This workshop will cover everything in workshop Level A above but will have one day devoted to controlling ROVs using the Arduino microcontroller.  Participants are required to have experience working with Arduino.  If you are not proficient with Arduino, we recommend that you take the  Diving into Underwater Sensors and Arduino online course.  This course will give participants the needed background and experience with Arduino to successful participate in this workshop.  Additional workshop topics will include remote control using Bluetooth and Relays for the control of actuators.

WHO SHOULD APPLY: Educators who have experience with Arduino and building ROVs or faculty who have a background teaching robotics, electronics, and Arduino.  All faculty attending should have concrete plans to implement these activities in the following academic year.

COST:  A $1000 materials fee will be charged. The MATE Center will provide lunch and snacks.  Transportation to the workshop is the responsibility of the participant.  The MATE Center has set aside a block of rooms at a nearby hotel for participants who are not in the Monterey area. Plan on spending $800 for the 7 nights for a shared room. A limited number of travel stipends will be available, up to $800 per person depending upon the distance traveled and if you teach at a Title 1 school. To ensure participant success, there is a $1000 materials fee. For this fee, participants return to their school or organization with a Barracuda ROV Kit and an underwater video system.

A key outcome of this workshop is focused on how to teach the engineering design process using underwater robotics as the platform. This workshop introduces participants to bi-directional motor speed control using motor controllers and joysticks. Additional topics include: vector frame design, buoyancy and ballast systems, video systems and hydraulic tools.  Participants in this workshop will build the SeaMATE TriggerFish ROV.

WHO SHOULD APPLY: Educators who have experience building simple switch box ROV controllers or faculty who have a background teaching robotics, electronics, physics, or a related discipline.  All faculty attending should have concrete plans to implement these activities in the following academic year.

COST:  A $825 materials fee will be charged. The MATE Center will provide lunch and snacks.  Transportation to the workshop is the responsibility of the participant.  The MATE Center has set aside a block of rooms at a nearby hotel for participants who are not in the Monterey area. Plan on spending $800 for the 7 nights for a shared room. A limited number of travel stipends will be available, up to $800 depending upon the distance travelled and if you teach at a Title 1 school. To ensure participant success, there is a $825 materials fee. For this fee, participants return to their school or organization with a TriggerFish ROV Kit and an underwater video system.

A key outcome of this workshop is focused on how to teach the engineering design process using underwater robotics. Participants learn the fundamentals of basic ROV building and experience a variety of hands-on science, technology, and engineering design activities that can be integrated into a class or after school activity to reinforce foundational knowledge and skills.  Upon completion of the workshop, all participants should feel confident to lead an engineering design activity focused on ROV building using the PufferFish ROV Kit or comparable parts and components.

WHO SHOULD APPLY: Educators who have had introductory exposure to ROV activities or have a background teaching science, technology, engineering, or math.  Activities presented in this workshop are appropriate for students in 6-12^th grade or within an afterschool club or activity.  All faculty attending should have concrete plans to implement these activities in the following academic year.

COST:  A $400 materials fee will be charged.  In return for this fee participants will take home a deluxe tool bag and 1 PufferFish ROV kit.  The MATE Center will provide lunch and snacks.  Transportation to the workshop is the responsibility of the participant.  The MATE Center has set aside a block of rooms at a nearby hotel for participants who are not in the Monterey area. Plan on spending $800 for the 7 nights for a shared room. A limited number of travel stipends is available, up to $800 depending upon the distance travelled and if you teach at a Title 1 school.

CSTA's Annual Conference is a three-day conference for computer science teachers to come together for learning, networking, and fun. There will be over 100 sessions of education to broaden knowledge of computer science education, inspirational keynotes and sessions to reinvigorate your passion for teaching.

Military veterans transitioning from service to community college bring experiences that can be incredible assets to a classroom along with others that can be barriers to success. Hearing loss, a commonly overlooked disability in the veteran population, is often one of these barriers. This panel will discuss findings of focus groups conducted with student veterans with hearing loss that provide insight to the unique educational needs of these students and best practices for their success in the STEM classroom and how they can be applied in the online setting.

Panelists include: Saddleback College Veterans Education and Transition Services (VETS) Program Coordinator Terence Nelson, PhD candidate at Northern Illinois University and Certified Rehabilitation Counselor Hira Byrne Paulin, and Alternative Media Specialist Mike Sauter.

Real-time captioning will be provided during the webinar. For questions about accessibility or to request accommodations please contact Hira Paulin at hjpdtec@rit.edu. At least a one week advance notice of need for accommodations is requested.

The project is designed to help faculty increase students' interest and engagement in the study and learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles, practices, and careers through guitar design and building. The Summer Institutes are open to all STEM subject area educators in the 9-12 High school grade levels, community college levels and freshman/sophomore university instruction. Participants will join the existing cohort of STEM Guitar Institute Educators/Fellows around the country teaching STEM content using the guitar as a focus. Fellows help each other with project implementation and contribute to the project’s Applied Learning Community, curriculum and assessment. You will receive a $300 stipend, a completed guitar, a support package at the Institute, and will have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of start-up packages to help launch STEM guitar at your school.

The project is designed to help faculty increase students' interest and engagement in the study and learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles, practices, and careers through guitar design and building. The Summer Institutes are open to all STEM subject area educators in the 9-12 High school grade levels, community college levels and freshman/sophomore university instruction. Participants will join the existing cohort of STEM Guitar Institute Educators/Fellows around the country teaching STEM content using the guitar as a focus. Fellows help each other with project implementation and contribute to the project’s Applied Learning Community, curriculum and assessment. You will receive a $300 stipend, a completed guitar, a support package at the Institute, and will have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of start-up packages to help launch STEM guitar at your school.

FLATE/HCC Robotics and Engineering Camps are designed to introduce middle and high school students to the world of robotics and automation so they can explore the applications in both the industrial and personal use fields. The camp facilitators are from the School District of Hillsborough County, Hillsborough Community College, and local industry, all selected based on their experience and training. The camp director is Shirley Dobbins – Engineering Technology Program Director. Camp coordinator is Desh Bagley – FIRST LEGO League Program Delivery Partner.

The will be conducted virtually via ZOOM Meeting platform. The virtual camp curriculum is developed by Carnegie Mellon Robot Virtual Worlds and UBTECH Education.

This camp is offered at a reduced cost of $175 and includes an Intermediate UKIT. These camps include a UKIT Robotics Kit that must be picked up the Friday before camp begins. There are needs-based scholarships for the All Girls Camp sponsored by Tampa Bay STEM Network, Hillsborough Education Foundation, and Hillsborough County School District.

At the Institute, you’ll use tools of the trade to measure, install and work on small scale and utility scale wind systems. Learn about wind turbines and get to enter a large-scale wind turbine! Finally, you will perform activities on (and take with you) a KID WIND training system that will enable you to bring renewable energy to life in your classroom.

This webinar will focus on advances in the competency-based training and certifications available to current and future supply chain automation technicians. Hosted by National Science Foundation (NSF) funded National Center for Supply Chain Automation (SCA) will feature the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) speaking about their new ISO 17024 accredited supply chain certifications for industry and Amatrol, Inc. presenting their new hands-on supply chain skills assessment device, Skill Boss Logistics.

The project is designed to help faculty increase students' interest and engagement in the study and learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles, practices, and careers through guitar design and building. The Summer Institutes are open to all STEM subject area educators in the 9-12 High school grade levels, community college levels and freshman/sophomore university instruction. Participants will join the existing cohort of STEM Guitar Institute Educators/Fellows around the country teaching STEM content using the guitar as a focus. Fellows help each other with project implementation and contribute to the project’s Applied Learning Community, curriculum and assessment. You will receive a $300 stipend, a completed guitar, a support package at the Institute, and will have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of start-up packages to help launch STEM guitar at your school.
 

FLATE/HCC Robotics and Engineering Camps are designed to introduce middle and high school students to the world of robotics and automation so they can explore the applications in both the industrial and personal use fields. The camp facilitators are from the School District of Hillsborough County, Hillsborough Community College, and local industry, all selected based on their experience and training. The camp director is Shirley Dobbins – Engineering Technology Program Director. Camp coordinator is Desh Bagley – FIRST LEGO League Program Delivery Partner.

The camp will be conducted virtually via ZOOM Meeting platform. The virtual camp curriculum is developed by Carnegie Mellon Robot Virtual Worlds and UBTECH Education.

The camp is $175.00 and includes an Advanced UKIT for loan. The kit must be picked up on Friday before camp and returned the following Friday. A credit card will be left on file as a deposit for $549.00 which is the MSRP for the Advanced UKIT if it is not returned. Please note all Advanced UKITs must be returned.

Supported by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (NSF ATE) program, HI-TEC is a national conference on advanced technological education where secondary and postsecondary educators, counselors, industry professionals, trade organizations, and technicians can update their knowledge and skills. Charged with educating America’s technical workforce, the event focuses on the preparation needed by the existing and future workforce for companies in the high-tech sectors that drive our nation’s economy.

As a service to the HI-TEC community, and as a way for us to gather and share, work is underway to provide an abbreviated virtual experience, HI-TEC Livestream, during the time participants would have come together in Portland, as well as to provide an opportunity for accepted presenters to disseminate their work asynchronously, should they choose to do so. HI-TEC Livestream will focus on our community's response to the challenges of COVID-19—especially solutions and successes that have grown out of moving our work and instruction online—and on emergent technician workforce needs that have resulted or may result from the pandemic.

There will be no fees associated with these proceedings although you will be asked to register. 

Mid-infrared measurements have recently become a hot topic in the photonics industry and for good reason: so much valuable information lies within interactions with longer wavelengths. Capability, cost, and complexity make selecting the proper components a tough balancing act -  this presentation aims to give some insight into navigating this space.  New innovations have brought attractive options to the table for detectors and lights sources alike, opening up new possibilities for applications. 

There will be discussion on the advantages of mid-infrared techniques, popular applications, and a product overview on detectors, semiconductor lasers, and other light sources. 

Topics of presentation:

• Merits of MIR and applications
• Product overview, detectors and light sources
• New developments

Did you know that neurodivergent people have unique abilities and skills that make them particularly successful in cybersecurity jobs? Learn how tech companies like IBM are building neurodiversity programs and leveraging the untapped neurodivergent talent pool to help fill a cybersecurity skills shortage and make their teams more diverse and inclusive.

Join the dynamic duo - Diane Delaney and Megan Roddie - as they talk about neurodiversity and cybersecurity at IBM and the importance of having neurodivergent teams. Diane will discuss how to attract and retain neurodivergent talent, and the importance of having diversity on a cyber team. Megan will discuss how her abilities as an autistic person have helped her be a successful cyber threat researcher, and how other organizations can attract and retain neurodivergent talent. For those looking to build skills, Diane and Megan will discuss how neurodivergent talent can begin building skills and training in cyber to land a job in high-tech.

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to web-based applications that allow for imagery interpretation and analysis. Additionally, this workshop will cover remote sensing workflows in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro. Participants will work with Landsat, Sentinel, and other imagery sources. Workshop participants will develop an exercise or lesson for use in one of their classes.

The project is designed to help faculty increase students' interest and engagement in the study and learning of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) principles, practices, and careers through guitar design and building. The Summer Institutes are open to all STEM subject area educators in the 9-12 High school grade levels, community college levels and freshman/sophomore university instruction. Participants will join the existing cohort of STEM Guitar Institute Educators/Fellows around the country teaching STEM content using the guitar as a focus. Fellows help each other with project implementation and contribute to the project’s Applied Learning Community, curriculum and assessment. You will receive a $300 stipend, a completed guitar, a support package at the Institute, and will have the opportunity to apply for a limited number of start-up packages to help launch STEM guitar at your school.

ESA will be holding a totally virtual Annual Meeting this year in response to the pandemic. The virtual meeting will provide an opportunity for you to join colleagues and leaders from across the field for four days of inspiration and community focused on your research and your career as each of us looks ahead to the future.

ESA meetings, open to ESA members and those interested in ecology, are among the most respected meetings of ecologist in the science community. ESA is committed to providing a safe, productive and welcoming environment for all meeting participants and ESA staff. All participants including, but not limited to, attendees, speakers, volunteers, exhibitors, ESA staff, service providers and others are expected to abide by the ESA Meetings Code of Conduct. This Code of Conduct applies to all ESA meeting-related events including those sponsored by organizations other than ESA but held in conjunction with ESA events, in public or private facilities. In addition, ESA members and authors of ESA publications must adhere to the ESA Scientific Integrity and Professional Ethics Policy.

This exciting four-day workshop provides the opportunity for you to connect with your peers from across the United States in an online workshop. This program is very highly rated by all the teachers and faculty who have participated in the previous in-person version of the program. The workshop will help you learn how to instruct your students in developing essential teambuilding skills as well as providing technology related experiences to help you integrate your learning into your STEM classroom and lab environment. The teambuilding, professional, and technical skills presented in the Program are designed to be directly applicable to your classroom. 

Instructors: Vince DiNoto, GeoTech Center Director & Nicole Ernst, Harrisburg Area Community College & GeoTech Center Associate Director

In this workshop, participants will be introduced to web-based applications that allow for imagery interpretation and analysis. Additionally, this workshop will cover remote sensing workflows in ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro. Participants will work with Landsat, Sentinel, and other imagery sources. Workshop participants will develop an exercise or lesson for use in one of their classes.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this workshop has been reformatted to a one-day online virtual workshop. Due to the shift from a three-day in person to one-day online, this workshop has been reformatted to center around STEM: Drones Take Flight.

This is an introductory course for drones and how to economically establish programs within your school. Participants will learn basic drone anatomy and what makes them tick. The workshop will cover safety principles, regulations, and best practices in maintaining and documenting your drone programs. Participants will be introduced to economical STEM drones and how they can be used in multiple ways to enhance education in a variety of skill sets. Student competitions and how you can start a team(s) in your school or organization will be discussed.

Who: This workshop is a baseline introduction to drones and how they can be incorporated into new and/or existing educational programs. This workshop can also be adapted for post-secondary educators or anyone looking to enrich existing programs or outreach activities.

MNT-EC is holding a Summer Seminar Series every Wednesday, August thru October. Each seminar will feature one of the MNT-EC's very own members who will talk about their summer of 2021 professional development opportunities. Opportunities include writing groups, clean room labs, nano safety and other exciting hands on activities.

The second webinar in this series will be lead by Greg Kepner, CO-PI of the newly funded Micro Nano Technology Education Center (MNT-EC) and former PI of the Midwest Photonics Education Center (MPEC). Greg will be talking about the professional development opportunities he will have available for participants in the summer of 2021.

The DroneTECH Summer Camp is a FREE 2-day camp recommended for students grades 9-12 and recent graduates. The camp is hosted by Northland Community & Technical College at the Aerospace campus in Thief River Falls, Minnesota.

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) are doing it all from pizza and package delivery to monitoring wildlife and the farm field. Come learn about this exciting technology and get hands on experience in the maintenance and operation of UAS. Then transform the data collected by UAS into usable industry products.

Learn effective and engaging ways to teach solar principles in your middle or high school classroom!

Join the three days of hands-on solar energy lab activities that you can bring to life in your classroom. You will learn how to successfully install and commission a residential-size solar photovoltaic array.

• FREE interactive, high-engagement instruction in cutting-edge technology
• $300 stipend paid upon completion of the Solar Institute
• Lesson plans, videos, and teaching resources included
• STEM Integration clock hours available
• Breakfast and lunch provided each day

Single-photon avalanche photodiode (SPAD) and silicon photomultiplier (SiPM) are related photodetector technologies. Among several similarities, one stands out: each is able to produce a measurable output current in response to a single photon. Only one other point photodetector, a photomultiplier tube (PMT), is capable of such detection. The extraordinary light sensitivity of these three photodetectors is due to their very high (~106) intrinsic gain. Compared to a PMT, SiPM and SPAD are newer technologies, only now being adopted in those applications involving ultra-low light levels. Both can offer a number of advantages over a PMT, without sacrificing performance. Some of the advantages are a smaller size, better mechanical and electrical durability, lower power consumption, and immunity to magnetic fields and ambient light. Despite these advantages, SiPM and SPAD are the less known and understood photodetectors compared to a PMT. The purpose of this webinar is to create a greater awareness of SiPMs and SPADs among engineers, researchers, and scientists in varied technical fields but involved in low-light level photodetection.

Topics of presentation:

• Discussion of the principles of operation of a SPAD and SiPM, followed by a brief comparison of both photodetectors to a PMT.
• Discussion of optoelectronic characteristics of modern SiPMs and SPADs, whose understanding is essential in the selection of the optimal photodetector.
• At the core of any photodetection system is a photodetector together with the front-end electronics; thus, the webinar reviews the most common detection electronic circuits.

MNT-EC is holding a Summer Seminar Series every Wednesday, August thru October. Each seminar will feature one of the MNT-EC's very own members who will talk about their summer of 2021 professional development opportunities. Opportunities include writing groups, clean room labs, nano safety and other exciting hands on activities.

nanoHUB.org is a free online resource and community for nano educators and students that contains over 6000 multimedia resources including interactive simulation tools, learning modules, homework assignments, online lectures and full courses.  This presentation will demonstrate some nanoHUB functionalities for educators and showcase a few interactive Jupyter notebooks, simulation tools and educational modules.

Speaker: Tanya Faltens

Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) is a statistical figure of merit used to measure the performance of a detector.  It is a simple calculation that can compare various detectors to help you choose the right one for your application.  Stochastic simulation of detector performance allows for a deeper analysis of the subtle contributions of detector characteristics such as gain, sensitivity, and noise to the SNR in various conditions.

This webinar will review the basics of signal-to-noise ratio calculation, the differences and similarities between different equations for SNR.  It will discuss the factors that affect SNR, the sources of noise, and understand how the applications’ conditions determine the key detector characteristics.  It will also examine some techniques to reduce noise, and further increase SNR.

MNT-EC is holding a Summer Seminar Series every Wednesday, August thru October. Each seminar will feature one of the MNT-EC's very own members who will talk about their summer of 2021 professional development opportunities. Opportunities include writing groups, clean room labs, nano safety and other exciting hands on activities.

The Midwest Emerging Technologies Public Health and Safety Training (METPHAST) grant from the University of Minnesota Public Health and Safety program in conjunction with the Minnesota Nano Center, will have a 4 day workshop where participants learn how to safely handle nanoparticles and then go to the Minnesota Nano Center and make the nanoparticles and characterize them.

Speakers: Pete Raynor & Jim Marti

Join this webinar to learn what pitfalls to watch out for when writing evaluation plans for grant proposals! In this webinar, we will share some of the biggest mistakes made in evaluation plans for ATE proposals and how to fix them. This webinar will go beyond EvaluATE’s current checklist for writing evaluation plans to highlight the good and the bad from real-world examples. Grant writers, project staff, and evaluators, both new to and experienced in proposal writing, are encouraged to attend!

MNT-EC is holding a Summer Seminar Series every Wednesday, August thru October. Each seminar will feature one of the MNT-EC's very own members who will talk about their summer of 2021 professional development opportunities. Opportunities include writing groups, clean room labs, nano safety and other exciting hands on activities.

This MNT-EC summer session will share information on the Mentor-Connect project and how institutions, wanting to submit an ATE proposal and are new to ATE, can apply to participate in the Mentor-Connect program. Presenters will also share information on other funding opportunities available through ATE.

Speakers: Mel Cossette & Greg Kepner