seven years. According to this year’s report, 97 percent of AEOP alumni are interested in pursuing STEM careers, and 52 per- cent remain connected with their mentors after their AEOP experiences ended.
Students are also measured on their knowledge of Army and DOD STEM careers. “Students often believe that they need to join the Army and become a Soldier to have a government career, so part of the outreach involves educating the general public about the various student opportunities in STEM, the great work that our civilian scientists and engineers do in sup- port of our Soldiers and our nation, and the various government career paths and job opportunities,” said Lopez.
CONCLUSION While the Army has responded to the critical need for an agile and resilient STEM workforce, diversity remains an issue. According to the Purdue 2016 eCYBERMISSION report, gen- der distribution was balanced—49 percent of participants were male and 51 percent were female. Ethnicity, however, was unbal- anced—49 percent of the participating students were white, 18 percent were Latino and 8 percent were African-American.
Te Army is working to close the minority gap with such events as the annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) and
the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards. During the 2017 BEYA, more than 100 scientists and engineers from DOD received awards and special recognition honors. Te BEYA conference also teaches students about STEM careers in all service branches and encourages young professionals who attend the event to network with recruiters.
Networking may be key to hiring professionals with strong STEM skills to fill vacancies that occur in the next five years, when close to 40 percent of the RDECOM workforce is eligible to retire. “We need to be heavily invested in building the future talent to allow the Army, the Department of Defense and the defense industrial base to have enduring access to homegrown U.S. talent,” said Lopez.
For more information, go to
www.usaeop.com.
MS. ARGIE SARANTINOS-PERRIN, a public affairs specialist for Huntington Ingalls Industries – Technical Solutions Division, provides contract support to RDECOM. She holds an M.S. in professional writing and a B.A. in mass communications from Towson University. She has 11 years of public affairs experience supporting DOD.
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UNITE (ninth – 12th grade) A four- to six-week precollegiate summer program for high school students from groups that are historically underrepre- sented and underserved in STEM. Held at higher education institutions nationwide, UNITE gives students the opportunity to experience hands-on, rigorous academics and career exploration in STEM fields.
Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (ninth – 12th grade) Students compete for scholarships and awards at regional and national levels by presenting the results of their STEM projects before a panel of judges and an audience of their peers.
Internships (high school and college) Provide students with hands-on research experiences in mili- tary and university laboratories. Students are mentored and trained by senior Army or Army-sponsored researchers while they conduct real-world research. Opportunities include:
• Science and Engineering Apprentice Program. • Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program. • High School Apprenticeship Program. • College Qualified Leaders. • Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program.
Scholarship and Award Opportunities (undergraduate and graduate) AEOP promotes opportunities for students to continue their pursuit of STEM education, offered by DOD. Programs include:
• Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation. • Defense Scholarship for Service Program. • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship.
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