STEM Bowl, developed and imple- mented
through a partnership of
ERDC, Jackson State University (JSU) and Lockheed Martin Corp. STEM Bowl engages multiple high schools, with more than 40 students compet- ing annually; awards scholarships to students; and provides incentives to teachers. ERDC provides the techni- cal expertise, JSU hosts the event and Lockheed Martin provides the funding.
Involvement in For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technol- ogy (FIRST) Robotics. From 2000 to 2013, ERDC volunteers mentored more than 30 students annually, and ERDC has benefited by hiring more than 20 employees from the robotics teams.
Employment of more than 300 students annually through STEM programs. Eighty-five
ERDC scientists and
engineers are adjunct professors at 54 colleges and universities, and ERDC has 51 educational partnership agree- ments with colleges and universities, including 10 with historically black colleges and universities or minority institutions, and 13 with K-12 schools.
Hiring of 171 science and engineer- ing graduates, each with overall GPAs of 3.6 or greater, in the past
three
years using Direct Hire Authority and Distinguished Scholar Academic Achievement Authority. Not only does ERDC recruit the best, it also retains the highest-quality experts in the disciplines needed to develop tech- nologies for the Army and the nation. ERDC’s science and engineering staff of 1,061 comprises 335 doctoral, 464 master’s, and 262 bachelor’s degree holders in virtually every science and engineering discipline.
TEACHING THE TEACHERS ERDC also believes that providing training and resources to teachers con- tributes significantly to growing the next
generation of engineers and scientists. Tat includes offering teacher work- shops to local science teachers, starting in 2010. Te workshops use real-world, hands-on experiences, provide classroom curriculum kits and cover instruction methodology. Mixing science with educa- tion, ERDC researchers have instructed and mentored teachers, who competed in teams to design and construct products and test their flexibility; analyze crime scenes using forensics; and assemble Lego robots
that they programmed to
complete a point-to-point course. Te teachers then used what they learned to engage their students in real-world sce- narios that are educational and fun.
ERDC scientists, engineers and sup-
port personnel volunteer their time to go into the classroom, speak about STEM careers and offer specialized instruction. Tey serve as judges at local and regional science fairs and volunteer hundreds of hours with robotics teams throughout the school year as these students design, build and compete locally, regionally and nationally.
AN OPEN DOOR TO STUDENTS Trough its
educational partnerships,
ERDC offers summer employment and on-the-job mentoring, often hir- ing the students upon graduation from university. Partnerships with JSU, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM), North Carolina A&T State University (NC A&T), and the United States Military Academy at West Point (USMA) have provided highly skilled support to the ERDC mission,
ing energy and innovation into research. For example:
ERDC’s partnership with UPRM has resulted in the hiring of more than 40 graduates into the ERDC work- force since 1991. Today, the program
is so well-known at the university that more than 200 students apply for the 36 available summer internships at ERDC. “Te university does a great job in
selecting students to match
ERDC’s needs and the needs of the students,” said UPRM graduate and ERDC organizer Evelyn Villanueva. Students gaining
earn college real-world experience.
credit while In
addition, she said, they “discover their own potential and establish lifetime relationships with similar goals.”
individuals with
Interns with NC A&T have worked on projects as diverse as optimization of bar- racks huts on military bases, sustainable management systems, energy model- ing, equipment models for the Net Zero Energy Installation Project and Net Zero Installation Optimization, and ice thermal storage for fuel savings.
Trough its partnership with JSU, ERDC has hired 20 students over the past two years and annually hosts 35 to 40 incoming engineering students for tours of cutting-edge research projects and facilities where ERDC sci- entists and engineers interact directly with the students.
infus-
ERDC has hosted cadets from USMA and the United States Air Force Acad- emy. Cadets worked directly with scientists and engineers on current research such as blast-effect acous- tics, snow drift studies, advanced concrete investigations for nuclear engineering, life-cycle cost models for insensitive munitions wastewater treatment and survivability technolo- gies that support the warfighter. “As a cadet, working on something that can actually help Soldiers—that’s a project worth working on,” said Cadet Matthew Shoenberger. “Te technolo- gies I’ve worked with not only save lives, but they make the job of the Soldier easier.”
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