ENGINEERING Exploration/Overview Workshop

1. ENGINEERINGExploration/OverviewWorkshop A Unique Educational and FUN Experience Ralph Dergance, Program Director Shades of Blue August 22, 2015

2. EVENT SUMMARY • Nine Sessions Prepared Especially for 8th Through 12th Grade Students with a Keen Interest in Pursuing an Engineering Career • Introduction and Earth Coordinates/Flight Mechanics • Rocket Science and US Space Launch Vehicles • Structural, Civil, Architectural Engineering • Human Space Flight and the Orion Project • Lighting Design and Electrical Engineering • Water Management • The Importance of Mathematics, Our Solar System and Recent Discoveries • Planetary Spacecraft Design • Rocket Engine Fundamentals and Concluding Remarks • Schedule • Saturdays – August 22, 2015 Through November 14, 2014 with no Classes Competing with Fall Break , TCAP’s, and Other LHS or LPS Activities • 10:00 am to 12:00 Noon Each Day • Location • Littleton High School, 199 E. Littleton Blvd., Littleton, CO 80120

3. THE FACULTY • 25 Professional, Experienced Instructors • Ralph Dergance – Retired Engineer/Executive from Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Shades of Blue Program Director • Melanie Jollett – Water Resources Engineer, Colorado Springs Utilities • Dave Lewis - President S. A. Miro, Inc. International Engineering/Construction Firm • Stef Petryszyn – Board Chair and Director of Shades of Blue, Retired Program Manager & Engineer from Raytheon Corporation • Lee Hogan – Communications Manager from United Launch Alliance • Dr. Vanessa Aponte – Corporate Fellows Program Manager & Human Systems Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • Dr. Penina (Penny )Axelrad-Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at The University of Colorado Boulder • Willie Daniels – Founder & President of Shades of Blue, UA 777 Captain • Jim Paradise – Graduate Studies Manager and NASA Ambassador, Lockheed Martin Space Systems • Christine Edwards Stewart – Program Systems Engineer, Flight Operations Manager, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • Christine Kryscio – Spacecraft Quality Assurance Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

4. THE FACULTY (Concl) • John Holmes –Director of Shades of Blue and The Boeing Company • David Fisher - Retired Architect and Architectural Engineer, Founder of Fisher Associates • Sheldon Clark – Aerospace Engineer, Raytheon • Kerry Grant - Aerospace Engineer, Raytheon • Jeff Darling – Robotics Expert, Aurora Public Schools • Martin Allen – Water Management Engineer, US EPA • Randy Giffin - Water Management Engineer, US EPA • Bret Lowell – Aerospace Engineer, Raytheon • GopalPadmanabhan – Renewable Energy Expert, Renewable Energy Corp. • Sandra Scanlon – Lighting and Electrical Engineer, Scanlon Szynskie Group • Lt. Col. Julian “Juice” Clay – Pilot, USAF • Andrew Tsoi-Software Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • MykalLefevre – Spacecraft Design Engineer, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company • James Barnard- Propulsion and Systems Engineer, Retired

5. FALL 2015 SCHEDULE DATESUBJECTINSTRUCTOR(S) August 22 Introduction, Engineering Overview Dergance Earth Coordinates, Flight Mechanics Daniels August 29 Launching Learning – Rocket Science Hogan and Team September 12 Human Space Flight and Orion Data Tsoi September 26 Hydraulics/Water Engineering Jollett October 3 Structural, Civil, Architectural Lewis, CU Students October 24 Planetary Spacecraft Design Kryscio, Lefevre October 31 Electrical Engineering and Lighting Scanlon November 7 Mathematics, the Solar System, & Jobs Paradise November 14 Rocket Engine Theory, Propulsion Barnard Concluding Remarks Dergance/Daniels

6. KEY WEB SITES • Shades of Blue • http://www.ourshadesofblue.org • Engineering Workshop Presentations • http://www.ourshadesofblue.org/engineering/ • Schedule of Events • http://www.ourshadesofblue.org/calendar/