STEM Summit

The annual STEM Summit is where invited speakers working in a STEM career come and discuss the field with students interested in the specific career area. You’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and learn about various STEM areas.

Kathryn Lueders, SpaceX Starbase General Manager - Keynote Speaker

Kathryn Lueders is currently General Manager of Starbase, home of the SpaceX Starship transportation system. Prior to coming to Starbase, Kathy spent over thirty years at NASA serving in many leadership positions. Most notably, she had three firsts as a NASA leader - the first female heads of the Space Operations and Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorates overseeing all human NASA operations, and the first female human spaceflight program manager. As the Commercial Crew Program manager she oversaw the return of human spaceflight back to US soil. She started her career at the White Sands Test Facility overseeing the repair and test of Space Shuttle Orbiter hardware.

Lueders holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration finance from the University of New Mexico and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial engineering from New Mexico State University. She is married to Jeremy Horne and is most proud of her four children – Miguel, Julia, Liam and Emma.

Schedule

Below you’ll find various breakout sessions, some will require pre-registration. Additional breakout sessions may be added as we near the event date. Additional information for each session can be found on the event registration link. Each workshop is a maximum capacity due to lab spacing.

Schedule of Events
Breakout Session 1
Sea Turtle Inc.
Conversation and Medical Care by Dr. Amy Bonka
No registration required.
Texas A&M University Health
Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy
Dr. Juan Bustamante, Director of Recruitment
No registration required.
Introduction to Web Application Hacking Register
Cybersecurity Red Team Fundamentals Register
Earth Treasures Register
Magnetic Exploration: From Cereal to Electromotors Register
Ocean Currents, Weather, and Storms Register
Breakout Session 2
Mr. Robert Bazan Jr.
Chemical Engineer
Project Manager at Neuman & Esser USA, Inc.
No registration required.
Matthew Navarro
Cybersecurity Analyst
City of McAllen
No registration required.
Web Arcade: Cloud-Based Web API Overview and Demonstration Register
DNA Fingerprinting Lab: Shark Attack! Register
Engineering Design Challenge Register
Arduino Made Easy Register
Making Hot Ice Register
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