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STEM Smart: Lessons Learned from Successful Schools

Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia
Downloads: Atlanta STEM Smart Agenda.pdf | Atlanta STEM Smart Bios.pdf | Atlanta STEM Smart Program Descriptions.pdf
Time Description
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Registration (coffee served)

- Welcome and Opening Remarks
- The Role of Engineering in Successful K–12 STEM Education Plenary Presentation
  • Moderator: Darryl Williams, Associate Dean of Recruitment, Retention, and Community Engagement, and Director of the Center for STEM Diversity, Tufts University
  • Panelists: Greg Pearson, Senior Program Officer, National Academy of Engineering; Cary Sneider, Associate Research Professor, Portland State University; Marion Usselman, Principal Research Scientist and Associate Director, CEISMC, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Break

- Focusing on the "E" in STEM—Breakout Sessions
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Break

- Networking (lunch served)
The Joy of STEM:  Engineering Is at the Heart of It Plenary Presentation
  • Pramod Khargonekar, Assistant Director, National Science Foundation | View Presentation
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Break

- Focusing on the "E" in STEM—Breakout Sessions
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Break

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K–12 and Higher Education: Why Collaboration Is Vital  Plenary Presentation

  • Joseph Cocozza, Co-Director of Education and Outreach Programs, Biomimetic MicroElectronic Systems, Engineering Research Center; Assistant Professor of Research, Ophthalmology, University of Southern California | View Presentation
  • Adah Leshem, Program Director of Pre-College Education, NSF Engineering Research Center for Biorenewable Chemicals | View Presentation