Exploration Workshop: A Unique Engineering Orientation Experience

1. ENGINEERINGExploration/OrientationWorkshop A Unique Educational and FUN Experience Ralph Dergance, Program Director Shades of Blue January 23, 2016

2. EVENT SUMMARY • Nine Sessions Prepared Especially for 8th Through 12th Grade Students with a Keen Interest in Pursuing an Engineering Career • Introduction and Engineering as a Profession • NOAA, its Mission, Space Weather, Oceans, Flying • The Importance of Mathematics, Our Solar System, the Job Market • DIA – Airport Overview and Design, Opportunities • Rocket Science • The Scientific Method of Problem Solving • Transportation Engineering • The Future of the Space Program and How We Get There • Human Space Flight, Astronauts, Orion • Schedule • Saturdays – January 23, 2016 Through May 7, 2016 with no Classes Competing With Spring Break, Proms, 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 • 29 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 • 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 • Christine Edwards Stewart – Program Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • Christine Kryscio – Spacecraft Quality Assurance Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

4. THE FACULTY (Concl) • John Holmes –Director of Shades of Blue and The Boeing Company • 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 • Andrew Tsoi-Software Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • MykalLefevre – Spacecraft Design Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • Mary Buckley, Director of Educational Partnerships, DIA • Paul Hemmick, Space Weather Prediction Center, Chief of Staff • Jeff Dankenbring, Transportation Engineering • Jim Barnard, Retired Systems and Propulsion Engineer • Scott Dergance, Director of Architecture, Prescient, Inc.

5. SPRING 2016 SCHEDULE DATESUBJECTINSTRUCTOR(S) January 23 Introduction, Engineering Overview Dergance, Petryszyn NASA jobs, Journey to Mars February 6 Space Weather, Oceans, Flying Hemmick February 20 Mathematics, the Solar System, & Jobs Paradise February 27 DIA – Its Operations, Opportunities Buckley March 12 Scientific Method Petryszyn April 2 Launching Learning Hogan and ULA Team April 9 UCB Aerospace Engr/Sciences Axelrad April 16 Transportation Engineering Dankenbring May 7 Human Space Flight Aponte Closing Remarks Daniels

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/