2022 GA Participants in GASSSS Program
These participants have submitted a final GASSSS application.
If your name is not on this list and you have participated in the GASSSS program, please contact Larry Woolf at Lawrence.Woolf@ga-asi.com
| GA GASSSS Participant | Company | School | Materials Purchased | Activity |
| John Adams | GA-ASI | Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT | Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles | We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks. |
| Rick Lunsford | GA-ASI | Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT | Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles | We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks. |
| Paul Auger | GA-ASI | Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT | Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles | We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks. |
| Owen Lovell | GA-ASI | Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT | Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles | We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks. |
| Megan Ameng | GA-ASI | Black Mountain Middle School, San Diego, CA | None | I participated in a middle school career fair. Another colleague and I brought show and tell items and interacted with the middle schoolers about what our company does and what we do specifically for work. Then intent of this event was to encourage students to pursue a career in STEM. |
| Ian Holmes | GA | Kearny High School, FIRST Robotics Team 1572 HammerHeads, San Diego CA | Purchase robot materials and tools to assemble the robot | Guidance and oversight during the assembly of the robot |
| Kyle Teixeira | GA | Kearny High School, FIRST Robotics Team 1572 HammerHeads, San Diego CA | Drivetrain for robot | Supported manufacturing mentorship to students. Explained the function of lathe and taught students how to operate a lathe. Explained manufacturing using computer aided manufacturing. |
| Tyler Elsey | GA | Kearny High School, FIRST Robotics Team 1572 HammerHeads, San Diego CA | Materials for robot drivetrain and turret | Mentoring robotics program and machining parts for robot at school machine shop. |
| Travis Evans | GA-EMS | Rolling Hills Elementary School, San Diego CA | None | Worked as a volunteer science fair judge at Rolling Hills Elementary school. Provided feedback on their projects and encouraged the children to learn more about Science and Engineering |
| Brandon Blom | GA-ASI | Palmer Way Elementary School, San Diego CA | None | I will be talking with a 6th grader who is interested in Engineering. I will be answering questions related to schooling and work experience. I will give a brief overview of what my role is at GA-ASI and some examples of other engineers at GA-ASI. |
| Douglas Seybert | GA-ASI | Garden Road Elementary, Poway CA | Multiple Lego sets; Construction paper; Rulers; 2 Tables | We began by talking about the book that the teacher had read before the lesson, The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. We talked for a while about the bridge in the book that the billy goats had to cross, what bridges are used for, and what materials they can be made from. We then talked about what rulers are and how to use them. The kids practiced using the rulers on the troll that would be used to test the height of the bridges, as well as other items in the classroom. Next, the kids were split up into groups of 5 and provided a bucket of Legos to use for building their bridge. The students spent about a half hour working to build a bridge that would span a piece of paper the short way, be high enough for the troll to pass under, and wide enough for the 3 goats to fit on. When all of the bridges were built, we talked about the different ways they chose to build their bridges, what they might have done differently, what the challenges were, and what they enjoyed about it. I then gave a brief description of my job as an Aerospace Engineer, and we talked about how Engineers face many of the same challenges they faced in building their bridges. I also shared that a bridge that didn’t work out the way they expected it to be was not a failure if they learned something about it that they could apply to the next bridge they build. |
| Daren Wade | GA-ASI | CSUSM SuperSTEM Saturday, San Marcos CA | Electromagnetics and Electricity Posters | Participated in GA demonstration booth at SuperSTEM Saturday. |
| Thane Douglass | GA-EMS | Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair | None | Science Fair project evaluation and grading; Familiarization with standard judging criteria, expectations and responsibilities; Indoctrination with Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair staff; Independent review of each science fair project entry in the assigned category; Interview of each student participant ; Caucus with other judges from the same category to score and rank each applicant |
| Andrew Escalante | GA-ASI | Excelsior Charter Schools, Apple Valley CA | None | Interacted with student by providing information about different career fields that General Atomics offers. Most of the students acquired the General Atomics informational cards that provided information about the different departments and projects that we GA have. Multiple students showed interest in careers in engineering and flight operations, we were able to provide information about those careers and how to achieve them. |
| Nathanael Visser, Tomee Roe, Antone Andrews, Michael Gavin, David Gillespie, Cody Meyer | GA-ASI | Condit Elementary School, Claremont CA | Purchased eleven (11) KiwiCo Drawbot Classroom Packs. | GA employees taught the students how to assemble their drawbots step by step while learning engineering design. Then students worked through numerous challenges with the drawbot. By changing different variables (eg. motor position, clay shape, robot height, etc.) the drawbot exhibited different behaviors and created different drawings. We discussed different science topics through project-based learning including forces and interactions, while aligning with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). |
| Colin Chrystal | GA | X-STEM San Diego | Parking | Helped test/pack/organize equipment for spectroscope workshops, setup workshops, help students at all three workshops, cleanup equipment after workshops were complete |
| Miyuki Humer | GA | X-STEM San Diego | Parking fees | Volunteered to help students making an electromagnet powered by a D-cell battery and using aluminum rod and iron rod material and #18AWG wire. The magnets was used to to pick up paperclips and turn a compass needle. |
| Kevin Fitzpatrick | GA-ASI | SHPE SDSU | None | Led a tour of building 21, and after, answered any questions the students had during a Q&A regarding General Atomics and engineering career advice in general. |
| Travis Sowell | GA-ASI | Feaster Charter School, Chula Vista CA | 10 kits that do 100 projects; 10 ea. Snap Circuits Battery Eliminator (A/C wall plug in adaptor); 2 each Interactive Robots |
Chris and I talked about our Education, Career at GA, Pred B & C planes, GSC station, and Electronics (voltage, current, resistors & circuits in very simple terms using the “water flow” example). Before the students came to the presentation, we assembled several “snap together circuit” kits to show how the students can use electronics for several different projects in life. The students were very engaging with their questions and hands on circuitry building. |
| Chris Gilliom | GA-ASI | Feaster Charter School, Chula Vista CA | 11 kits that do 100 projects; 10 ea. Snap Circuits Battery Eliminator (A/C wall plug in adaptor); 2 each Interactive Robots |
Chris and I talked about our Education, Career at GA, Pred B & C planes, GSC station, and Electronics (voltage, current, resistors & circuits in very simple terms using the “water flow” example). Before the students came to the presentation, we assembled several “snap together circuit” kits to show how the students can use electronics for several different projects in life. The students were very engaging with their questions and hands on circuitry building. |
| Barton McDowell | GA-ASI | FRC Team NOMAD Inc., Escondido CA | Various materials for use in a robot design to complete the challenges for the 2022 FIRST Robotics Challenge. | Mentored students in design process and strategic development. Including CAD design and manufacturing processes. |
| Kathreen Thome | GA | X-STEM San Diego | None | Conducted 3 spectroscope workshops. Introduced approximately 200 students, chaperones and teachers to plasma and light. Assisted them in building spectroscopes that they then took home and also had them look at various spectroscope tubes to identify what gas was in each tube. |
| Max Warren | GA-EMS | University of Mississippi | None | GA EMS is a University of Mississippi industry affiliate. As such, we are cultivating a relationship with the school of engineering. GA employees attended the school of mechanical engineering senior capstone design presentations. During the event, students presented their designs, and we were able to ask questions and meet with students. We also met with deans and professors from the school of engineering to learn more about upcoming plans for the school and how GA can be of assistance in the future possibly. |
| Cody Berrey | GA-EMS | U. of Mississippi, Oxford Miss. | None | GA EMS is a University of Mississippi industry partner. As such, we are cultivating a relationship with the school of engineering. GA employees attended the school of mechanical engineering senior capstone design presentations During the event, students presented their designs, and we were able to ask questions and interact with the students. We also met with the dean and with professors from the school of engineering to learn more about upcoming events and plans for the school and how GA can help more in the future. |
| Kevin McLaughlin | GA | X-STEM San Diego | Parking | I helped run a workshop about spectroscopy and plasmas at the X-STEM conference at the San Diego Convention center. We helped the students build homemade spectroscopes and identify different plasmas. |
| Michael Allwein | GA-ASI | Pacheco Elementary, San Luis Obispo CA | Several STEM kits, appropriate for 1st grade students, were purchased. | I visited the classroom and provided hands-on support while the students built, tested and modified their nests. Nests could be built from a variety of materials provided by the teacher. Nests were tested by pouring water to simulate rain and drop tested. |
| Don Czechowicz | GA | Grant School, Santa Monica CA | None | Demonstrations of What Scientists do in Scientific Method, Carrying out of Simple “Science is Cool Experiments” Phase transitions for liquid to solid using Safe Cryogenic Methods. |
| Daniel Layton | GA-ASI | First Gen Scholars, San Diego CA | None | Attended first-gen scholars networking event. Met with numerous high school juniors and seniors to discuss careers at GA, future internship opportunities, and shared what it was like working in technical fields like the A&D industry. |
| Jerome Guterl | GA | X-STEM San Diego | None | Support 2 X-STEM workshops |
| Miyuki Humer | GA | X-STEM San Diego | None | Support 2 X-STEM workshops |
| Wilkie Choi | GA | X-STEM San Diego | None | Support 2 X-STEM workshops |
| Zichuan (Anthony) Xing | GA | X-STEM San Diego | None | Support 2 X-STEM workshops |
| Casey Kong | GA | Grant School, Santa Monica CA | None | Demonstrations of What Scientists do in Scientific Method, Carrying out of Simple “Science is Cool Experiments” Phase transitions for liquid to solid using Safe Cryogenic Methods. |
| Isaac Ruiz | GA | Grant School, Santa Monica CA | None | Demonstrations of What Scientists do in Scientific Method, Carrying out of Simple “Science is Cool Experiments” Phase transitions for liquid to solid using Safe Cryogenic Methods (Liquid nitrogen Ice Cream demonstration). |
| Howard Kwon | GA-ASI | Ellen Browning Scripps Elementary School, San Diego CA | Funding was used to buy foam model airplanes for the class and a book on flight. | Spoke to the class about what an Engineer is and what they do and about different types of aircraft; Read to the class, “Let's Fly a Plane!” by Chris Ferrie; Built foam model airplanes and flew them in a field as a class; Completed a spelling worksheet on different parts of an airplane. |
| Shahin | GA | Grant School, Santa Monica CA | Ingredients for making Cryogenic Ice-cream. Transportation costs from San Diego to Santa Monica for the volunteers. Event costs as required by the organizers. Parking. | Demonstrations of What Scientists do in Scientific Method, Carrying out of Simple “Science is Cool Experiments” Phase transitions for liquid to solid using Safe Cryogenic Methods. |
| Jessica Yin | GA-ASI | TutorMate | None | Participate in TutorMate program to provide one-on-one tutoring session to an at-risk first grade student to help them learn to read or improve their reading skills. |
| Brian Cluggish | GA-EMS | Magnolia Science Academy, San Diego CA | None | I had a booth at the STEAM Expo where I had a hands-on activity involving homopolar motors. I supplied the equipment myself. |
| Paul Ferrell | GA-EMS | Canyon Hills High School, San Diego CA | Robot Parts | Mentored the FIRST Robotics Team, meeting up with them on the weekend and attending the Robotics Event |
| Satish Krishnan | Proxima Rocketry Team | Funding was entirely used for the purchase of parts and supplies needed by the team (rocket motors, machined parts and igniters) to build and launch model rockets. The rockets built were also used compete in The American Rocketry Challenge (TARC) competition The American Rocketry Challenge | World's Largest Student Rocket Contest. | I was actively involved in supporting team activities ranging from logistics, safety and coaching/guiding the team on learnings from the build/launch session. | |
| Kyle Wirth | GA-ASI | LR GREEN ELEMENTARY, Escondido CA | 2 newer spheros, some cases, and a wall charger | Since I was unable to attend in person, I told the teacher to have the students watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfpPvnEsbto I then zoomed into the classroom asking for questions/support/troubleshooting. |
| Cherish Rodrigues | GA-EMS | Richland Elementary School, San Marcos, CA | Ping pong balls (Zipline); Washers (Zipline and Towers); Hole Punch (Zipline); String(Zipline); Cups(Zipline); Straws(Zipline); Cardstock(Zipline); Clips(Zipline); Index Cards(Towers); Marble Run Games(Building/Gravity); Playstix(Building); Engineer-A-Coaster(Building/Gravity; Legos(Building) | I volunteered in a kindergarten class and developed various stations teaching the children about Engineering. I gave the kids an overview of what an engineer is and the various types of engineers. The kids then participated in various stations using engineering skills and learning about the design process. The kids drew their plans on paper, then created them, then revised their designs and built again. This was done on 2 different days. The stations I set up were Engineer a Zipline, Engineer Card Towers, Engineer a Coaster, Build Marble Runs, Free Design Engineering with Playstix and Legos. The kids absolutely loved everything and were so excited they got to be engineers. |
| Omar Hernandez | GA-ASI | Logan Heights Community Development Corporation, San Diego, CA | None | We introduced kids to engineering by describing what GA does and how UAV’s work. We shared our personal stories on how we came to be engineers. We displayed physical aircraft parts in small groups. With the use of handheld microscopes, we worked with the kids to show them component details, ply layups, welds, threads and other part specifics. |
| Erich McCoy | GA-ASI | Lincoln HS & Morse HS, SD, CA | Food for interns. | Our goal is to provide exposure to STEM/Aero careers and assure them it is achievable. Interns are rotating through departments for overall product/career exposure. Advanced Airframe Engineering scheduled for first rotation on 7/12/2022. |
| Brian Berg | GA-ASI | Lincoln HS & Morse HS, SD, CA | Personal protective equipment for high school students to wear during Mechanical Engineering Development Laboratory (MEDL) Tour | Planning and coordination of MEDL tour. |
| Michelle Colatutto, Craig Schopp, Thuan Trieu, Lisa Meegan, Orlando Lopez, Ignatius Widjaja, Brian Berg, James Hampton, Michael Valacich, Jordan Blimbaum, Kenneth Turbin, Danica Moeller, Thomas Hernandez, Jimmy Cannon, Richard Bienias, Camillo Scaduto, Dan Clements, Nicola Baldwin, Kevin Cardinal, Mark Williams, John DeReimer | GA-ASI | Lincoln HS & Morse HS, SD, CA | PPE-face shields, toe guards, gloves | Overview of work in our department, talking about our careers, hand on hardware, CAD demo, demonstrations in the fab and test lab. On site at GA facilities. |
| Dariusz Appelt | GA | Deer Canyon Elementary Robotics Club, San Diego CA | LEGO Education Spike Prime Set | Innovation mentor for the team. Will be prepping the team of kids to participate in the FIRST challenge. This includes guiding the kids with the presentation topics and helping to code to solve various challenges. The topic this year is Energy and using renewable energy sources, and that is directly what I am involved in at GA working for the Energy Group. |
| Orpheus Dong | GA-ASI | Wings Over Camarillo, Camarillo CA | Mileage reimbursement and 2 night hotel stay in Camarillo | Provided STEM outreach to K-12 students and all visitors at the Camarillo Airshow. Provided an overview of what GA does and talked about job availability at GA. |
| Yaseen El-Zawahry | GA-ASI | Wings Over Camarillo event, Camarillo, CA | Hotel, meals, and transportation to Camarillo event | • Supporting GA booth-related activities • Demonstrating GA’s work to children/visitors |
| Ray Pili | GA-EMS | Wings Over Camarillo event, Camarillo, CA | Lodging for event. | STEM Interactions with Students and Adults attending the Wings over Camarillo event as part of the STEM Pavilion and FIRST Robotics. Describe GA, products, facilities, locations, and technologies. For Children up to and including High School level; Describing GA products at a high level, example AAG/EMALS using differences between steam power and electric motors (linear). ASI MQ-9 showing carbon fiber samples and use of 3D printing. Energy using simple description of Fission vs Fusion nuclear energy generation For High school and undergraduate students; Same but with deeper technical description to respond to comments and questions. Example AAG/EMALS pros and cons of the use of linear motors and electric motors over steam on stress applied to aircraft, tunability to lighter weight unmanned aircraft, less manning and space requirements, increased power requirements from the ship. EMS Projectile projects advantages over ballistic projectiles, use of data links, and testing challenges. Made students aware of Internships at GA and the benefits. |
| John Telles | GA | Wings Over Camarillo Airshow, Camarillo CA | Gas, meals, motel for 2 day trip to Camarillo | Manned the General Atomics booth in the STEM hangar at the airshow. Spoke with children, teens, teachers, other STEM enthusiasts about General Atomics and our products. Distributed handouts such as posters to teachers, product card descriptions to children and adults, patches. Demonstrated features of composite wing/tail section, model aircraft, quadcopter, posters on optics. Visited other STEM booths to gather information about what enthuses young people. |
| Joshua Hicok | GA | Kearny High School, FIRST Robotics Team 1572, San Diego CA | Electric motors for use in the robot drive train and turret | Mentored high school students over several weeks on how to design and build a robot. Taught several students to use machine tools as well as CAD software. |
| Jennifer Labs | GA-ASI | Miramar Air Show | None | Helping with GA booth at Miramar Air Show |
| Albert T Almuete | GA-ASI | Miramar Air Show | None | Professionally represent GA/AIAA and help manning the booth during the Innovation Expo; assist handing out outreach materials, interact with guests and visitors by answering any inquiries fielded during the interface; assist in the setup, and takedown of the booth at the end of the event. |
| Megan Kendrick | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Kara Seliga | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Angela Guzman | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Candace Gray | Energy | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Maureen Fitzgerald | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Casey Evers | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Tamara Browne | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Catherine Wei | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Kari Blaskovish | GA | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Maria Pieroni | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Cynthia Velazquez | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Megan Grubbs | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Jennifer Labs | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Anali Brown | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Helena Janeiro | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Samadi Yoeuth | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Robin Jacobson | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Erik Olson | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Abigail Zaldivar | ASI | Poway HS's; Poway CA | Engineering supplies/food for event | Support eng. Activity, tour, panel discussion. |
| Jake Crawford; Lazaro Herrera; Nicole Pantig; Debra Roy; Brandon Washington; Yangyang Yu | ASI and GA | Poway Library Youth Services; Poway CA | None | Introductions and overview of GA; Presentations (to include models of aircraft and other display items) – discuss education, career path, and positions at GA; LEGO Engineering Challenge (build an aircraft) – help the children design and build their aircraft; Presentation of book donations from GABE |
| Tyler Thielen | GA-ASI | San Diego Fleet Week | None | Provided students with an understanding of GA missions, tasks, and objectives. |
| Beth Turro | GA-ASI | San Diego Fleet Week | None | Participate at Fleet Week outreach booth. SHARING ABOUT OUR COMPANY AND PRODUCTS |
| Holly Macaranas | GA-ASI | San Diego Fleet Week | None | Participation at Fleet Week |
| David Pacheco | GA-ASI | San Diego Fleet Week | None | Volunteering for Fleet Week |
| Brian Ware | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Joyvonne Bragg | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Gregory Thomas | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Ravinder Chatha | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Debra Roy | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Nicole Pantig | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Jake Crawford | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Angela Colt | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Aaron Majors | GA-EMS | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| catrell.brownlee@ga-asi.com | GA | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Nichelle Wentz | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Catrell Brownlee | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Thea Patouhas | GA-ASI | Hands -On Technology Foundation, San Diego CA | Special *STEM-KIT* adventure camp in which all attendees will be loaned supplies (E.g. robots!) so that they can successfully participate and have fun in the camp! | We participated in the General Atomics Career Day where GABE members discussed their background and careers at General Atomics; as a judge during the Business Shark Tank competition for the camp students. The Shark Tank competition ideas were based on GA products and careers; in planning, programming, and execution of the program between GA, GABE, and HOTE through meetings and emails |
| Timothy Bleakley | GA-ASI | Ramona High School, Ramona CA | Materials for building Final team projects for Engineering class. | Member of SME panel to review project proposal presentation by student teams, then provide mentoring, and assess final presentations and products at the end of the course. Attending project reviews and assessments for all Senior design teams. |
| Layth Karana | GA-ASI | San Diego Fleet Week | None | Talk to different aged people from 6 years old to adults, told them about what I do at GA and advised them on how to get ready if they are looking into engineering career. Told students and a school director about the Arduino Microcontroller and how they will benefit from it learning hardware and programming at the same time. |
| Aaron Sathrum | GA-EMS | San Diego Fleet Week | None | Answered questions to 5th-12th grade students about science, colors, 3D printing, fission and fusion at the 2022 fleet week. |
| Terry Tomerlin; Maria Mejia; James Meiselbach; Stephen Bennett; John Masters; Casey LaScala; Collin Alexander; Tyler Lang-Harley; Laszlo Papp; Rhonda Glassman | GA-ASI | Our Lady Of Perpetual Help School, Riverside CA | $5000.00 was applied to Tuition for 40 students to attend a 3-day AstroCamp in Idylwild, California. | Ten GA-ASI employees held a Science Fair at OLPH School on November 4, 2022. Exhibits included: additive manufacturing, composite materials, composite manufacturing, metallic CNC-machining, gas laws demonstration, propulsion systems, and science toys. Riverside Astronomical Society joined the event and provided 4 solar telescopes for viewing the sun. GA-ASI UAS models were displayed and discussed. |
| Edward Ortiz | GA | Community Montessori School, Poway CA | Materials for the Art-bot project (done in class) and also Solar Car STEM kits. | I researched and prepared the Art-bot kits (did some preassembly and soldering of circuits). Went into classroom and discussed electrical circuits; drew schematic of circuit being used and correlated diagram to actual parts in circuit. Led class through the assembly process of their Art-bots and then had class operate them. |
| Maria Pieroni, Daniel McKellar, Asma Khan | GA-ASI | Twin Peaks Middle School, Poway CA | None | Set up a table for the Twin Peaks Middle School Career Fair and explained what we do as a company and as engineers in our careers. |
| Sara Masjedi | GA-ASI | Women's Internal Network | None | Mentor session with one local high school student to help encourage women in science/engineering |
| Erin Laurens Hasell | GA-ASI | WIN GA Mentorship | None | Zoom call to discuss my career path and mentor high school student and answer her questions about school, engineering, and college. |
| Yangyang Yu | GA-ASI | Oak Valley Middle School MathCounts Club, San Diego CA | Math Competition Training Materials and Videos. | Coaching the Oak Valley Middle School Mathcounts Team. |
| Helen Tat | GA-ASI | Poway High School, Poway CA | None | phone calls with high school girls interested in STEM. Q/A style format |
| Christoph Hiemcke | GA-ASI | TechnoTigers FLL Robotics Team, Escondido CA | Part 1 of our purchase was to FIRST to pay for team registration and for the Challenge Set which consists of the table covering and the Lego components for the playing field. Part 2 of our purchase was a Spike Prime, which is the newest of the Lego robots; that was especially helpful because the new internal gyro makes navigation a lot more repeatable. | I was present at almost all of the team meetings and my role was to be a mentor who helps with all aspects, ranging from developing a strategy to building and coding the robot. I was also involved in the brainstorming and research pertaining to the creative component, which focused on the use of renewable energy to provide lighting for playgrounds. |
| Brian Cluggish | GA-EMS | Magnolia Science Academy Robotics Club, San Diego CA | 2 Vex-Robotics IQ Robot Brains (2nd Generation); 2 Vex-Robotics IQ Robot Batteries (Li-Ion 2000 mAh): | I bought the Vex-Robotics components on 10/28/2022. After they arrived, I brought them to a meeting of the Vex-Robotics club at Magnolia Science Academy on 11/28/2022. I gave the components to the teacher who runs the club (Jibrhan Perez). I then introduced myself to the kids in the club and participated in the club meeting, learning about the Vex-Robotics competition that they will participate in next year and helping them build their robots. |
| Chad Rutherford | GA-ASI | Sunkist Elementary School, Anaheim CA | Purchased a DJI Mavic Mini 2 Drone bundle. | Spoke to the kids about GA and what we do using a presentation I’ve developed over the years. From there I was able to surprise them with a Drone that they all got to fly and enjoy. From there I helped with other STEM activities for the rest of the day. Drone was left with the teacher and I’ll be coming back to use it with them on my own time. |
| Breanna Bergado | GA-ASI | Lincoln HS & Morse HS, SD, CA | None | This will be on-site at GA facilities. Provided a presentation of Cybersecurity and described job duties at GA. |
| Thomas Dittmann and Timothy Fasel | GA-ASI | Carmel Creek Elementary, San Diego CA | Light Tables; Double Sided Magnetic Numbers; Double Sided Magnetic Letters; Student Color Kit; Deluxe Teacher Demonstration Color Kit; 18 x 39 inch Color Wheel Wall Chart Poster; Color Gradient Transparency; CMY Color Wheel Components; RYB Color Wheel Components | We gave a presentation on light and color to two kindergarten classes. |
| James Rudden | GA-ASI | Dingeman Elementary School, San Diego CA | FIRST LEGO® League Challenge Team Registration 2022 Superpowered Challenge Set |
Coached a team of 9 kids ranging from 10-13 years old. Mentored them through all aspects of the engineering process to include requirements development, design trade studies, hardware development, software development, testing of the design, documentation and review of the design via design reviews and presentations. |
| Lane Carlson | GA | Benito Juarez Elementary School; Language Academy Middle School | Amazon, 9 pH meters; RH Fleet Center, Science Show |
RH Fleet Science Show performed at Juarez Elementary School (I have photos but no consent since this was in a large auditorium; I visited both my 7th grade daughter’s science class at Language Academy Middle School and 4th grade daughter’s class at Juarez Elementary School and provided an interactive coding demonstration using 6 Sphero robots and iPads (purchased in prior years with GASSSS funding) to write programs and visualize the resulting effects. (photo available but no consent); this module will be performed later in the year at my 7th grade daughter’s science class at Language Academy Middle School |
| Breanna Bergado | GA-ASI | Valle Lindo Elementary School, Chula Vista CA | 24 - ELONGDI Marble Run Race Coaster Sets | Giving a demonstration of the different ways that the students will be able to build different runs with the marble kits. This is to give a basic introduction to engineering skills. |
| Daniel Turitto | GA-ASI | San Dieguito Academy High School, Encinitas CA | Tap drill bit used to facilitate part installation. Hex tool set used during Las Vegas Regional competition for the robot autonomous mode brake collar. Robot MK ES17-12 batteries used for powering the robot during build, software trials, practice robot driving and competitions. |
Mentor support for multiple robotic team activities including design reviews, interpersonal teamwork skills, STEM/design/software strategies/fabrication/testing discussions and recommendations, team strategies and organization. Participated in support of regional competitions as well as team evaluation and improvement events. |
| Kerry Rutherford | GA-ASI | Sunkist Elementary School, Anaheim CA | Smart phone-controlled paper airplane kits | Spoke to the class about GA and what we do as well as my role here. We then built paper airplanes using card stock attached the motors, linked them to our devices and flew them on the playground . After that I helped with other activities and experiments. |
| Jay Newlin | GA-ASI | Marston Middle School, San Diego CA | None | Career development presentation to five classes |