1 00:00:00,506 --> 00:00:12,546 [ Music ] 2 00:00:13,046 --> 00:00:14,466 >> Oscar Murillo: So we need to get the weight and balance 3 00:00:14,466 --> 00:00:16,536 as accurate as possible for the next phase 4 00:00:16,536 --> 00:00:17,926 of the [inaudible] vehicle. 5 00:00:18,076 --> 00:00:22,006 I have always wanted to work for NASA since I was a little kid. 6 00:00:22,066 --> 00:00:24,566 So in high school I knew I wanted 7 00:00:24,566 --> 00:00:25,906 to be an aerospace engineer. 8 00:00:26,146 --> 00:00:30,546 So just because we already made these. 9 00:00:30,656 --> 00:00:34,466 And I set my goals up to work for NASA from an early age. 10 00:00:34,876 --> 00:00:37,446 One of the things I knew I had to do was go to one 11 00:00:37,486 --> 00:00:39,206 of the top schools the nation for me 12 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:40,756 to try to achieve that goal. 13 00:00:41,186 --> 00:00:44,796 And so I started looking at all the school options I had. 14 00:00:45,306 --> 00:00:45,776 Your side. 15 00:00:46,796 --> 00:00:49,336 I found out that MIT was the number one engineering school 16 00:00:49,336 --> 00:00:55,366 in the country, and so I set my goals into going to MIT. 17 00:00:55,426 --> 00:00:58,266 Going to work [inaudible]. 18 00:00:58,776 --> 00:01:01,706 My name's Oscar Murillo, and I'm an aerospace engineer 19 00:01:01,706 --> 00:01:03,386 at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. 20 00:01:04,076 --> 00:01:09,136 I also manage the MIRO project, M-I-R-O. 21 00:01:09,756 --> 00:01:11,846 It stands for the MUREP Institutional 22 00:01:11,846 --> 00:01:12,926 Research Opportunity. 23 00:01:13,296 --> 00:01:16,736 So I manage several different cooperative agreements 24 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:18,996 at several different universities. 25 00:01:19,396 --> 00:01:22,506 And they're doing research for NASA. 26 00:01:22,506 --> 00:01:23,676 I have an inverter. 27 00:01:24,176 --> 00:01:24,746 >> Oh, you have an inverter? 28 00:01:24,746 --> 00:01:26,586 >> Oscar Murillo: I work with a lot of undergraduate students 29 00:01:26,586 --> 00:01:29,546 and some graduate students when they come out here and work 30 00:01:29,546 --> 00:01:32,356 for NASA, working on the Prandtl Project. 31 00:01:32,796 --> 00:01:33,646 Those are good. 32 00:01:33,976 --> 00:01:37,476 Prandtl is an investigation of a new wing design. 33 00:01:37,666 --> 00:01:40,796 We're looking at the benefit of a putting twist 34 00:01:40,846 --> 00:01:45,476 into a wing structure that modifies the aerodynamic load 35 00:01:45,476 --> 00:01:47,966 that is experienced by the vehicle. 36 00:01:47,966 --> 00:01:49,856 I work with my colleague Al Bowers -- 37 00:01:49,986 --> 00:01:50,276 >> Clear. 38 00:01:50,566 --> 00:01:52,336 >> Oscar Murillo: -- who's the chief scientist here 39 00:01:52,336 --> 00:01:53,446 at NASA Armstrong. 40 00:01:53,916 --> 00:01:58,776 And normally our philosophy is just allow the research 41 00:01:58,846 --> 00:02:00,726 to be conducted by the students. 42 00:02:01,246 --> 00:02:01,646 >> We're ready? 43 00:02:02,526 --> 00:02:06,286 Three, two, one, release. 44 00:02:08,236 --> 00:02:10,096 >> Oscar Murillo: This is definitely a groundbreaking 45 00:02:10,236 --> 00:02:13,736 program; however, we want the students to be 46 00:02:13,736 --> 00:02:17,146 at the forefront of the research. 47 00:02:17,506 --> 00:02:21,286 They're involved from the very beginning of the flight test, 48 00:02:21,286 --> 00:02:23,016 all the way to the flight -- the very end. 49 00:02:23,306 --> 00:02:26,296 And so they get to experience in a very short amount 50 00:02:26,296 --> 00:02:31,316 of time the full process that we experience 51 00:02:31,316 --> 00:02:33,496 as aerospace engineers here at Armstrong. 52 00:02:33,946 --> 00:02:36,796 You know, at the end of the day, they're truly excited 53 00:02:36,836 --> 00:02:42,106 to be an aerospace engineer, and I'm excited that they wanted 54 00:02:42,186 --> 00:02:45,826 to work for NASA and that they've really had the passion 55 00:02:45,826 --> 00:02:48,926 to move this organization forward. 56 00:02:50,256 --> 00:02:54,336 These students are the future of NASA and that we will leave them 57 00:02:54,336 --> 00:02:56,706 in good hands when they start working for the agency. 58 00:02:58,516 --> 00:03:03,046 [ Pause ] 59 00:03:03,546 --> 00:03:06,566 >> Oscar Murillo: I'm really encouraged by what I see 60 00:03:06,606 --> 00:03:07,556 when I work with the interns. 61 00:03:08,936 --> 00:03:12,486 My free time I spend a lot with my -- with my daughter. 62 00:03:12,486 --> 00:03:13,646 I'm a new dad. 63 00:03:14,016 --> 00:03:15,186 She's two years old. 64 00:03:15,596 --> 00:03:19,666 And me, my wife, and her just like to spend time hanging out. 65 00:03:19,666 --> 00:03:23,106 It's really exciting to allow her to experience things 66 00:03:23,106 --> 00:03:24,316 for the very first time. 67 00:03:24,966 --> 00:03:27,726 My dad was born in Mexico and my mom was born in Arizona. 68 00:03:27,866 --> 00:03:29,656 Both of them are Mexican-American. 69 00:03:30,126 --> 00:03:31,916 So I draw a lot of strength from my culture. 70 00:03:32,186 --> 00:03:33,156 I really want to make sure 71 00:03:33,156 --> 00:03:36,026 that my daughter understands her culture, background. 72 00:03:36,056 --> 00:03:38,896 And one of those things is family values. 73 00:03:39,326 --> 00:03:41,626 And so we want to make sure that as much as we can, 74 00:03:41,626 --> 00:03:44,016 we surround her with her grandparents, with her aunts 75 00:03:44,016 --> 00:03:47,426 and her uncles, and just have that foundation so that 76 00:03:47,426 --> 00:03:49,936 when she grows up, she makes family a priority 77 00:03:49,986 --> 00:03:51,086 for her as well. 78 00:03:51,996 --> 00:03:54,156 Gives me perspective on why I want to be an engineer 79 00:03:54,496 --> 00:03:56,506 and why I do the things that I do. 80 00:03:56,876 --> 00:03:59,876 I think that working for NASA is truly giving back 81 00:04:00,086 --> 00:04:04,936 to the community and giving back to the country.