Welcome Back!

Are you getting the SME text messages? 
text @sme2 to 81010
txt messages will remind you of

• SME meetings
• Campus events
• Scholarship, internship, and other Math & ENGRing news

Do you have questions about courses and programs?
Make an appointment with Nicole for Math and ENGRing advising questions:
Nicole.D.Foley@lonestar.edu
CLB 100D

 

For a list of all LSC-KW events - http://events.lonestar.edu/site/kingwood/

 2016-2017 SME dates:
1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month, CLB116 /118

ENGR events:

April 1st http://physicsfestival.tamu.edu/

 

NASA opportunity - Feb 1st https://nas.okstate.edu/ncas/

 

TEAC - HAM radio group events - http://www.teac.net/

 

Humble Observatory - 1st Friday of each month - http://www.humbleisd.net/observatory

 

volunteer for CSO - http://www.lonestar.edu/25735.htm

 

Science Olympiads needs coaches - let me know if you could help CMS make a scrambler - https://scioly.org/wiki/index.php/Scrambler

or KWHS with their robotic arm - https://www.soinc.org/robot-arm-c

SME volunteers needed for Club Rush - Jan 31/Feb1st in SCC 11-1:30, Congress of Clubs March 31st 2-5, Crawfish Boil April 20th 10-1:30,

Volunteer on Feb11th 8AM→2PM at Porter HS (about 10 min from LSC-KW) judging a Robotics competition

Volunteer as a science fair judge -

Hello, 
 
The fairs at elementary school are on weekdays, begin at 8 am and end by 2 
pm.  Judges need to be there for the entire event.  Breakfast and Lunch are 
provided.  Parents can't judge at a school where they know the students. 
 
The district Fair is at Summer Creek High School on a Friday Night (4 to 6 
pm) and a Saturday (8 am to 5 pm).  Parents of children in elementary 
schools are not able judge at this event. 
 
The scheduled fairs are: 
Date            Event 
1/31/2017       Hidden Hollow Elementary        (coming up in three weeks!) 
2/16/2017       Atascocita Springs Elementary 
2/28/2017       Willow Creek Elementary 
3/1/2017        Fall Creek Elementary 
3/2/2017        Maplebrook Elementary 
3/3/2017        Shadow Forest Elementary 
3/6/2017        Timbers Elementary 
3/7/2017        Eagle Springs Elementary 
3/8/2017        Lakeshore Elementary 
3/9/2017        Elm Grove Elementary 
3/21/2017       Pine Forest Elementary 
3/22/2017       Summerwood Elementary 
3/23/2017       Greentree Elementary 
4/4/2017        Bear Branch Elementary 
 
4/7/2017        District Set-up 
4/8/2017        District Elem. Fair 
 
Please reply and let me know when you are able to help.  Please bring 
friends and coworkers too, we never have enough judges. 
 
Thank you for your help and the support of science education for the 
students of Humble ISD. 
 
Aaron Clevenson, Bob Deister, Rebecca Pubentz 
Coordinators ​

just pick a science fair, then email aaron@clevenson.org to let him know you are coming.

 

 

Student Math League - contact John Reutte,Professor of Mathematicsjohn.h.reutter@lonestar.edu 

 

 

• Past events -

 
 

• Friday, Oct. 21st in CLA 114, 1-3 pm. Student Math League Contest Part 1 (there is also Part 2 in the spring) John will be holding 2 practice sessions, Fri. Oct 7 & 14, CLA 209, also 1-3 pm.for more info, contact John Reutte,Professor of Mathematicsjohn.h.reutter@lonestar.edu

   
• Oct 22-23 Wings Over Houston http://wingsoverhouston.com/
• Nov 3rd Behind the scenes campus tour with Eddie McFadden - LSC Facilities Director. 12:30-1:20, start in CLB118, pizza!
• Nov 5th - HAM Radio club  http://www.teac.net/monthy-meetings.html
• Nov 10^th Veterans Day celebration
  
• Nov 17th "Who are you, really?"Character building life experiences of an engineering veteran ​12:30-1:20 CLA114 Pizza
• Nov 18th STEM day - 8:00-12:30, email Jamie if you can volunteer!
• Dec 5&6 12-2:00 Ruffin It Through Finals
• Dec 8^th
• Dec 10th KWHS Science Olympiads Invitational
• Feb 2^nd
• Feb 16
• March 2^nd
• March 23rd
• April 3-8  The Bayou City Book Festival
• April 6
• April 20

D2L orientation: http://www.lonestar.edu/lsc-online/13815.htm
Tutoring: http://www.lonestar.edu/lsc-kingwood-tutoring.htm
Financial Aid: http://www.lonestar.edu/financial-aid.htm
Career Services: http://www.lonestar.edu/kingwood-career-services.htm
Job Fairs: Sept 13, Nov 8, Feb 7, May 17
C2STEM scholarship: http://www.lonestar.edu/scholarships.htm
Links to ENGR curriculum: http://www.lonestar.edu/engineering-dept-kingwood.htm
Observatory: http://www.humbleisd.net/observatory
Texas Emergency Amateur Communicators (TEAC) ham radio club http://www.teac.net/
Center for Civic Engagement: http://www.lonestar.edu/CivicEngagement.htm
Free museum days: http://houmuse.com/free-admission-times/
LSC student events: http://www.lonestar.edu/17465.htm

End-of-Semester Count Down!

 Upcoming Events:

The Insperity Observatory

Friday night, April 1st, starting at 8:30 PM,  - link

located at Humble, TX 77396 2505 S. Houston Ave, 

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Spring Fling

Thursday, April 7^th ,outside in the Big Quad from 10am-1:30pm

 Come eat some craw-fish, live entertainment, visit club booths, and volunteer at the SME table to get a free SME T-shirt! 

email:  NATROSALES@d2l.lonestar.edu if you can volunteer for a few hours at the spring fling.

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LSC-KW-Book Festival

Jamie will be moderating the above session - show up and sign in for extra credit!

 

Physics and Engineering Festival at A&M - link

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LSC-Kingwood Reverse Science Fair Link

• Sat. April 16, 2016 (Saturday)
• 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
• CLA 114

 Open to local students in grades four-seven - if you know someone who would like to go, send them to this link.  We need student volunteers for this event, if you can volunteer, please email
nnobile@my.lonestar.edu

 

 

Student Research Conference 2016

• Sat. April 23, 2016
• 8:30am – 2:30pm
• CLA 114

Information - link
Registration - link
Can you volunteer at this event?  please email  Raymundo.B.RoigDeLeon@lonestar.edu

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The Honors College at LSC-Kingwood - Link

Ask one of your teachers if you want to be in Honors College!

Is your GPA 3.25 or above?  Would you like to be part of the honor's college?  Just email one of your teachers, and ask them to fill out the faculty nomination form.

Honors students benefit from small, interactive classes, personalized advising, research opportunities and internships, scholarships, and enrichment offerings (such as Honors College Student Organization, field trips, conferences, and seminars).  

The deadline for nominations is April 30^th.

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Did you miss the last meeting?  NASA info is here: http://nas.okstate.edu/ncas/

Tips:  Want into the program?  You can take the entrance quizzes as many times as you want - so just keep taking them until you get 100%'s on everything!  The above is how you get your foot in the door for other opportunities such as: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/stu-intern-current-opps.html

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Did you miss the petrochemical fair?  EMSI was there looking for student resumes - http://www.emsi-air.com/careers.php

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 End of Semester Bash!

Thursday May 5th, 12:30-1:20

We'll order pizza - let us know what you would like to do to unwind before finals!  We can watch math and engineering youtubes, have a raffle for door prizes, and have everyone contribute to a "lesson learned" book / Open Mic - advice from students to students - write down advice, and read the advice of students!  Did you sign up for too many classes?  Did you finally start using the tutoring center?  Did you find a neat resource that you wish you knew about earlier?  This is your chance to pass down your words of wisdom - preach it from the mic, or write it for the blog, your choice.

Hope everyone is surviving the semester!!!

Friday, March 4 noon - 1:00pm LIB 225

​Mark your calendars to attend this informative presentation.  

Everyone welcome - interested students invited to attend!

Wolfram Technologies in Education and Research

 by Brenda Marshall

Friday, March 4th

Noon-1:00 pm, including Q&A

LIB 225

This talk illustrates capabilities in Mathematica 10 and other Wolfram technologies that are directly applicable for use in teaching and research on campus. Topics of these technical talks include:

·         Enter calculations in everyday English, or using the flexible Wolfram Language

·         Visualize data, functions, surfaces, and more in 2D or 3D

·         Store and share documents locally or in the Wolfram Cloud

·         Use the Predictive Interface to get suggestions for the next useful calculation or function options

·         Access trillions of bits of on-demand data

·         Use semantic import to enrich your data using Wolfram curated data

·         Easily turn static examples into mouse-driven, dynamic applications

·         Access 10,000 free course-ready applications

·         Utilize the Wolfram Language's wide scope of built-in functions, or create your own

·         Get deep support for specialized areas including machine learning, time series, image processing, parallelization, and control systems, with no add-ons required

If you haven't seen Mathematica lately, you will be surprised to see how suitable Mathematica is for projects and course examples in any STEM, business and economics, or liberal arts field. Attendees with no prior experience report that this talk helps with getting started using Mathematica language and workflow.  With improvements like the new free-form input and expanded areas  like finance, statistics, engineering, software development, and  image processing, even the most advanced users report learning quite a bit from Mathematica technical talks. All attendees will receive an electronic copy of the examples, which can be adapted to individual projects. I’ll also provide a free trial download.

Current users will benefit from seeing the many improvements and new features of Mathematica 10 (http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/new-in-10/), but prior knowledge of Mathematica is not required.

Thursday March10th 12:30-1:20
Balloon Car Race in CLB 118/116!

 If you have a shoebox to donate, drop it off in CLB118!

Thursday March 24

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) fall 2016 recruitment- come learn about current opportunities at NASA!  12:30-1:20, CLA 116, Pizza served.

http://www.lonestar.edu/career-fairs.htm

March 29, 2016 - Tues

6-8:30 p.m in SCC conference center

Women in Engineering series

Keynote speaker, Jill Jarvis, Electrical engineer, blogger at BigKidsSmallCity.com, mother of 3 (under 6 years) and author of Entrepreneurial Secrets of Garbage Man Joe, How to Raise Hard Working Kinds in an Instant Gratification World.

Colette Lewis, Mechanical engineer, project manager—power generation, turbine specialist—FFG Strategic Consulting, LLC.

Tammy Ahlgren, President of MATTCO, oilfield equipment manufacturing company.

Technical Careers & Skilled Trades
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Hosted by Lone Star College Office of Workforce Education and Corporate Partnerships.

Technical Careers & Skilled Trades Career Fair
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Time:  3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.*
VIP Veteran Admission only beginning 3:00 p.m.

Location

Lone Star College-North Harris
Student Services Building (SSB)
2700 W.W. Thorne Drive,
Houston, TX 77073

April  14, 2016 - Thurs

6-8:30 p.m in SCC conference center

Women in Engineering series

Cheryl Ash Simpson,  Mechanical and Industrial engineer and manager. She is also a cancer survivor who has directed a documentary on her experience, Sunshine, Noodles and Me.

May 4, 2016 - Wed

6-8:30 p.m in SCC conference center

Women in Engineering series

Keynote Speaker,  Dr. Priscilla Milam Smith, Global Lead for Technology, British Petroleum and former dean at LSC-Kingwood.

Tracy Borgmeyer:  Chemical engineer, mom and blogger at SheLovesScience.com, and author of She Loves Science:  A Mother’s Guide to Nurturing her Daughter’s Curiosity, Confidence and Creativity.

STEM scholarships:

file:///C:/Users/Doug/Downloads/stem_scholarship_announcement%20(00000002)%20(1).pdf

Another scholarship!
http://buickachievers.com/

Upcoming events:

Nanotech Rice REU

Fwd: Fwd: 

Dear Community College Faculty,

We are contacting you from the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (www.rstem.rice.edu) at Rice University to invite all your science, math, and engineering students from Lone Star College to attend an informational open house on the Rice Campus on Wednesday, February 24^th, 2016 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm.  At the Open House, they will receive information about participating in the Summer 2016 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) in Nanotechnology at Rice. This will be an opportunity for students to ask questions regarding the program to our staff and previous REU participants. Food and parking validations will be provided.

We encourage your students to have filled out their application for the REU programhttp://www.rstem.rice.edu/reu prior to attending this informational session, but we will also have staff available to assist them with the application process that day in case it is needed.

Please ask your students to register at http://www.rstem.rice.edu/events or via http://goo.gl/forms/IXMvXIHI1Gby Tuesday, February 23^rd, 2016 to attend this event so that we can provide them with parking and room information, and to ensure we have enough food for everyone!

We appreciate your help in disseminating this information to all your STEM students. If you have any questions please contact Gabriela Galvan, our Program Manager, at ggalvan@rice.edu

We are looking forward to seeing as many of your students there!

Best wishes,

Carolina

Friday, March 4 noon - 1:00pm LIB 225

​Mark your calendars to attend this informative presentation.  

Everyone welcome - interested students invited to attend!

Wolfram Technologies in Education and Research

 by Brenda Marshall

Friday, March 4th

Noon-1:00 pm, including Q&A

LIB 225

This talk illustrates capabilities in Mathematica 10 and other Wolfram technologies that are directly applicable for use in teaching and research on campus. Topics of these technical talks include:

·         Enter calculations in everyday English, or using the flexible Wolfram Language

·         Visualize data, functions, surfaces, and more in 2D or 3D

·         Store and share documents locally or in the Wolfram Cloud

·         Use the Predictive Interface to get suggestions for the next useful calculation or function options

·         Access trillions of bits of on-demand data

·         Use semantic import to enrich your data using Wolfram curated data

·         Easily turn static examples into mouse-driven, dynamic applications

·         Access 10,000 free course-ready applications

·         Utilize the Wolfram Language's wide scope of built-in functions, or create your own

·         Get deep support for specialized areas including machine learning, time series, image processing, parallelization, and control systems, with no add-ons required

If you haven't seen Mathematica lately, you will be surprised to see how suitable Mathematica is for projects and course examples in any STEM, business and economics, or liberal arts field. Attendees with no prior experience report that this talk helps with getting started using Mathematica language and workflow.  With improvements like the new free-form input and expanded areas  like finance, statistics, engineering, software development, and  image processing, even the most advanced users report learning quite a bit from Mathematica technical talks. All attendees will receive an electronic copy of the examples, which can be adapted to individual projects. I’ll also provide a free trial download.

Current users will benefit from seeing the many improvements and new features of Mathematica 10 (http://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/new-in-10/), but prior knowledge of Mathematica is not required.

Thursday March10th 12:30-1:20
Balloon Car Race in CLB 118/116!

 If you have a shoebox to donate, drop it off in CLB118!

Thursday March 24

NASA Community College Aerospace Scholars (NCAS) fall 2016 recruitment- come learn about current opportunities at NASA!  12:30-1:20, CLA 116, Pizza served.

http://www.lonestar.edu/career-fairs.htm

March 29, 2016 - Tues

6-8:30 p.m in SCC conference center

Women in Engineering series

Keynote speaker, Jill Jarvis, Electrical engineer, blogger at BigKidsSmallCity.com, mother of 3 (under 6 years) and author of Entrepreneurial Secrets of Garbage Man Joe, How to Raise Hard Working Kinds in an Instant Gratification World.

Colette Lewis, Mechanical engineer, project manager—power generation, turbine specialist—FFG Strategic Consulting, LLC.

Tammy Ahlgren, President of MATTCO, oilfield equipment manufacturing company.

Technical Careers & Skilled Trades
Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Hosted by Lone Star College Office of Workforce Education and Corporate Partnerships.

Technical Careers & Skilled Trades Career Fair
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Time:  3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.*
VIP Veteran Admission only beginning 3:00 p.m.

Location

Lone Star College-North Harris
Student Services Building (SSB)
2700 W.W. Thorne Drive,
Houston, TX 77073

April  14, 2016 - Thurs

6-8:30 p.m in SCC conference center

Women in Engineering series

Cheryl Ash Simpson,  Mechanical and Industrial engineer and manager. She is also a cancer survivor who has directed a documentary on her experience, Sunshine, Noodles and Me.

May 4, 2016 - Wed

6-8:30 p.m in SCC conference center

Women in Engineering series

Keynote Speaker,  Dr. Priscilla Milam Smith, Global Lead for Technology, British Petroleum and former dean at LSC-Kingwood.

Tracy Borgmeyer:  Chemical engineer, mom and blogger at SheLovesScience.com, and author of She Loves Science:  A Mother’s Guide to Nurturing her Daughter’s Curiosity, Confidence and Creativity.

STEM scholarships:

file:///C:/Users/Doug/Downloads/stem_scholarship_announcement%20(00000002)%20(1).pdf

Another scholarship!
http://buickachievers.com/