NASA Goddard On July 1, 2011, we took a field trip to NASA Goddard in Maryland. When we arrived, we sat in a room with a huge 6 foot diameter globe to learn about the solar system and the universe. We went in order learning about the planets and then talked about the sun. This [...]

On July 1, 2011, we took a field trip to NASA Goddard inMaryland. When we arrived, we sat in a room with a huge 6 foot diameter globe to learn about the solar system and the universe. We went in order learning about the planets and then talked about the sun. This part of the [...]

Kameron Hodges June 24, 2011 Field Trip #1 National Center for Environmental Protection   The field trip was very interesting to the National Center for Environmental Protection. When we arrived, we were briefed on what exactly the employes do and track at their respective jobs by Dr. Louis Uccellini. Some interesting facts are that there were…[Read more]

Today, Dr. Gary Harris came to Howard and talked about nanotechnology. He explained the basics of nanotech and how far we have gotten using them to help people in our society. Next we actually got to see objects at the nanometer level being guided by Dr. Griffin and Dr. Taylor. They showed us super powerful [...]

Although I was not able to attend Dr. Keron’s thesis presentation, I heard great things about it from my peers, especially Alexis Holmes. I wish I was able to make it but I was busy working on other work. She shared with me that he wished to replace metals with silicon oxide whiched sounded really [...]

In the last week of the program, Dr. Glakpe gave a presentation that was on financial engineering. There was a debate over lottery earnings to make money but Glakpe quickly said that the only way to make money is to earn. I agreed with that statement 110% and believed that that was the jist of [...]

Dr. Glakpe’s speech on STEM areas were really imformational. They helped me understand the benefits of getting a college education and getting a good career in the long run.