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ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview

ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview. An Educational and FUN Experience. Ralph Dergance, Director Shades of Blue August 24, 2013. EVENT SUMMARY. Nine Sessions Prepared Especially for 8 th Through 12 th Grade Students with a Keen Interest in Pursuing an Engineering Career

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ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview

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  1. ENGINEERINGExploration/Overview An Educational and FUN Experience Ralph Dergance, Director Shades of Blue August 24, 2013

  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 & Earth Coordinates and Orbital Mechanics • Steps of the Scientific Method • Rocket Science & United States Launch Vehicles • Hydrology and Water Management Engineering • Mathematics and its importance • Human Spaceflight Engineering • Structural and Civil Engineering • Spacecraft Design • Architectural Engineering • Schedule • Saturdays – August 24, 2013 Through November 16 , 2013 with no Classes Competing with Fall Break 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 • FOURTEEN professional, experienced instructors • Ralph Dergance – Director of Shades of Blue, Retired Engineer/Executive from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • Melanie Jollett – Water Resources Engineer, Matrix Design Group • Dr. Keith Molenaar – 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 • Willie Daniels – President/CEO of Shades of Blue, UA 747 Captain • Jim Paradise – Graduate Studies Manager and NASA Ambassador, Lockheed Martin Space Systems • 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 • Gino Chery – Director of Shades of Blue, Senior Aerospace Systems Engineer, Boeing Corporation • John Holmes –Director of Shades of Blue and The Boeing Company • David Fisher - Retired Architect and Architectural Engineer, Founder of Fisher Associates

  4. FALL 2013 SCHEDULE DATESUBJECTINSTRUCTOR(S) August 24 Engineering - a Noble Profession Dergance Earth Coordinates and Orbital Mech. Daniels August 31 Introduction to Scientific Method Petryszyn September 21 Launch Learning – Rocket Science Hogan & Team September 28 Water Resource Engineering Jollett October 5 Civil and Structural Engineering Lewis, CU October 26 Human Space Flight Aponte November 2 Mathematics & Engineering Paradise November 9 Planetary Spacecraft Design Kryscio, Stewart November 16 Architectural Engineering Fisher

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