Tim Wright
Adam Brumbaugh's first day on the job at Dynamic Aviation was not what he expected. And he never imagined he'd eventually find himself working on the company's most important restoration project: a four-engine Lockheed Constellation that happens to be the very first Air Force One.
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Mary Coughter, a Ph.D. student at Virginia Commonwealth University, explains how human activity causes antibiotic resistant microorganisms in the James River and how these microbes can potentially affect life in, and along, the river. -
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month explore these resources that share the contributions of Latina and Hispanic people who have impacted and continue to make their mark in STEM fields.
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Two summer interns talk about their experiences working with the creative teams at NASA.
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Explore what it takes for James Madison University's first Rocketry Team to build a rocket and compete in the NASA Student Launch competition.
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Emerge freshwater science program of which VCU is a participant, will be featured in the STEM for All video showcase, May 10-17, 2022.
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Master organbuilders Robin Côté and Alex Ross combine science, physics, sound, and architecture as they finesse the sound of 1400 individual pipes in a one of a kind choir organ their company, Juget-Sinclair, recently installed in Richmond’s Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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The Indy Autonomous Challenge is the first competition to pit full-size driverless cars against each other at the iconic speedway. The vehicles will be identical--a cutting-edge race car retrofitted for automation--but the team behind each one will have spent months perfecting its ability to outmaneuver the others. Among the 39 teams competing will be the University of Virginia’s Cavalier Autonomous Racing Club. Madhur Behl, an assistant professor with UVA’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, is the faculty advisor guiding more than a dozen students through the process of programming a winner.
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The Virginia Department of Education, CodeVA, and the Virginia Association of Science Teachers have created a new way to engage youth in exploring the pathways and possibilities of STEM opportunities and careers. The “Game of STEM” is not a game yet – but a chance to use eye-catching visuals to pull you through a landscape of opportunities. It illustrates pathways for STEM careers that require varying levels of education, from high school diplomas, certifications, associates and bachelor’s degrees, and graduate programs. It also shows a breadth of jobs and careers that expand across various professions and incorporate a wide range of passions and interests.
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From speakers embedded in the mural “Freedom Constellations: Dreaming of a World Without Youth Prisons,” voices of teenagers describe their hopes for the future without youth incarceration in Virginia. Learn more about these young artists and coders who brought this mural and important message to life.
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Excellent educational and interactive resources for parents and educators to help engage and excite students about STEM career paths.
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What do you get when you bring together middle school students and mentors, send them on outdoor adventures and explorations of future careers and then challenge them to build something? You get an incredibly fun summer that includes learning while building important career readiness skills. -
What do you think of when you think of a factory? Some loud, dirty place where thousands of workers assemble the same parts over and over for 8 hours a day? Well guess what? We're not talking about your Grandfather’s factory anymore! Thanks to Advanced Manufacturing – the making of products using cutting edge technology- factories in Virginia and all over the US are undergoing some exciting changes.
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Worms. Trojan Horses. Hackers and Clouds. What comes to mind when you hear these words? I’m not talking about what’s happening in the movies, but what’s happening in cyberspace- that area that connects all of us and our computers to the internet and each other.
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This is the first of 2 stories featuring Nanotechnology where we will explore how working small and thinking big can launch new careers. Learn more about the rapidly emerging field of Nanotechnology at VCU in this Science Matters video. Next, we will shadow two High School teachers, Nano Fellows at the MathScience Innovation Center, who are using Nanotechnology to engage and better prepare students for the 21st century workforce.
