STEM By Namita Patel: A Summary

The presentation “Your Potential Career in STEM” (D-58), presented by Namita Patel, contains many different points, all circulating around college life and work life as a science, technology, engineering, or math worker. Patel talked a lot about working with professional organizations and how crucial it is to become an intern, especially at a big company. The presenter is still in school, though has previously worked for GE Aviation and the US Air Force full time. Currently Patel is interning at SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Company, Lockheed Martin, and is doing summer research at university. One may ask how the keynote is related to science, technology, engineering, or math, but the answer is self-evident. Patel is majored

Lisa Wendel, talks about the likeness of the people participating in the Believe in Ohio program and why Northeast Ohio is welcoming STEM students to jobs. Dr. Wendel mentions that one should leave for college to experience the world, but then come back to Northeast Ohio to obtain a career and start one’s family life off. She explained that one’s willingness to take that much time out of their day to listen to the forum proves just how much the STEM is the best choice for a job. Wendel talked about family life and how much STEM can take a toll on it, and how one can get their own children interested in STEM just by working in that field. To conclude, “Can I Do My Homework First?” covers many topics under the STEM idea and shows just how much the careers in the STEM topic affect daily life for the

Pat Valente, is about the efficiency of fuel cells, which are similar to batteries, and give off water vapor as a byproduct. As said by Mr. Valente, “The first astronauts that went up into space had a fuel cell, and they drank the water and they’re still alive. [stuttering] Or, some of them are dead, but not because they drank the water, though.” In the facts, we can reduce Ohio’s reliance on oil by using fuel cells. Many colleges are helping Ohio by using their research information to help places such as TeamNEO, Nortech, Jump Start, and many other organizations working on providing more fuel cells for Ohio. Many things have the ability to run on fuel cells, such as buses, parts of homes, home appliances, and factory appliances. These fuel cells are so efficient that, in hurricane Sandy, none of the 70 fuel cells on the coast went down. In 2010, Ohio recruited 9.8% of the U.S. population that works in a fuel cell career. The World Trade Center, which opened November 3, 2014, runs on a 6.5 MW (megawatt) fuel cell. A new Honda fuel cell-powered vehicle has a 300 mile range (unlike an electric car, with a 100 mile range) and only takes 3-5 minutes to refuel (again, unlike electric cars which can take as much as 5 hours to refuel). To conclude, fuel cells are the most efficient alternative energy form and are a safer alternative to natural gas. Since they only release H20 in it’s