U.S. ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, & ENGINEERING CENTER (ARDEC) 25 February 2014 COL (Ret) Edward A. Petersen Program Manager DOTC STEM Education.

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U.S. ARMY ARMAMENT RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, & ENGINEERING CENTER (ARDEC) 25 February 2014 COL (Ret) Edward A. Petersen Program Manager DOTC STEM Education Office Building 323 Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Outreach

2 Department of Defense Ordnance Technology Consortium (DOTC) STEM Education Office, Picatinny Arsenal MISSION: Help Prepare a Technologically Proficient Generation with Sufficient Skills to Meet the Needs of the Future R & D Workforce A Target-Rich Environment (900,000 K – 12 Students Within 30 Miles) Over 70,000 Students Impacted Over 300 Teachers Trained Over 100 Schools Involved Over 50 Scientist and Engineer Mentors

3 Meeting the Challenges of STEM Education Outreach Recognize the School is the Customer Motivate Students Toward STEM Careers from Pre-K through High School Graduation Speak to Students in the Digital Language of Their Generation and Assist Teachers to Make the Communication Transition from The Old Analog Generation to Digital Recognize Classroom Teachers as the Most Important Link in the Educational Chain and Provide Them the Tools and Training Needed to Establish a Desire for Continuous Education in Their Students Mentor Teachers and Students Making Them Aware of the Opportunities Available with an Engineering Career Encourage Creativity from Students, Teachers, and Mentors

4 DOTC STEM Office Staff Program Manager: 32 Years of Science Teaching and Administrative Experience in Public Schools, Science Text Book Author, Commissioned Military Experience, R & D Lab Experience Training Coordinator: (Maria C. Gonzalez) High Organizational Skills, Advanced Computing knowledge, Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) Technology Manager: (Shahram Dabiri) Engineer with Government and Private Sector Experience, Patents, MBA, Communication Skills, Tri-lingual (English/Spanish/Farsi) External Mentoring: Boards of Education, Administrators, Teachers, and Students Internal Mentoring: Sharing Knowledge and Skills with Other Staff Members to Produce a Well Rounded Team Better Able to Provide Customer Service

5 1.Management of NDEP Grants 2.Classroom Visits 3.Field Trips to Actual Working Labs 4.Teacher Training Workshops 5.FIRST Robotics Funding & Mentoring 6.Botball Robotics Funding & Mentoring 7.Sea Perch Underwater Robots 8.Math with Robots (Grades 5&6) 9.Robotics Varsity Letters 10.Robotics Merit Badge (Scouts) 11.N.J. State Fair Robotics 12.Rutgers Junior Science Symposium 13.Monmouth Junior Science Symposium 14.UNITE – NJIT & CCNY 15.Update Old Programs to Digital 16.Students 2 Science 17.Target Underrepresented Populations 18.Dimension U (Math Computer Game) 19.Fractions & Geometry (Grades 3&4) 20.PreK to 2 nd Grade STEM 21.Optics Road Show 22.Judges and Speakers 23.Junior Solar Sprint 24.eCYBERMISSION 25.West Point Bridge Design Educational Support Available from Picatinny

6 1. Picatinny STEM Academy Summer Enrichment Program (Full Range Education) 2.Accelerated Parent Communications (Social Media Presance) 3.Creative All Terrain Transport System (CATTS) 4.Introduce a Girl to Engineering Open House (Partner with WID) 5.STEM Starters (Family Science Activities) 6.STEM CAM (Near Peer Mentoring) 7.3D Printing Initiative (Partner with Josh & Judy Weston Foundation & MakerBot) 8.Student Created STEM Video Competition 9.Employee Educational Equipment Pool (Teaching Supplies Made Available to Employees) 10.Mentoring IPT (Informal “Get-Togethers” for S & E Mentors) Educational Programs Developed at Picatinny Arsenal

7 Awards and Publications “Outreach Education: A Key Element in National Defense” The Precision Strike Digest, 2 nd Quarter 2012, Vol25, No2, Pages 8-11 “How the U.S. Department of Defense in the form of Morris County’s Picatinny Arsenal Can Help Your District’s STEM Education Efforts” School Leader, July/August 2013, pages 20 – 22 New Jersey Technology and Engineering Educators Association, Impact Awards Pope John XXIII High School, Founders Award FIRST MID-Atlantic Robotics (MAR) Executive Advisory Council Picatinny Arsenal Has Been the Only New Jersey Resource for STEM Education Listed on STEM Connector