2024 - Summer of Innovation
Embark on an exciting summer adventure with STEMForU Summer Of Innovation! Join our two-week virtual camp where you will explore the fascinating world of STEM. Throughout the camp, you will delve into the fundamentals of scientific principles, engineering design, and data collection and analysis.
Participate in captivating research presentations featuring informative graphs and interactive demonstrations. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to lead their own research projects, addressing specific problems with creativity and ingenuity (prototyping materials provided upon request).The camp will culminate with a thrilling in-person poster presentation competition with an opportunity to showcase hard work, innovative ideas, and problem-solving skills in this grand finale on August 19th. Join us for a summer filled with learning, exploration, and the joy of STEM!
Schedule: August 1st-9th, with a culminating in person poster presentation on August 17th.
Topics: Fundamentals of scientific principles, engineering design, and data collection and analysis.
Judges
Dr Kathy Schaefer(Senior Scientist, HHMI Janelia Research Campus)
Mr Mahesh Seshan(Technical Director, Titan.ium Platform LLC)
Summer of Innovation 2024 - Results
Ira Patel - 1st Place
Aneruddha Das - 2nd Place
Connor - 3rd Place
Srihaas Pendem - Honorable Mention
STEMFor U Accolades
2023 3M Virginia State Merit Winner - Meha Seshan 2024 3M Virginia State Merit Winner -Aneruddha Das
2023 - Summer of Innovation
Embark on an exciting summer adventure with STEMForU Summer Of Innovation! Join our two-week virtual camp where you will explore the fascinating world of STEM. Whether you prefer virtual learning or in-person engagement, this program offers something for everyone! Throughout the camp, you will delve into the fundamentals of scientific principles, engineering design, and data collection and analysis.
Participate in captivating research presentations featuring informative graphs and interactive demonstrations. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to lead their own research projects, addressing specific problems with creativity and ingenuity (prototyping materials provided upon request).At the end of the camp, up to 10 projects will be selected for a thrilling in-person poster presentation competition. Showcase your hard work, innovative ideas, and problem-solving skills in this grand finale on August 19th. Join us for a summer filled with learning, exploration, and the joy of STEM!
Schedule: August 1st-12th, with a culminating in person poster presentation on August 19th.
Topics: Fundamentals of scientific principles, engineering design, and data collection and analysis.
Judges
Dr Arif(STEAM Coordinator, & NVSE Fair Director, Pinnacle Academy)
Ms Clark(Supervisor of Special Programs, LCPS)
Dr Morrow (Biotechnology Lab Director, TJHSST)
Summer of Innovation - Results
Aneruddha Das - 1st Place
Shreya Seshan - 2nd Place
Atharv Saxena - 3rd Place
Abhyuday Gunda - Honorable Mention
Innovative Concepts is a summer STEM program that enables students to come up with solutions to Global Problems. Presentation-based learning paradigm, students will come up with a solution to a global problem and create a prototype to present to the group
Schedule : August 3rd - 11th, culminating with a final pitch/presentation on August 13th
Topics : Climate Change, Cancer, Infectious Diseases, Water Contamination, Food Inequality
2022 - Innovative Concepts
Innovation Concept Winners
Vihaan Gangshettiwar - 1st place
Agastya Billipuram - 2nd place
Sahasra Chinthal - 3rd place
2021 - Science Talks
Science Talks is a summer camp with guided sessions accompanied with catalyst questions that students will use to create their weekly presentations.At the end of each week, students have an opportunity to talk through their presentations based off the catalyst questions. Each student is assigned one of 3 topics: Climate Change, Cancer, or Sustainability.
Schedule : 5 week Summer program July 12th - Aug 13th 2021
