STEM Demos, Hands-on Activities, Sample of AI-assisted Image Generation, Intro to IEEE's Industry Content Platform
🚀 IEEE Pikes Peak Section Launches New STEM/STEAM Initiative—Join Us! (Please Bring Your Laptop!)
The IEEE Pikes Peak Section is excited to kick off a dynamic STEM/STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts/AI, and Mathematics) initiative designed to foster innovation, mentorship, and hands-on learning. Whether you're an engineer, educator, student, or industry professional, this initiative is your chance to contribute to shaping the future of STEM/STEAM education.
🎉 Be Part of Our Second Monthly Meeting!
First Meeting Videos and Notes:
📅 Date: Monday, March 17, 2025
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
📍 Location: 21st Century Library, Room B6
📍 Address: 1175 Chapel Hills Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Below are sample demos with more simulations & more advanced demos during the upcoming months
🔹 Limited Seating – Register Now!
Only 16 spots available for this launch event. Once full, registration closes! Future meetings will expand opportunities to participate. Snacks provided!
🌟 What’s This All About?
Led by Dr. John Santiago, past IEEE Faculty Advisor (CTU, 2007–2019) and IEEE Pikes Peak Chair (2019–2023), this initiative will focus on:
✅ Developing 10 interactive workstations for the educational community outreach, featuring hands-on demonstrations from past student projects and new STEM/STEAM experiments.
✅ Participating in local STEM/STEAM outreach programs, including:
- Cool Science
- Engineering Summit
- Space Foundation – Summer of Discovery
- Job Fairs & More!
- District Libraries throughout Colorado Springs & Pueblo!
🛠 What’s on the Agenda?
🔹 Squishy Circuits Demo – Build circuits using Play-Doh!
🔹 Develop STEM/STEAM Kits – Brainstorm and test new educational applications.
🔹 Showcase of Past Student Projects:
- Arduino-based Scarecrow Tracker
- Flying Drones & Flight Basics
- DIY Motors & Solar STEM Kits
- …and more!
🔹 Exploring AI in STEM – Boosting productivity & learning.
🔹 Planning Future Meetings & Expanding Initiatives.
🌍 Why This Matters
This initiative aligns with IEEE Region 5 goals to:
✔ Build the Student-to-Young Professional Pipeline
✔ Develop Leadership Among Volunteers
✔ Strengthen Industry Engagement
Supports IEEE Pikes Peak Section Strategic Goals:
📌 Enhancing professional skills
📌 Increasing member engagement
📌 Supporting workforce development
📌 Investing in STEM education
🎤 Meet Our Speaker
👨🏫 Dr. John Santiago
- IEEE Pikes Peak Section Webmaster (2015–Present)
- Former IEEE Faculty Advisor (CTU, 2007–2019)
- Past IEEE Pikes Peak Section Chair (2019–2023)
🚀 This is just the beginning of an exciting journey to inspire, educate, and innovate in STEM/STEAM!
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Date and Time
Location
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Registration
- Date: 17 Mar 2025
- Time: 11:00 PM UTC to 01:00 AM UTC
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- 1175 Chapel Hills Dr., Room B6
- Colorado Springs, Colorado
- United States 80920
- Building: 21st Century Library
- Room Number: B6
- Click here for Map
- Starts 24 February 2025 07:00 AM UTC
- Ends 16 March 2025 06:00 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Speakers
John of IEEE Region 5 Educational Activities Coordinator (REAC) and Retired United States Air Force Officer
STEM/STEAM Workstations
Schedule of Past and Upcoming Meetings, Meeting Notes and Other Info:
Schedule of Meetings and Meeting Notes (see other tab): Squishy-Circuits | IEEE Pikes Peak Section
Notes on upcoming meetings: STEAM-TEAMS-notes | IEEE Pikes Peak Section
In addition to hands-on activities, please bring your laptop for hands-on activities on physics PhET Demos | IEEE Pikes Peak Section and math simulations (PhET Demos – Math | IEEE Pikes Peak Section) as well as some demos of AI-assisted image generation.
Biography:
Dr. John Santiago served 26 years in the U.S. Air Force as a research and development engineer, as well as an engineering manager, gaining leadership & technical experience in many engineering disciplines, systems & missions: large flexible space structures, communications, electro-optical systems, high-energy lasers, missile seekers, image recognition, information technologies, space, air & missile defense & homeland defense.
He retired again during 2019 from an 18-year career as a full-time professor, including over 4 years at the USAF Academy. John is continuing to work with the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN), a collaboration of 40+ universities & colleges while publishing several papers at the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) using the KEEN framework.
The framework combines the technical skill sets & the entrepreneurial mindset, to revolutionize the teaching of engineering.
As a professor of electrical & systems engineering, he taught 40+ courses in engineering, physics & math including 12 graduate courses, authoring 50+ papers, presentations & receiving several educator awards.
Email: john.santiago@ieee.org
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Address:United States
Agenda
Continuation of 11 Feb 2025 kickoff meeting...
- Introductions
- STEAM/STEM Demos and Hands-On Activities
- Scaling the Community Outreach
- Practical AI Image-Generation Demos to close the meeting
- Short Survey