STEM Leaders Program

Through a partnership withLockheed Martin, Capitol College established the STEM Leaders Program. This program encourages community college students to not only earn a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field, but to emerge from their education as skilled professionals and innovative leaders in those fields. STEM Leaders are connected with leaders and professionals in the STEM industries through Career Exploration Workshops and mentoring through Capitol College’s Innovation and Leadership Institute (ILI).

Workshops

The STEM Leaders Program is a free, semester-long series to explore the possibilities of a career in the science, technology engineering and math (STEM) fields. Through the various workshops of this program you will connect with leaders and professionals in STEM industries, such as NASA, and get a jump start on entering the workforce.

Fall 2012 Workshop

Friday, November 30, 2012   Orbital Mechanics 
@ Capitol College Noon- 2pm. Refreshments provided

This workshop will discuss the various types of “special” orbits common or at least useful for satellite applications, and operational considerations for using or maintaining these orbits.

Guest Speaker Michael Urban

Bio:
Over a career of nearly 40 years Mr. Urban has worked on a vast spectrum civil and military space projects in the areas of Operations, Systems Engineering, Technical Management, Mission Design, System Development, and Integration and Test.  Beginning with an assignment in mission operations for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Shuttle Flight Test while a co-op student at the University of Cincinnati, Mr. Urban as worked on The Voyager 1 and 2 missions to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, the international Space Station, the Hubble Space Telescope, geosynchronous and polar orbiting weather satellites, Space Shuttle payloads, and planning, design, development of various small instruments and satellites, and a classified reconnaissance spacecraft. Mr. Urban has received a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Cincinnati and as MS in Space Systems and Robotics from the George Washington University. 

Spring 2013 Workshops

Game Programming, February 2013

Professional Career Workforce Development, March 2013

Cryptology, April 2013

For more information about the program and workshops, contact yjones {at} capitol-college.edu.