Members Serve as Guest Judges for STEMposium

In December 2018, members of the chapter served as guest judges for the 10th Annual Department of Defense Education Activity STEMposium. The goal of the STEMposium was to engage students, who are typically underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, with relevant hands-on training that could potentially translate to transferable skills in future academic opportunities or the workforce. More than 100 students broke into 24 engineering teams. They were tasked with solving a notional disaster scenario with their peers: A massive volcano erupted in Germany, leaving a path of destruction for hundreds of miles and a total shutdown of roads, emergency services, electricity, and other city and federal services. Upon conclusion of their training modules in biotechnology engineering, green technology engineering, computer engineering, geological engineering, environmental engineering and robotics, they presented a summary of their proposed solutions for evaluation.

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