ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview Workshop

1. ENGINEERINGExploration/OverviewWorkshop A Unique Educational and FUN Experience Ralph Dergance, Program Director Shades of Blue August 23, 2014

2. EVENT SUMMARY • Nine Sessions Prepared Especially for 8th Through 12th Grade Students with a Keen Interest in Pursuing an Engineering Career • 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 • Schedule • 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 • Littleton High School, 199 E. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO 80120

3. THE FACULTY • 24 Professional, Experienced Instructors • 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

4. THE FACULTY (Concl) • 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 • GopalPadmanabhan – Renewable Energy Expert, Renewable Energy Corp. • Sandra Scanlon – Lighting and Electrical Engineer, Scanlon Szynskie Group • Lt. Col. Julian “Juice” Clay – Pilot, USAF

5. FALL 2014 SCHEDULE DATESUBJECTINSTRUCTOR(S) August 23 Engineering - a Noble Profession Dergance Military Aviation 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

6. KEY WEB SITES • Shades of Blue • http://www.ourshadesofblue.org • Engineering Workshop Presentations • http://www.ourshadesofblue.org/engineering/ • Schedule of Events • http://www.ourshadesofblue.org/calendar/