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ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview Workshop

ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview Workshop. A Unique Educational and FUN Experience. Ralph Dergance, Program Director Shades of Blue January 11, 2014. EVENT SUMMARY.

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ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview Workshop

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  1. ENGINEERINGExploration/OverviewWorkshop A Unique Educational and FUN Experience Ralph Dergance, Program Director Shades of Blue January 11, 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 • Earth Coordinates and Orbital Mechanics • Steps of the Scientific Method • Hydrology and Water Management Engineering • Structural and Civil Engineering • Robotics • Information Technology and Computer Science • Human Spaceflight Engineering • Mathematics and its importance • Rocket Science & United States Launch Vehicles • Schedule • Saturdays – January 11, 2014 Through May 3, 2014 with no Classes Competing with Spring 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 • FOURTEEN 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 – 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 – Founder & President 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 • John Holmes –Director of Shades of Blue and The Boeing Company • David Fisher - Retired Architect and Architectural Engineer, Founder of Fisher Associates • Dr. Dan Maas – Chief Information Officer, Littleton Public Schools

  4. SPRING 2014 SCHEDULE DATESUBJECTINSTRUCTOR(S) January 11 Engineering - a Noble Profession Dergance Earth Coordinates and Orbital Mech. Daniels January 25 Introduction to Scientific Method Petryszyn February 8 Water Resource Engineering Jollett February 22 Civil and Structural Engineering Lewis & CU team March 1 Mathematics & Engineering Paradise March 15 Information Technology & Computers Maas & team April 5 Robotics Holmes April 12 Human Space Flight Aponte May 3 Launching Learning – Rocket Science Hogan and Team

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