mars
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Experience first-hand how high school career tech students utilized their knowledge and expertise to inspire and empower ...
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- Quick lunch 1
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery - Lunch 1
- 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM | 15 minutes
- This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...
- Lunch
- Cubes in Space: Free, Student-Designed Space Flight Experiments
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Learning Innovation Center- Lab 3
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Cubes in SpaceTM, a program by idoodledu inc., is the only global competition, offered at no cost, for students 11-18 yea...
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- Quick Lunch- Lunch 2
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM | 15 minutes
- This option is for those who would like to grab a quick lunch and then go to a session. We need to make sure we have a good count for food for the ...
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- Beyond Surveys: Inventive Evaluation For Informal Educators
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Saturn Club
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Without the structure of a school setting, informal educators must develop creative ways to measure the learning and grow...
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- Human Health and Performance Laboratory - Tour
- Signup required Tours Off-Site locations (take bus) - Human Health and Performance Lab
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Join us for a tour of building 21 NASA’s human health and performance laboratory. This laboratory facility is the new home for the Johnson space...
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- SEEC Crew Session one
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Mission Briefing Center
- 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the mission of space ...
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- Networking Reception
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronuat Gallery
- 5:16 PM - 7:00 PM | 1 hour 44 minutes
- Join the ISS National Lab for an evening of networking and learning we will be hosting a free reception to showcase our partners in the...
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- Thought Leader Series - Challenges of Building the Station Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 1 hour
- There will be a special Thought Leaders Series presented at 7:00pm. This year marks 20 years of humans continuously living and working off planet. ...
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- Keynote- Friday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM | 1 hour
- Lara KearneyDeputy Program Manager, Gateway Program Kearney serves as Gateway Deputy Progra...
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- SEEC Crew work session
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:15 AM - 12:00 PM | 45 minutes
- SEEC Crew: SEEC’s Space Educator Expedition Crew brings together exemplary educators from around the world to collaborate and further the missio...
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- SEEC Banquet
- Signup required
- 7:00 PM - 11:00 PM | 4 hours
- Poster/Networking session Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronuat Gallery
- 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | 30 minutes
- Meet the SEEC regional crew member and learn about further STEM resources and opportunity.In addition, we know that many of yo...
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- Space Center University Flight Operations Mission
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 8:45 AM - 9:30 AM | 45 minutes
- The Foundations of Mission Operations instill a culture of leadership that is unwavering in the highly stressful work that...
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- IV&V Escape Room
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- Escape into space exploration! Challenge your team to solve enough codes and puzzles to unlock the materials to engineer ...
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- Spheros Explore The Moon
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Silvermoon
- 11:45 AM - 12:30 PM | 45 minutes
- In this session teachers will learn how to use Spheros, 3D printing, the engineering design process, and the Giant Moon M...
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- Lunch 2 Saturday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Astronaut Gallery- Lunch 2
- 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1 hour
- Building an Aerospace S.T.E.M. program in a Turnaround Elementary School
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM | 45 minutes
- Discover some key elements to consider in building an Elementary Aerospace S.T.E.M themed campus. Come learn about the b...
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- Capture the Mousetronaut
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Boardroom
- 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes
- How can you capture a rogue mouse in microgravity and return him to his enclosure unharmed? Join us as you work as teams ...
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- Keynote- Saturday
- Signup required Space Center Houston (Hosting of all events take place on-line-virtually) - Space Center Theater
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM | 1 hour
- Holly Ridings She is a mechanical engineer and the first woman to be chief flight director. She leads the elite gro...
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