DHEDF & UTSA Rural STEM Initiative Presentations
The goal of the Rural STEM Initiative is to establish ongoing relationships with schools participating in the Initiative to supplement their other STEM resources at no charge to the school and on a non-exclusive basis.

Rockets and Launch
Jonathan F Binkley
Senior Project Leader
Engineering Program Management and Systems Engineering
The Aerospace Corporation

Audience with Aerospace: Rockets and Launch
Jonathan F Binkley
Senior Project Leader - Engineering Program Management and Systems Engineering
The Aerospace Corporation

Space Chat with Virgin Galactic/Galactic Unite
Ron Rosano
Galactic04 Astronaut
Galactic Unite Student Outreach
NASA Solar System Ambassador
Twitter @ronrosano
Creator, Suborbital Flight Journal
Virgin Galactic/Galactic Unit

Near Earth Space Objects
Dr. Nahum Melamed
Project Leader, Embedded Control Systems Department
The Aerospace Corporation

Near Earth Asteroids
Dr. Nahum Melamed
Project Leader, Embedded Control Systems Department
The Aerospace Corporation

Space Chat with Virgin Galactic/Galactic Unite
Ron Rosano
Galactic04 Astronaut
Virgin Galactic/Galactic Unite

Rockets 101: Propulsion
Joseph Polidan
Senior Engineer
Blue Origin
Club for the Future

From Rags to Rocketships
Moe Angok
Senior System Design Integrator
Blue Origin's Club for the Future

Optics: from rainbows to solar cells
Joel Grimm
Facility Manager
MIT Beaver Works

Rocket Power
Valerie Bouagnon
Engineer, Operations Training
Blue Origin/Club for the Future

Linking astronomy and rockets with lasers and fire
Daniel I. Pineda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)

Propulsion Challenges in Microgravity: How Tardigrades Inspire the Future of Space
Andrea G. Hsu, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist – Propulsion Science Department
The Aerospace Corporation

Architecture for New Worlds
Samuel W. Ximenes
Founder and Board Chair, Architect
WEX Foundation

Drones in Your Future
David C. Hook, ATP, CFII, AGI, RP/sUAS
President
Planehook Aviation Services, LLC

Bioscience and Aerospace
Rosemary Riggs, Ph.D.
Education Outreach Program Manager
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Is there a future for you in Engineering?
Wiede K. Cutshall, P.E.
Cutshall Consulting, LLC

Aerodynamics of Flight
Christopher S. Combs, Ph.D.
Dee Howard Endowed Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
UTSA Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design