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FALL 2013
United States Naval Academy
STEM
STEM OFFICE
Rickover Hall Room 367
Family Day
Teacher
Workshop
Candidate
STEM visits
Summer STEM
Reunion
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Mini-STEM
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Girls Day
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USS Intrepid
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Meet MIDN 1/C Matthew Lafleur
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MIDN 1/C Matthew Lafleur is an
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Oceanography major, who has
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participated in many STEM events,
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including STEM Family Day. STEM
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events provide a great opportunity
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for midshipmen to fine-tune their MID
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leadership and communication
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skills. “Midshipmen were
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constantly engaged with faculty
and their kids,” said Lafleur. “We
ensured things were running
smoothly between stations and
everything was being provided.
Preparation was phenomenal.”
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Day
STEM Family Day
Sept 14, 2013
72 adults
 71 children
 9 midshipmen
 3 faculty
Held in Rickover Hall, the event allowed
families of Naval Academy faculty and staff
to experience interactive STEM activities
and explore the engineering lab spaces.
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SET SAIL
Teacher
Workshop
Meet MIDN 3/C Luke Riewestahl
MIDN 3/C Luke Riewestahl and
MIDN 4/C Tiffany Brown
provided support for STEM
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educator training in September, one of
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many trainings given on-site at USNA and remotely
across the country.
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B
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n
Tiffa
“Growing up, I always knew I wanted to become an engineer.
The ability to cause others to be excited about something
ly
p
p
a
you’re excited about is exciting for me. To see people grow,
to
ith
how
w
d
g
e
n
n
ki
and that light bulb moment is one of the most satisfying things I get
ar
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I definitely believe STEM is helping me become a better officer,
ec
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et, b
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because I’m getting better at articulating what I am thinking,
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day i
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especially in technical aspects. Before I came to the Academy, I
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will b will inter
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really wasn’t that great at talking about anything, especially
le
tions
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peop
t
i
communicating technical ideas...
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rown ng in
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differ
y
ati
ffan
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p
STEM has definitely made me more sure that I want to go into
4/C T of partici
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f
-M
e
the nuclear power field, because I’ve been able to work
e ben ach.
e
on th
r
closely with the professors here in the Engineering Department.”
Out
STEM
- MIDN 3/C Luke Riewestahl
Teacher STEM Workshop: Sept 14, 2013
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Educator Workshops included a Sea Perch ROV build, an exchange of
cross-curricula development for STEM subjects, and project based
learning workshops in robotics, alternative energy, electricity,
engineering design and applied math.
60 K-12 teachers from 49 schools attended the training, provided by
7 faculty and 22 midshipmen.
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Meet MIDN 1/C Stanley Hollins
MIDN 1/C Stanley Hollins leads
tours for prospective USNA
candidates. His experience has
“W
involved, “standing up in front of
of t ith STE
i
people and giving a speech at
to l me in t M [tou
e
bac arn a l he lab rs], we
some of the tours. Talk to the
kg
spa
ot
ge
parents and talk to some of the major rounds of diffe ces, so t a lot
from ren
I ge
lear s. By
t
t
kids about what the Academy
na
d
d
o
iffer
ing
dep
littl
ent
STE
artm e bi
has to offer...”
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t
ent
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ver
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y
on h DN 1/C
Candidate Visit
Weekends
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Visi is part Hollin
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t To
s
urs cipatio ,
n in
Can
dida
te
and
250 high school students
prospective USNA candidates
plus their parents
Friday afternoon tour of
the lab project spaces,
personalized by a STEM
major
Panel discussion on the
“Life of a STEM Mid”
featuring majors from
Division 1 and 2
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USNA Summer
STEM Camp
Inspires Youth
to Study STEM
In the summer of 2010, Alexandria Segovia was finishing sophomore
year of high school in Florida when a friend sent her an application to
the Naval Academy Summer STEM Program. She didn’t know anything
about the Naval Academy, but she decided to apply because she knew
she liked science.
Alexandria had a great experience at STEM Camp, meeting
kids from all over the country who shared the same
I
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T
S
interests. For a whole week, the students became scientists,
r
y
me
m
e
m
d
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a
engineers and technologists, collecting weather data,
to S
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m
building and launching rockets, riding hovercraft, and lots
the N wanted
er co
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more. Not only that, but Alexandria had the chance to
w
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talk to midshipmen and faculty who told her about so
hat
fell
STE
g
ew t
n
i
n
h
k
many different STEM fields, that she left the program
ool
eryt
c
and
v
f
ife.
l
e
o
f
y
m
t certain she wanted to be an engineer, determined to
lot
eo
’t ge
t’s a
with dvantag
i
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s
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EM go to the Naval Academy, and excited about her
ally
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Take offer bec
n
future.
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ple g
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Today, Alexandria is a systems engineering major in
nd
s tha
of, a
g
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i
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t
!”
ie
her second year at the Naval Academy. The USNA
xper perience
e
e
th
STEM program has influenced the lives of so many
ex
a,
reat
govi
g
e
S
a
is
students who, like Alexandria, were inspired by
dria
exan na
l
A
C
that experience to pursue their dream of becoming a
N 3/ EM alum
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scientist or an engineer.
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Sum
Summer STEM Reunion: Oct 1, 2013
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Since 2008, over 2200 middle and high school students have
attended USNA Summer STEM Camps.
52 alumni of the Summer STEM camp are now midshipmen at
the Naval Academy.
A reunion luncheon was held for all current midshipmen who are
alumni of the Summer STEM camp.
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Meet MIDN 1/C Grant Page
“My
bigg
my
exp est adv
e
ice
eng
t
inee rience
as a o kids i
r. I t
Wh
n en
sIt
ry t
at y
g
o
o
b
i
u ca
nee ry to g
stre
ene
MIDN 1/C Grant Page has participated
r
n le
s
i
f
bec it not
arn s the i , a mec ve the
in many STEM events, including the
o
m
m
au
h
and
n
wha portan anical
October Mini-STEM. Participating in thro se how ly you
rsel
u
we
f bu t you c ce of it
STEM helped him choose his major. new gh ne
g
o
an
.
ta
tt
w
i
“By participating in STEM
Sta nventio innova o wher lso you do can
te
e
ti
r
n
Outreach, “ said Page, “I got to
maj s need s. I per ons, ne we are count
r
sm
ors.
see a lot of different lab facilities
ore sonally w tech today y...
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n
is
eng
and different options that we - M
inee think t ologie
s,
he U
IDN
rs, d
have that I didn’t know about on
1/C
n
o
i
c
ted
tors
the
imp Grant
,
otherwise. I got a feel for
S
T
Pag
orta
EM
e,
n
what each different engineering major
specialized in, so that helped me choose
mechanical engineering as my major.”
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faS
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edu
cati
on
Mini-STEM
Oct 11 2013
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45 high school
students from
New Orleans and
Alabama
14 midshipmen
4 faculty
4 STEM modules
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Meet MIDN 1/C Lindsey Peters
“I t
hi
the nk the
st
mo
st r
and udent
ewa
s ge
scie
rdin
ttin
nce
mo
g as
g
r
a
e ab
exc
n
MIDN 1/C Lindsey Peters was the lead
pec
d
i
futu
real
ted
out
ly m
re. I
abo t is to
it an
midshipman for the Girls-Only STEM
see
ut m
’
otiv
skil
ls. I’ ve deve d get i
a
a
Day held at the Naval Academy. She is
t
t
e
h
nv
ve
dt
lo
lear
n ab also b ped a olved w o lear
an Aerospace Engineering (Astronautics)
n
lo
ec
o
my
i
major, and has participated in many
clas ut scie ome m t of le th it in
ade
ses
nce
ore
rshi the
her
STEM events, including the October
a
m
n
e at
p
o
d it
- MI
’s he tivate
the
DN
2013 Remote STEM trip to the USS
d
lp
Nav
1
on t
he b /C Lind
al A ed me to
Intrepid in New York City.
cad
Out
e
sey
emy with
Pet
rea nefits
ch
of p
ers,
.”
a
rtic
ip
Girls-Only STEM Day
atin
g
in S
TEM
Oct 19, 2013
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225 girls
30 midshipmen
20 female faculty
15 hands-on activities
Career lunch
Parent Workshop
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Meet MIDN 1/C Jasmine Sarjeant
MIDN 1/C Jasmine Sarjeant, a
“I t
hi
Chemistry major, has participated
goin nk that
g to
sc
for 3 years in many STEM events,
the
be c ience
i
you
including Sea Perch training,
th r omplet s a field
in c
igh
e...
ar
tha
summer STEM camps, and remote
it is
t is
carr rying o t now
imp
n
are
nw
ying
events such as Operation
orta ever
gett
hat
on w
nt t
ing
we
Slumber onboard the USS
hat
i
a
n
- MI
re d
tere hat
our
D
oing
sted
N1
Intrepid. From her experience o
teac
.
/C J
n th
.
.
h
w
ers
as
e im
in the STEM programs, MIDN
are e are
pac mine S
doin
t of
a
Sarjeant has gained many skills. “I
g.”
STE rjeant
,
Mo
think I have gotten a lot better at
utre
ach
public speaking and just explaining
what I do to other people and I
think that is a big part of leadership, just knowing how to talk to
people.”
Overnight on the
USS INTREPID
Oct 26, 2013
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150 children from 8 NYC
Charter schools
6 midshipmen & 2 faculty
On board the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum
An overnight event featuring USNA and STEM activities such as
robotics, hydraulics, mechanics, and fluid dynamics
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