ENGINEERING
Exploration/Overview
Workshop
A Unique Educational and FUN
Experience
Ralph Dergance, Program Director
Shades of Blue
August 23, 2014
EVENT SUMMARY
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Nine Sessions Prepared Especially for 8th Through 12th Grade
Students with a Keen Interest in Pursuing an Engineering Career
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Schedule
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Overview of the Noble Profession & its Requirements
Military Aviation
Rocket Science and US Space Launch Vehicles
CU Boulder Aerospace Engineering Sciences Grad School and Laboratories
Lighting Design and Electrical Engineering
Careers in Water Management
The Importance of Mathematics
Our Solar System and Recent Discoveries
Observing earth from Space
Planetary Spacecraft Design
Microprocessors and Robotics
Saturdays – August 23, 2014 Through November 15, 2014 with no Classes
Competing with Fall Break , TCAP’s, and Other LHS or LPS Activities
10:00 am to 12:00 Noon Each Day
Location
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Littleton High School, 199 E. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO 80120
THE FACULTY
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24 Professional, Experienced Instructors
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Ralph Dergance – Retired Engineer/Executive from Lockheed Martin
Space Systems Company, Shades of Blue Program Director
Melanie Jollett – Water Resources Engineer, Colorado Springs Utilities
Dr. Keith Molenaar – Former Chairman of the Department of Civil,
Environmental, and Architectural Engineer, University of Colorado Boulder
Dave Lewis - President S. A. Miro, Inc. International
Engineering/Construction Firm
Stef Petryszyn – Board Chair and Director of Shades of Blue, Retired
Program Manager & Engineer from Raytheon Corporation
Lee Hogan – Communications Manager from United Launch Alliance
Dr. Vanessa Aponte – Corporate Fellows Program Manager & Human
Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Dr. Penina (Penny )Axelrad-Chairman of the Department of Aerospace
Engineering Sciences at The University of Colorado Boulder
Willie Daniels – Founder & President of Shades of Blue, UA 777 Captain
Jim Paradise – Graduate Studies Manager and NASA Ambassador,
Lockheed Martin Space Systems
THE FACULTY (Concl)
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Christine Edwards Stewart – Spacecraft Mechanical and Propulsion
Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Christine Kryscio – Spacecraft Materials and Systems Engineer, Lockheed
Martin Space Systems Company
John Holmes –Director of Shades of Blue and The Boeing Company
Dr. Dan Maas – Chief Information Officer, Littleton Public Schools
David Fisher - Retired Architect and Architectural Engineer, Founder of
Fisher Associates
Sheldon Clark – Aerospace Engineer, Raytheon
Kerry Grant - Aerospace Engineer, Raytheon
Jeff Darling – Robotics Expert, Aurora Public Schools
Martin Allen – Water Management Engineer, US EPA
Randy Giffin - Water Management Engineer, US EPA
Bret Lowell – Aerospace Engineer, Raytheon
Gopal Padmanabhan – Renewable Energy Expert, Renewable Energy Corp.
Sandra Scanlon – Lighting and Electrical Engineer, Scanlon Szynskie Group
Lt. Col. Julian “Juice” Clay – Pilot, USAF
FALL 2014 SCHEDULE
DATE
SUBJECT
INSTRUCTOR(S)
August 23
Engineering - a Noble Profession
Military Aviation
Dergance
Clay
September 6
Launching Learning – Rocket Science
Hogan and Team
September 13 Microprocessors & Robotics
Darling
September 27 CU Aerospace Engineering Tour
Aponte and Team
October 4
Electrical Engineering and Lighting
Scanlon
October 25
Careers in Water Management, etc.
Allen, Giffin
November 1
Mathematics and the Solar System
Paradise
November 8
Observing earth from Space
Grant, Lowell
November 15 Planetary Spacecraft Desing
Edwards, Kryscio
KEY WEB SITES
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Shades of Blue
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Engineering Workshop Presentations
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http://www.ourshadesofblue.org
http://www.ourshadesofblue.org/engineering/
Schedule of Events
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http://www.ourshadesofblue.org/calendar/