STEM Week 2022
Every year, 索莱伯里学校的数学系和科学系颂扬科学领域, technology, engineering, and math by hosting STEM-related events, activities, and guest speakers. 这一周的目的不仅是让整个学校都参与到这些学科中来,也是为了激发人们对stem相关职业的思考.
Monday
Justin Botts P'25 加入我们,讲述了他作为联合航空公司商业飞行员和军事飞行员的经历. 他分享说,他已经积累了8500个飞行小时,访问了80多个国家. 他讨论了他在阿富汗作为空中医疗后送的一些任务,并播放了一段空中加油工作的视频. 在演讲的最后,贾斯汀邀请学生们试穿他的制服!
Leanne White P’24 P’26
一个农业工程师会给学生讲这个领域的职业吗. 她拥有丰富的消费产品经验,曾在三家大公司工作,并开始了自己的咨询业务. 她的演讲重点是成为一名工程师的资格和好处, bringing consumer goods products to market, 今天要考虑的课程将为他们明天的成功奠定基础. 学生们参与并提出了许多问题,当他们讨论产品如何上架时,引发了令人兴奋的对话. Leanne谈到了采购原材料以使产品进入商店. 她分享了产品进入市场的统计数据,以及阻止它们进入市场的原因. “One in twenty products make it to market in food,” she explained. 一些完成稳定性测试和测试营销的产品可能在上架之前就死了. Other factors include marketing costs, profit margins, and retailers.
Finally, Leanne credited other foundational courses (statistics, writing, debate, and others) for helping students consider careers in engineering. 她分享了如何将它们应用到他们的工作中,使他们能够在线上运行快速变量测试以识别问题, communicate clearly and create documentation, justify project costs, and develop presentation skills.
Steven Valeri is a blockchain developer at Aave. He talked to students about what blockchain is, why it’s important, and explained how to run code on a blockchain. Using this technology, 参与者可以确认交易,而不需要中央清算机构. Steven介绍了一个基本的交易,还展示了一些实时编码示例.
Tuesday
Michael Knapp is our very own beekeeper within the faculty! Two hives were added to Solebury campus last spring. Michael explained how a hive works, how to extract the honey they produce, and the difference between a honey bee and a yellow jacket. 他还讨论了烟雾是如何阻止蜜蜂相互交流的, which also helps keep them calm so they are less likely to sting. 一些学生勇敢地走近看了看,甚至拿起了一个满是蜜蜂的蜜架!
Jamie Pfister and Cynthia Ststtner 来自巴克斯县综合受害者服务机构NOVA. They talked about how the organization was started, what makes healthy relationships, and forensic nursing. 学生们询问了有关收集DNA证据的过程和不同类型的棉签的问题.
Ken Baron P'23 在过去的30年里,你一直从事金融和投资领域的统计工作吗. During this presentation, AP统计学的学生们通过数据分析和线性回归,努力找出让糖果好吃的原因. Ken also talked about how statistics are used in the stock market, as well as various careers and fields that use statistics.
Francis Collins
is the president of the Primrose Creek Watershed Association. 他整个上午都在谈论采石场,并分享了有关他的角色的信息. The quarry adjacent to Solebury School would pump out 500,000 gallons of water per day when it was active. Today, it sits dormant. In partnership with the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the quarry owner, and Solebury, they determine the best management practices to fix the area. 他向学生们播放了采石场的视频,并介绍了新的植物园装置. 最后的一个镜头集中在从采石场取水的电泵上. 他谈到了水被抽出后的定向路径. 弗朗西斯分享了用于检查泵的大型无脊椎动物测量图表, water temperature, and conductivity. This information can indicate when there is a problem in the water. 他谈到了教育社区保护水资源的重要性,并鼓励学生参与其中. 他分享了一个上游事件的故事,当时有人把用来清除游泳池藻类的硫酸铜倾倒在了一个游泳池里, turning our creek blue and killing the frogs.
樱草花溪流域终于在去年获得了一笔建造植物园的拨款. 弗朗西斯分享了沿着小溪种植更多树木的计划,以促进小溪的生命. 他指出了这些地区,并解释了这些地点的重要性. 最后,他们计划在我们的新宿舍希望厅的植物园里建一条走道.
Matisha Dorman is an astrochemist and current Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her presentation focused on molecules collected in space. Her thesis work is centered around astrochemistry, which she defined as a cross between astronomy and chemistry. 她向学生们展示望远镜拍摄的照片,以确定在太空中的位置,以便为她的研究收集分子. Once molecules are collected, Matisha uses rotational spectroscopy equipment, which she also referred to as a Rotational Fingerprint. The machine captures the fingerprints of molecules. 学生们了解到,分子和我们一样,都有自己独特的指纹. When molecules pass through the machine, they are assigned spectroscopic constants, which are numbers to help define fingerprints more concisely. She presented a video to show molecules processed in the lab. 当机器发出的光照射到分子上时,就会产生运动,她对此进行了分析. 学生们参与并询问有关分子收集过程以及如何将其放在光谱仪载玻片上的问题.
Wednesday
Madeline David 是一位气候科学家加入我们讨论社区太阳能吗. 她分享了她在环境科学方面的经历,最终走向了气候和可再生能源. 马德琳谈到了可再生能源的好处,以及她的公司如何将其交付给社区. She currently works for Summit Ridge Energy in Arlington, VA.该公司在缅因州、伊利诺伊州和马里兰州市场拥有并经营太阳能项目. 他们开发了“太阳能农场”,让人们可以订阅场外能源. The company leases farmland on back acres to set up solar farms, which helps provide stable income to farmers, creates jobs in the community, reduces the carbon footprint, and allows more people to take advantage of the energy source. In addition, 它消除了老房子可能没有设备来处理安装的问题,并使它更实惠. Students were engaged and asked lots of questions. 马德琳谈到了她的日常职责,并回答了有关《赌博十大平台排行》对她工作的影响的问题.
Matt Pignatore 一开始做市场营销,但几年后决定转行. 他经历了6个月的全栈编程训练营,14个月后, transitioned into full-time UI development. Matt目前在希尔顿酒店工作,并讨论了他的角色,将创造性的软件设计概念和想法转化为现实,使用前端技术. 学生们分享了他们最感兴趣的开发领域,他为那些一直在思考但还没有尝试过的人提供了如何进入编码的概述.
Lisa Rain is an environmentalist water quality specialist. She currently works for Duke Energy Company in Orlando, FL. 她的工作范围从战略和经济发展到帮助科技和创业企业和社区规划未来的成功, looking for sustainable energy sources, to immersing into the metaverse for training and research.
丽莎的人生之旅始于成为一名医生——学习自然科学,毕业时获得了生物和化学学位. 在花了几个小时跟随别人并在这个领域做志愿者之后,她发现这不是她的路. “获得实习机会,让自己沉浸其中,看看这是否是你真正想做的事情,” she offered students trying to decide on career choices. 丽莎在杜克能源公司的工作使她与社区保持着密切的联系. As part of the innovation and competitive side, she works with many external agencies, including counties, sectors, and the chamber of commerce, to develop ways the company can help the community. 丽莎工作的另一部分涉及到研究可持续能源. 她谈到了利用氢气发电的新技术. Students were fascinated by the idea of getting energy out of water. 她谈到了从水中提取分子的过程,以及粉色氢和绿色氢之间的区别. “Hydrogen is a very clean way to generate energy,” explained Lisa.
最大的亮点之一是关于Lisa在虚拟世界中的工作的讨论. 她谈到了一个很酷的项目,他们在虚拟世界中创造了第一个版本的奥兰多双子城. They can see, feel, touch, and experience Orlando using VR. 这样做的好处是,他们可以将实时数据投射到元宇宙中来预测事物或创建飓风预测. Lisa还分享了使用VR进行训练模拟的其他好处. 学生们问了各种关于在虚拟世界中的生活经历的问题, the likelihood of households adapting to the technology, and Disney’s presence in the Orlando twin.
Matt Goddeeris figured out he wanted to be a scientist in 9th grade. Matt is the Vice President of Biology at Cellarity, 这是一家总部位于马萨诸塞州的生物技术公司,利用机器学习来创造新的治疗方法. Matt拥有杜克大学细胞与发育生物学博士学位. 他分享说,他的研究涉及生物学的许多不同领域,包括衰老机制, signals required for heart development, causes and treatments for muscular dystrophies, and how cells organize their local environment. When asked what he likes most about his job, 他评论说,他喜欢它总是在变化,他一直在学习. 他还说,大多数实验都不成功,95%的实验都失败了.
Randall Gellens ’77 first thought he would be an actor, then maybe a writer. 当他开始在特拉华大学学习时,他碰巧选修了一门计算机科学课程,并发现这门课程非常适合他. 在上学期间,他被特拉华大学聘为系统程序员, giving him full access to all of the school's data. 随后,他在华盛顿特区的一家公司工作,处理机密和公共信息,分析国际政治发展,并帮助开发对美国资产的威胁评估.
兰德尔还谈到了他协助开发软件的经验,该软件可以帮助人们在拨打911时定位. 他还协助开发了一种软件,可以将事故数据发送给调度员,这样调度员就能获得更多关于事故的信息(汽车的速度), whether or not the passengers were wearing a seat belt, the deceleration rate, etc.) as they are dispatching ambulances, trauma helicopters, etc.
During assembly, Vince D’ Ambrosio of Castle & Associates spoke to the school about architecture and design. 他目前正在帮助建造新的宿舍和污水处理厂. 文斯从事建筑工程和施工管理工作,并概述了索伯里学校在未来几年令人兴奋的未来.
Thursday
Melissa Carbonara is a physical therapist with a specialty in orthopedics. 她概述了不同类型的治疗,如门诊治疗, acute care, inpatient rehab, and home care. She emphasized that empathy plays a big role in this career, and it is important for anyone considering pursuing this career path. 梅丽莎解释了她在病人身上看到的一些伤害,并讨论了对这个职业感兴趣的人所需要的课程.
Broadway Junction Subway Station
Phoebe Douglas and Ryland Brickner-McDonald 来自奈克咨询集团的同事和我们一起谈论土木工程. 他们分享了土木工程师在城市桥梁规划中的作用, highways, tunnels, and many other development projects we may not realize. 菲比讨论了一个项目,使用微隧道工艺将拦截下水道重新安置在铁路调车场周围. Ryland described the process and played an animation of microtunneling 示范深层污水渠及管道安装的方法. 其他项目包括百老汇枢纽地铁站和拉瓜迪亚机场的三角洲航站楼.
Bart Wolman is the CEO of EnRevo Pyro. 该公司使用一种工艺将废旧轮胎和塑料转化为可用的最终产品. Bart向学生们介绍了废轮胎的整个转化过程,以及这个过程如何比传统的废轮胎处理更有效. 他谈到了轮胎被扔在路边或留在垃圾填埋场所造成的危险情况, trapping water, making it the ideal environment for vermin, rats, and mosquitoes. In addition, 在传统的废物转化能源设施中,轮胎燃烧会产生有害的污染物. 巴特分享了他如何在不引入氧气的情况下加热材料,以避免产生毒素的火灾. 他谈到了气闸中间的密封装置,它控制着进入舱内的物料流动, which keeps the oxygen out.
学生们询问了处理时间、转化废轮胎的数量和工厂效率. 他们了解到,这个车间每天可以处理35吨轮胎. Half of the short-chain polymers heat the chamber, 将多余的短氢链气体出售给水泥窑公司. Their mission is to have zero-to-landfill deposits. Finally, when asked about sourcing waste tires, 巴特谈到了他们如何获得废旧轮胎,并分享了科罗拉多州轮胎山仓库的照片. The picture showed roughly 60-70 acres of waste tires.
Erik Vallow P’21 '26 在Apex公司担任客户解决方案经理,负责各种机器人应用程序. 他谈到了他最近参与的一些项目,包括一辆自动驾驶半卡车. 他分享了电脑/汽车在行驶时看到的图像,以便知道该避开什么,该开到哪里. Erik在演讲结束时讨论了一些与机器人相关的专业.
Jan Mejia-Toro ’23 hosted a Differentiation Bee. 微分蜜蜂就像一个拼字比赛,但有导数——微积分的基本组成部分. 函数在一点处的导数实际上可以用我们所有学生在代数i中学到的东西来近似——割线的斜率(也就是两点之间直线的斜率).
Friday
Brian Perry is a civil and environmental engineer. Brian talked with a packed room of students about soils, hydrology, environmental consulting, and surveying. 他向学生们介绍了他参与的一些项目,并向他们分发了多孔路面的样品. 他解释了多孔路面如何缓解雨水径流.
“I believe there will be a cure to cancer in my lifetime, or at least we will be able to manage it like a chronic disease,” shared Dr. Avinash Desai P’24 with students. The Chief Medical Officer at Actinium Pharmaceuticals, Dr. 德赛将自己的职业生涯奉献给了实现这一梦想. During his presentation, students learned about the history of cancer treatment, the process of clinical drug trials, and the evolution of a cancer cell versus a healthy cell. Dr. Desai also explained the four main cancer categories (carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia, 淋巴瘤)以及目前正在使用和正在开发的治疗方法.
Max Hegedus 一个土木工程师,专注于结构10年,一个木匠. 他讨论了他在塔潘泽大桥上的工作,分享了他帮助建造足球场大小的部分,然后用起重机放置. 他向全班展示了一些图片,并播放了如何分析桁架的视频. Max also talked to students about the measurement smoot. 他解释说,斯平特是一种测量单位,正好是奥利弗·R·劳伦斯(Oliver R. Smoot, a fraternity pledge to Lambda Chi Alpha, 1958年10月,他在哈佛桥上多次躺下,以便他的兄弟会兄弟们可以用他的身高来测量桥的长度.
Dr. Mary van Vleet, affectionately called Dr. V.V. by her students, is an assistant professor at Spelman College. Her presentation focused on computational chemistry. 她谈到了计算机模拟和预测的作用,以及她为使模型更好而做的工作. Simulations are sometimes conducted when experiments are impossible, dangerous, or too time-consuming. Dr. V.V. 谈到了模拟的四个方面,包括天气预报, working with corrosive compounds or dangerous chemicals, drug design molecular simulations for faster results, and blind (structure and dynamics of water) simulations. 学生们观看了她在课堂上播放的分子模拟视频中的蛋白质折叠.
Dr. V.V. 谈到了对小分子运动的研究,以及当其他离子加入时,她是如何研究对水的影响的. 她分享了一张图表来讨论原子及其基于势能与核间距离的相互作用. 她解释了伦纳德-琼斯势能模型和相互作用物体的能量. “有时候,模型过于简化,无法预测真实数据中会发生什么。. V.V. said. She works to make these models better.
After graduating from Solebury, Chris O’Brian ’17 他曾在康奈尔大学获得计算机科学学士学位. 他目前在Lutron担任专业软件工程师,主要从事嵌入式软件设计. 他回忆起他在索伯里的时光,分享了一些他最喜欢的课程,并回顾了他作为寄宿生的美好回忆. 克里斯还谈到了不同类型的编程语言,然后回答了学生们关于从索伯里到大学生活过渡的问题.
Every year, 在STEM周的最后一天,索利伯里学校将举行全校范围的STEM活动. This year's event was a scavenger hunt! 顾问们一起回答与stem相关的问题,并根据问题的答案, they knew where to go next. 例如,求出所有惰性气体的原子序数之和. Then prime factor that number. How many prime factors does it have? Call it z, and head to room Abbe-z. 大家都做得很好,感谢所有让这周变得精彩的人!
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