1. University of Washington 2014 AstroDawgs CAREERS IN STEM

2. WHO ARE WE? University of Washington Engineering Students

3. EXPERIMENT Creating an experiment to test effects of vibrations on centrifugal particle size separation in a microgravity environment Why?

4. WHAT IS STEM? Science Technology Engineering Math

5. SCIENCE Biology Chemistry Medicine Physics

6. TECHNOLOGY Computer Science $77,000 – 5.6 unemployment Information Technology

7. MATHEMATICS Applied Math $71,000 – 4.1% unemployment Cryptography Statistics

8. ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering $86,000 – 3.8% unemployment Bioengineering Civil Engineering

9. ENGINEERING Aeronautical & Aerospace Engineering $84,000 – 3.6% unemployment Electrical Engineering $86,000 – 5.0% unemployment Mechanical Engineering $81,000 – 3.8% unemployment

10. COLLEGE Why should you attend college? Learn Grow as a person Have Fun! $$$

11. STEM COMPANIES & ORGANIZATIONS NASA Google Microsoft Apple Boeing

12. BUT I’M NOT IN COLLEGE Clubs Research Internships Take charge of your future now

13. NASA

14. NASA AFFILIATED PROGRAMS Washington Aerospace Scholars http://www.museumofflight.org/was NASA INSPIRE http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/INSPIRE_Project.html FIRST Robotics http://www.usfirst.org// Many more can be found online http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Students-rd.html

15. QUESTIONS?

16. HOW TO CONTACT US http://depts.washington.edu/zerog/ zerog@uw.edu