Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival

This is the 523nd episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast highlights adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode, recorded on April 1st, features Alina Momin from JHU Hopkins University Applied Physics Labratory. Alina discusses working in the Computer Engineering field, working with and encouraging students in the area of computer science and traveling to places such as Iceland and Bali. Make sure to visit us at booth 1015 at Awesome Con this weekend. Details at https://awesome-con.com/

This is the 522nd episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast highlights adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode, recorded on March 13th, celebrates Women's History Month and features Ashley Purcella. Ashley discusses working for Whiting-Turning in construction. Check out https://awesome-con.com/ and join us at the event!

This is the 521th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast highlights adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode, recorded on March 12th, features Maria Roat. Maria talks about her career in the Federal Government including being Deputy CIO, her time in the Navy, and her love of travel.

This is the 520th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast highlights adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode, recorded on February 28th, features Erin Sutton. Erin discusses her work at JHU APL, including the Dragonfly project, and her efforts to encourage young people to enter engineering.

This is the 519th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Sean Flowers, recorded on February 3rd, and Kiera Drew, recorded on February 21st. Sean discusses his organization, Ready Force Cyber, which creates tailor-made training program. Kiera discusses her program at North Carolina and her interest in pediatrics.

This is the 518th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features SAIC's Sandra Dorsey recorded on February 14th. Sandra discusses working in Cybersecurity and Risk Management for SAIC's and her role leading SAIC's Women Employee Resource Group.

This is the 517th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Mike Peace of M.A.P. Technologies, recorded on February 3rd. Mike discusses what is happening in downtown Baltimore at M.A.P. Technologies, including coding, gaming, homework assistance,and Summer and Spring camps.

This is the 516th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Natalie Ciampa recorded on January 24th, and Aisha Abdulkarimu on January 20th. Natalie discusses her career path and love of costumes. Aisha discusses her studies at the University of Maryland and her internship in Latvia.

This is the 515th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Allison Earlbeck recorded on January 22nd. Allison discusses leading Earlbeck Gas and Technologies, her path to that position in the welding industry, and her love for dogs. The full article recognizing the podcasts as ninth ninth-best Maryland podcast can be found here. https://podcast.feedspot.com/maryland_podcasts/

This is the 514th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Julie Hoover of NASA recorded on January 14th. Julie talks about her career at NASA including her work on the Low Earth Orbit program that among other things is tracking the California wildfires.

This is episode 513 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. This is a rebroadcast of an earlier episode. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features Colonel Sharon Rosser recorded on December 26th and Kelly Ji recorded December 22. Colonel Rosser discussed his experience as a Physician Assistant and other Health Care roles in the US Army and her experience in our Middle School STEM Professional Match event and her love of motorcycles. She compares some of her overseas assignments to the TV show MASH. Kelly discussed the Science in Society Conference in January, her school's Science Olympiad team and her piano playing.

This is the 512th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Krystal Rolon of the Glenelg County School, recorded on December 17th, and Teni Taiwo, recorded on December 22nd. Krystal discusses her work at the Glenelg County School, working with the Howard Astronomical League. Teni discusses her internship, computer science, and participation in the Maryland STEM Festival.

This is the 511th Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast episode. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Capitol Technology University's Dr. William Butler, recorded on December 16th, and Arjun Bajaj and Hero Biars from the Glenelg County School, recorded on November 26th. Dr. Butler discusses his role at Capitol Technology and his time in the Marine Corp. Arjun Bajaj and Hero Biars discuss being on the Glenelg County School Robotics team. Capitol Technology Univerisity is one of our Silver Sponsors. We greatly appreciate their support of the Festival.

This is episode 510 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features interviews Chenira Smith from the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology recorded on April 29th and Sara Sarfraz recorded on April 25th. This is a rebroadcast of an earlier episode

This is the 509th episode of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Amanda Moore, recorded on January 3rd, and the Alphabots Robotics team, recorded on December 26th. The Alphabots interviewed were Kyle Chen, Hangyu Dong, Eric Han, Iris Li, Addison Liu, Alice Song, Larry Tong, and Leyna Zhou. Amanda discussed her role at Booz Allen Hamilton and her work in the cybersecurity field. The Alpabots discussed their favorite subjects, their roles on the robotic team, and the Festival's Closing Ceremony.

This is the 508th Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast episode. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This episode features Data Scientist Zaire Wade, recorded on September 30th, and Niranjana Attoor, recorded on October 15th. Zaiyre discusses his career as a Data Scientist and his interest in teaching coding to students. Niranjana discussed being part of the Urbana STEM Program, which includes recycling batteries and teaching coding to elementary and middle school students. Please consider supporting the Maryland STEM Festival by contributing to our GoFundMe campaign It can be found at https://tinyurl.com/tvkde4cr .

This is the 507th episode of Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast is where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. This special episode features former NASA astronaut Don Thomas in honor of the conclusion of the 10th Maryland STEM Festival. Don participated in our closing ceremony on November 17th. This interview was recorded on November 18t. Don discusses his path to and career as an astronaut and his work in STEM outreach.

This a rebroadcast of an earlier inerviews with Science Performer Eric Energy (https://www.ericenergy.com/ ) recorded on March 30, 2023 and students from Maryland International School (https://marylandinternationalschool.org/ ) recorded on March 24, 2023

This is the 505th episode of Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. In this podcast, we interview Kim Paradise, recorded on November 5th, and Aditi Channashetti, recorded on March 11th. Kim discusses her work at Mindgrub, their STEM Festival event on November 4th, Cybersecurity, and competitive roller skating. Aditi discusses her interest in computer science, her efforts on the Spider Bits robotics team and her internship at JHU APL.

This is the 504th episode of Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing fun and exciting things in STEM in our area. In this podcast, we interview artist Thy Nguyen, recorded on October 24th, and Liam Mixter, recorded on October 26th. Thy discusses her process for developing the Festival's new mascot, what type of art she likes to create, and her ideal art job. Liam discusses the STEM program at his school, being a Maryland STEM festival ambassador, running cross-country, and his interest in engineering.

This is our 502nd episode of Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. We are getting ready for the opening of the 10th Maryland Friday at JHU APL. We have a special interview with Dr. Thomas Jones, a former Space Shuttle astronaut, to celebrate the beginning of the Festival. Thursday evening, he will discuss his new book, Space Shuttle Stories, at the Elkridge Library. The event is full, but you can hear him discuss his career. The interview was recorded on October 14th.

This is our 501th episode of Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This is the second of a two-part show dedicated to our good friend Marco Ciavolino, who we lost too soon last year. This episode features interviews with his wife, Susan, and an interview with Marco, which was recorded in 2018.

This is our 500th episode of Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This is the first of a two-part show dedicated to our good friend Marco Ciavolino, who we lost too soon last year. This episode features interviews with Jonathan Shulgach, a former member of his robotics team and now a graduate student at Carnegie Mellon, and Gina Fugate, his colleague who works at the Maryland School for the Blind.

This is episode 499 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Ann Miller recorded on September 23rd and a rebroadcast of an interview with Chelsea Onuekwusi in honor of her re-election to the Maryland STEM Festival Board. Ann discusses her new organization, Science is Elemental, her passion for STEM education, playing the violin, and baking. Chelsea discusses her work as an intern at JHU's Applied Physics lab and her work with social media.

This is episode 498 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Dr Tiara Cornelius and Victoria Castell from the University of Maryland on the Eastern Shore recorded on September 12th. Dr. Cornelius discusses her roles at UMES, the STEM Stars, her attendance at UMES where her mother worked, and her growing up on the Eastern Shore. Victoria further discusses the STEM Stars, her interest in becoming a physician, and her many extracurricular activities.

This is episode 497 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with John Watkins, recorded on Sept 11th, and Allison Andreyev, recorded on September 3rd. John discusses his business, Computer Island, and his work in promoting STEM in Queen Anne's County. Allison discusses her interest in programming, being on her school's debate team, and painting cats.

This is episode 496 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Rob O'Malley, recorded on August 23rd, and Aahana Nigam, recorded on September 3rd. Rob discusses is work with primates as a Science Communicator and his experiences with the Boy Scouts. Aahana discussed her interest in chemistry and STEM, her volunteer work at the local hospital, and her work with the battery recycling program.

This is episode 495 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with AWS's Diya Wynn, recorded on August 23rd, and Veronica Wang, recorded on August 16th. Diya discusses what Responsible AI is and her lifelong interest in It and Computers. Veronica discusses her participation in the Boeing HS Business Competition and interest in quantum physics.

This is episode 494 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Kate Barnes and Ian Hillard both recorded on August 6th. Kate discusses her work bringing in new and exciting people to Perdue, particularly those with a STEM focus, and why she wanted to join the Maryland STEM Festival Board of Directors. Ian discusses his interest n Math, Computer Science, and Game Development.

This is episode 493 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Joshua Simmons, recorded on June 28th, and Arun Vaidyanathan, recorded on July 30th. Joshua discusses starting and running his company, Cogito and serving in the Navy. Arun discusses his interest in Aerospace Engineering and participating in the Boeing High School Business Case Competition.

This is episode 492 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Retired Admiral Dean Peters recorded on July 15th, and Veronica Wang and Zenia Haroon, recorded on July 23rd. Admiral Peters discusses his nearly 37 years in the US Navy and his current work on a revolutionary airplane. Veronica and Zenia discuss winning the Boeing High School Business Case Competition

This is episode 491 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Brad Hennessie from Nexstep Robotics, recorded on July 2nd, and Michael James Daza and Luisa Orellana-Castillo, recorded on July 9th. Brad discusses his work using robotics as a physical therapy tool. Michael and Luisa discuss being part of the Capitol City Robotics.

This is episode 490 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. On this podcast, you meet adults and students doing exciting and fun STEM activities in our area. This episode features interviews with Dr. Julie McEnery from NASA, recorded on June 28th, and  Subhan Chaudhry, recorded on June 30th. Dr McEnery discusses her work on the Nancy Grace Roman and Gamma-Ray Telescopes and Dark Energy. Subhan discusses his many STEM interests and his goal of becoming a mechanical engineer.

This is episode 489 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features interviews with Laura Elkins from Destination Imagination recorded on June 21st, and Zenia Haroon recorded on June 25th. Laura discusses Destination Imagination and its contests. Zenia discusses her internship at JHU APL, playing the flute, and her interest in promoting STEM including the Festival

This is episode 488 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features interviews with Praveen Patel from the American Institute of Architects, recorded on June 14th, and members of the winning team from last year's DaVinci Bridge Building Contest recorded on June 2nd. Praveen discusses his work at AIA, his interest in technology robotics and why he volunteered to be on the Festival Board. Ryan Xu, Brian Debernardo, and RJ Sealock discuss their participation in the 2023 Da Vinci Bridge Building contest,

This his is episode 487 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This is a rebroadcast of an earlier episodeThis episode features Amber Ivey recorded on October 23rd and Zoe Schlossnagle recorded on October 24th. Amber discusses her new company, AuraSense, which is trying to bring accuracy to brain health and her path from Military Brat to successful Data professional. Zoe discusses her interest in Physics and her efforts to encourage women in STEM.

This is episode 486 of the Fun with the Maryland STEMFestival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doinginteresting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features TJ Greenier from AFCEA Central Maryland Chapter and Ayra Zafar. TJ discusses starting his business, Clarity Business Solutions, Inc., volunteering with the Central Md Chapter of AFCEA, and software development. Arya discusses volunteering as an Md STEM Festival Ambassador and her interest in a health care career.

This is episode 485 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in the Maryland area. This episode features interviews with Brandie Sutherlin from Texcell, recorded on May 21st, and members of the Baltimore Bolts robotics team. Brandie discusses her career at Texcell and her interest in STEM. Arman and Armin Kachoei discuss being members of the Baltimore Bolts robotics team.

This is episode 484 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in the Maryland area. This episode features interviews with Kali Holder from the National Zoo, recorded on May 21st, and Elizabeth Yoo, recorded on May 14th. Kali discusses performing autopsies on animals at the National Zoo, her path to her current position, and working in the Conservation field without being a veterinarian. Elizabeth discusses her interest in becoming a STEM Festival Ambassador, her upcoming internship, participating in the Science Olympiad, and playing the violin.

This is episode 483 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast. The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This Special episode features our Lt Governor Aruna Miller recorded on September 28th and Noelle Horne recorded on October 10th. LG Miller discusses her career as an Engineer, her decision to enter politics, her key issues, why she feels it is important to encourage students to pursue a STEM path and the Power of Yes. Noelle discusses her interest in STEM and her efforts in the Maryland National Society of Black Engineers Jr Chapter.

This is episode 482 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features interviews with Mark Edelen recorded on April 15th and Megan Yeagerz recorded on April 25th. Mark discusses his career as a Mechanical Engineer and teaching at Howard Community College. Megan discusses her National STEM Festival project, her robotics team, and figure skating. Thank you for listening to the Fun with

This is episode 481 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features interviews Chenira Smih from the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology recorded on April 29th and Sara Sarfraz recorded on April 25th. Chenira discusses IMET's Open House this Saturday from 1-4 and her educational and career path in the wildlife field. Sara discusses her interest in biology, coding as well as her internships

This is episode 480 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features interviews with Commander Dean Legidakes recorded on March 13h and Agneya Tharun recorded on April 16th. Commander Legidakes discusses his aviation career including flying into hurricanes. Agneya discusses his National STEM Festivavl experience and his interest in cybersecurity and STEM.

This is episode 479 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This episode features interviews with Conrad Laskowski recorded on March 13h and April 6h and Elizabeth Onafuwa recorded on April 16th. Conrad discusses his path to and career as a Mechanical Engineer at Root3lab. Elizabeth discusses her Ap that addresses eating disorders, her experience at the National STEM Festival and her works as a Maryland STEM Festival Ambassador. You can find out information about this week's Rockville Science Day at https://www.rockvillesciencecenter.org/rockville-science-day

This is episode 478 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast This is a special podcast commemorating the Solar Eclipse of 2024. We have an interview with Victor Sanchez discussing his interest in Astronomy as well as his experience with Monday's Eclipse. Christine Hirst Bernhardt, Erin Gambrill and Katie Gensler describe their Eclipses from Maryland, Ohio and Pennsylvania. These interviews were recorded on April 9 and 10th.

This is episode 477 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. We are preparing for the Solar Eclipse with interviews with Christine Hirst Bernhardt and Johnny Li, recorded on April 2nd Christine discusses her passion for teaching Astronomy, the upcoming Solar Eclipse, her experience as an Albert Einstein Fellow and having the cast of Seinfeld at her High School graduation. Johnny discusses starting the Biomedicine club at his school, playing squash and the clarinet.

This is episode 476 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. We conclude our celebration of Women's History Month with interviews with Melissa Thompson recorded on March 26 and Allyson Kido, recorded on April10, 2023. Melissa discusses her experience as an Albert Einstein Fellow for the US Navy, her interest and path as a STEM teacher. Allyson discusses her research in marine biology.

This is episode 475 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. We continue our celebration of Women's History Month with interviews with Olayinka Odeniran recorded on March 12 and Midshipman Abigail Ward, recorded on March 15th. Olayinka discusses how block chain works and how she got into the field. Abigail discusses her time at the US Naval Academy and her interest in STEM.

This is episode 474 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This week we celebrate Women History Month with interviews with Christina Krueger on March 11 and Aditi Channashetti, recorded on March 12th. Christina discusses path to and career as a mechanical engineer at Root3Labs, her work in Ghana during her time with Engineers without Borders, mentoring the Baltimore Bolts robotics team and running marathons. Aditi discusses her interest in computer science, her efforts on the Spider Bits robotics team and her internship at JHU APL.

This is episode 473 of the Fun with the Maryland STEM Festival Podcast The podcast where you meet adults and students doing interesting and fun STEM activities in Maryland. This week we celebrate Women History Month with interviews with Jasmine Suarez recorded on March 5 and Helen Quill recorded on March 4th. Jasmine discusses her passion for Cybersecurity, her path to her current position and her experience as Sr. Legislative Fellow (Majority), Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Helen discussed 4H, her love of Agriculture and her involvement with dance