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IET Newsletter, NOVA STEM Faculty

STEM Faculty Spotlight – Kwabena Konadu

Congratulations to Professor Kwabena Konadu,who will become the Edward H. Bersoff Cybersecurity Endowed Professor starting in August.

Konadu is currently working for SE Solutions as a consultant for the Department of Homeland Security. He teaches Cybersecurity and Information Technology courses at the Woodbridge Campus. His primary focus includes System Monitoring, Infrastructure Protection, Malware Analysis and Reverse Engineering, CyberRobotics, and hardware development. He spent the first 12 years of his career building and testing space hardware applications for nuclear vulnerability/survivability assessment, and more than 10 years working as an Information Systems Security Engineer. Professor Konadu is also a Faculty Coach and the Director of Engineering for Cybersecurity Competitions at the Woodbridge Campus where he is responsible for providing virtualization platform infrastructure for offensive and defensive cybersecurity. He holds an M.S. in Telecommunications Network and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Mason University.

Professor Konadu can be reached at kkonadu@nvcc.edu

IET Newsletter

New Employee Spotlights – Natasha and Jose

Natasha Schuh-Nuhfer is the new STEM Education Coordinator for Prince William County and will also help run our Teacher Professional Development.

Natasha previously served as the Director of the Teacher Enrichment Program at the Center for Excellence in Education, supporting underserved rural and urban STEM teachers and their students. Natasha was responsible for the program’s launch in Virginia in 2012 and subsequent implementation in nine other states. She received her Ph.D. in Microbiology from the University of Virginia and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. She has volunteered at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum in D.C. and currently volunteers at the Air and Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center in Dulles. Natasha is passionate about exposing kids to STEM and creating awareness of the wide variety of STEM career fields available to them through traditional and non-traditional routes. Natasha can be contacted at nschuhnuhfer@nvcc.edu

Jose Alagarin is the new STEM Education Coordinator for Fairfax County and will also help run our Robotics program.

Jose previously worked as the STEM Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator at Eastern Kentucky University where he led recruitment efforts, taught environmental education lessons to K-12 students, and coordinated the College of Science’s STEM Camp for high school students. Jose has a Bachelor’s in Physical Sciences/Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and a Master’s in Geography/Applied Atmospheric Sciences from Ball State University. Jose can be reached at jalgarin@nvcc.edu

IET Newsletter, STEM Degrees

Degree Spotlight – Engineering Technology AAS

Invent the cutting edge! NOVA’s AAS in Engineering Technology is the path for students with the hands-on proficiency to take theoretical concepts and turn them into practical solutions. Students in this program will develop skills that lead to careers in various fields: Engineering, Electronics, Industrial Design, Automation, Robotics, and more.

More info at https://admissions.nvcc.edu/programs/engineering-technology

STEM Camps

STEM Camps By Week

STEM Camps are up and running in Loudoun, PWC, Fairfax, and Alexandria! Here’s a quick at-a-glance breakdown of which camps are going on each week and where. Camps start June 17 and run all summer through Aug 16 (not all camps are available all weeks). Sign up for STEM Camps at www.nvcc.edu/systemic/camps.html

WEEK 1 June 17-21

STEM ES
Stone Hill Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 4-5
STEM MS
Stone Hill Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 6-8
Rocketry
Stone Hill Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 7-12

WEEK 2 June 24-28

Coding
NOVA Woodbridge – Grade 3-5
STEM ES
Marshall High School/Fairfax – Grade 4-5
STEM MS
NOVA Alexandria – Grade 6-8
STEM HS
Marshall High School/Fairfax – Grade 9-12
VEX IQ
Stone Hill Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 4-8
VEX IQ Challenge
NOVA Alexandria – Grade 4-8
VEX 1
NOVA Woodbridge, Marshall High School/Fairfax – Grade 6-10
Arduino
Stone Hill Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 7-10
Cyber 1
Stone Hill Middle School/Loudoun, NOVA Woodbridge – Grade 9-12
Cyber Academy
Marshall High School/Fairfax – Grade 9-12

**No camps July 1-5**

WEEK 3 July 8-12

Coding
Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 3-5
STEM ES
NOVA Alexandria – Grade 4-5
STEM HS
NOVA Alexandria – Grade 9-12
VEX 1
NOVA Alexandria, Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 6-10
VEX 2
Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 7-10
Cyber 1
Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 9-12

WEEK 4 July 15-19

STEM MS
Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 6-8
VEX IQ
NOVA Alexandria – Grade 4-8
VEX IQ Challenge – Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 4-8
VEX 2
Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 7-10
Arduino
NOVA Alexandria – Grade 7-10
Rocketry
Broad Run Middle School/Loudoun – Grade 7-12
Cyber 1
NOVA Alexandria – Grade 9-12

WEEK 5 July 22-26

Coding
Westfield High School/Fairfax – Grade 3-5
STEM ES
Oath Campus/Loudoun – Grade 4-5
STEM HS
Oath Campus/Loudoun – Grade 9-12
VEX 1
Oath Campus/Loudoun, Westfield High School/Fairfax – Grade 6-10
Arduino
Oath Campus/Loudoun – Grade 7-10
Cyber 1
Westfield High School/Fairfax – Grade 9-12

WEEK 6 July 29-Aug 2

STEM MS
Westfield High School/Fairfax – Grade 6-8
VEX IQ
Patriot High School/PWC – Grade 4-8
Arduino
Patriot High School/PWC – Grade 7-10
Rocketry
Westfield High School/Fairfax – Grade 7-12

WEEK 7 Aug 5-9

VEX 1
George Mason High School/Alexandria – Grade 6-10
VEX 2
NOVA Manassas Battleview – Grade 7-10
Cyber 1
George Mason High School/Alexandria – Grade 9-12

WEEK 8 Aug 12-16

Coding
NOVA Loudoun – Grade 3-5
STEM ES
NOVA Manassas Battleview – Grade 4-5
STEM MS
NOVA Manassas Battleview – Grade 6-8
STEM HS
NOVA Manassas Battleview – Grade 9-12
VEX IQ
NOVA Annandale – Grade 4-8
VEXIQ Challenge
NOVA Manassas Battleview – Grade 4-8
VEX 1
NOVA Loudoun, Micron/Manassas – Grade 6-10
VEX 2
NOVA Manassas Battleview – Grade 7-10
Arduino
NOVA Annandale – Grade 7-10
Rocketry
NOVA Manassas Battleview – Grade 7-12
Cyber 1
NOVA Loudoun – Grade 9-12

STEM Expos

We’re at Celebrate Fairfax June 7-9

Come to our Robotics Pavilion at Celebrate Fairfax!
Drive robots and play games with VEX robots, Sphero, and Osmo at our Robotics Pavilion at Celebrate Fairfax. It’s great STEM fun out in the sun (the pavilion is covered) and there are also many other family-oriented activities at the event.

About Celebrate Fairfax
Celebrate Fairfax, Northern Virginia’s largest community-wide celebration, is an annual festival that hosts tens of thousands of visitors during its three-day run.

The 25-acre site is filled with fascinating sights and sounds of more than 300 exhibitors, food vendors, and interactive activities. Celebrate Fairfax! showcases live concerts on eight stages, Inova Children Hospitals’s Avenue, a petting zoo, the Fairfax County Karaoke Championship, carnival rides, and great festival foods. Nightly fireworks are also a highlight of the festival.

This year’s Main Stage will feature top national headline performers: Better than Ezra on Friday night, and Smash Mouth on Saturday!

For info and to purchase tickets go to celebratefairfax.com

When:
Friday June 7 – 6pm to midnight
Sat June 8 – 10am to midnight
Sun June 9 – 11am to 7pm

Where:
12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, VA 22035

 

NOVA STEM Days, STEM Events

NOVA STEM DAY on Sat April 27!

NOVA STEM Day at the Manassas Campus – Saturday April 27

It’s so fun, you forget you’re learning!

NOVA STEM Day is a showcase of Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math at the Manassas campus, featuring exciting exhibits, awesome hands-on activities, wonderful workshops, and lively learning opportunities for inquisitive students of all ages.

Our activities are taught by NOVA faculty and community educators (with college and high school students on hand to help out) and you can fill out a STEM passport for a chance to win the grand prize (a birthday party for up to 20 people playing Laser Tag at LaserQuest!).

NOVA STEM Day is free and food trucks are available. See you there!

When:
Saturday April 27, 2019 | 10am to 4pm

Where:
NOVA Manassas Campus
6901 Sudley Drive
Manassas 20109

Publicity, Robotics Competitions, STEM Events

Live-streaming of States 2019

Welcome to the live streaming of States19. Please use the links below to navigate to each livestream event for each division (HS VRC, MS VRC and VIQ). Each division will feature qualification matches (and elimination matches including round of 16 and quarter finals for VRC).

All the finals as well as the opening and award ceremonies will be livestreamed in a separate channel.

Friday March 1
12:00pm – 12:30pm Opening Ceremony
4:25pm – 5:15pm Finals and Award Ceremony (VIQ ES only)

Saturday March 2
9:00am – 9:40am Award Ceremony and VIQ MS Welcome
4:15pm – 5:00pm Finals (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)
5:15pm – 6:15pm Award Ceremony (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)

livestream.novastem.us/States19/ESVIQ

Friday March 1
12:00pm – 12:30pm Opening Ceremony
1:00pm – 4:10pm Qualification Matches
4:25pm – 5:15pm Finals and Award Ceremony

livestream.novastem.us/States19/MSVIQ

Saturday March 2
9:00am – 9:40am Award Ceremony and VIQ MS Welcome
11:30am – 12:15pm Qualification Matches
1:00pm – 3:30pm Qualification Matches
4:15pm – 5:00pm Finals (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)
5:15pm – 6:15pm Award Ceremony (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)

Friday March 1
12:00pm – 12:30pm Opening Ceremony
2:00pm – 4:20pm Qualification Matches
5:15pm – 6:15pm Qualification Matches

Saturday March 2
9:00am – 9:40am Award Ceremony and VIQ MS Welcome
10:00am – 12:00pm Qualification Matches
12:45pm – 2:00pm Qualification Matches
3:15pm – 4:00pm Elimination Matches (Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)
4:15pm – 5:00pm Finals (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)
5:15pm – 6:15pm Award Ceremony (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)

Friday March 1
12:00pm – 12:30pm Opening Ceremony
2:00pm – 4:20pm Qualification Matches
5:15pm – 6:15pm Qualification Matches

Saturday March 2
9:00am – 9:40am Award Ceremony and VIQ MS Welcome
10:00am – 12:00pm Qualification Matches
12:45pm – 2:00pm Qualification Matches
3:15pm – 4:00pm Elimination Matches (Round of 16 and Quarterfinals)
4:15pm – 5:00pm Finals (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)
5:15pm – 6:15pm Award Ceremony (VIQ MS, VRC MS, and VRC HS)