STEM Blog

Youngstown State's chapter of Tau Beta Pi, also known as the Ohio Lambda Chapter, is an honor society for engineering students who choose to go above and beyond in their academics and extra-curricular activities. Congratulations to those who were initiated in Fall 2021!

The People Reaching Intuition in Mathematics for Empowerment Program (PRIME) is an after-school program that gives interested high school students from Youngstown City Schools the opportunity to participate in mathematical activities and experiment with mathematical research.

Pictured: Members of the Association for Women in Math volunteer at OhWOW Silly Science Sunday

The math department boasts several student organizations, serving multiple interests in math.

Kristi Yazvac graduated from YSU with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with a minor in Spanish in May 2015. She also received a Master of Arts in Economics in May 2016.

Public perception of mathematics careers is often limited to teaching, at either the high school or college level. While this is a noble career path for mathematics students, there are plenty of other opportunities for mathematics majors in the public and private sector.

Oluwatumininu (Tumi) Adeeko is a third-year student and a Mechanical Engineering major, originally from Nigeria. Tumi was selected as a Wen H. Ko summer intern to work with the Advanced Platform Technology (APT) Center at the Cleveland VA Medical Research and Education Foundation from June 2021.

Cole Sexton is a fourth-year undergraduate student majoring in Chemical Engineering and minoring in both Mathematics and Chemistry. During the summer of 2021, he interned with Lordstown Motors to learn about the automotive industry. Cole worked in the Paint Shop of the plant.

Please join our YSU STEM family in welcoming Dr. Osama (Sam) Aljarrah, new Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering. Dr. Aljarrah earned his PhD in Engineering and Applied Science from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Emily Hoopes-Boyd graduated from YSU with a Bachelor of Science in Education May 2017 and a Master of Science in Mathematics in May 2018. In May 2021, Emily graduated from her PhD program in Mathematics at Kent State University and successfully defended her dissertation in October 2021.

Tumi Adeeko (left) and Cole Sexton (right)

Congratulations to our 2021 Youngstown State University College of STEM Intern & Co-op of the Year! They make us proud to be Penguins! 

Intern of the Year

Muneer Barnawi poses at the Materials Science Conference

"Successful people are not gifted, they just work hard and succeed on purpose." G.K. Nielson.

Pictured: Taylor Winfield demonstrates their FANUC collaborative robot

ADMETE Outreach Team at Silly Science Sunday 2021

Pictured: Members of the Pre-Dental Society recruit new members

Earlier this month, STEM students and alumni geared up for the first hybrid (face-to-face and virtual) STEM Expo hosted by the STEM Professional Services, Careers, Internships and Co-ops office.

Pictured from left: Nicholas DeLullo; Dante Mangieri; Nathan Ferguson; Brett Tyree

Pictured: Katharine Repetski poses at Wolf Park (left) and Tumi Adeeko gives a thumbs up at her summer research program (right)

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Vamsi Borra as a new Assistant Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering!

Pictured from left to right are DEEP Program Participants: Adam Machi, Luke Franks, Christine Zheng, Joseph Sprague, and Tien Hoang

Our alumni spotlight this month reminds us of the importance of having an open mind, and how being open and flexible can lead you to the dream career that you didn’t even know you wanted!

This Fall, the STEM Expo returns on Thursday, October 7th from 12-4pm in the Stambaugh Stadium with a new hybrid model, offering in-person and virtual options for meeting with registered employers. Read on for important details!

How do you know if a major in forensic science might be for you? For one, you find yourself fascinated by crime and have at least a basic interest in science. And two, you shadow and do an internship to really get hands-on in the field!

YSU’s results at the National Concrete Canoe Competition continue to soar as the team placed second among 23 universities at this year’s contest. It is the highest the YSU team has placed since finishing fifth in 2018.

One of the most important skills in life is the ability to communicate. However, not everyone can communicate the same or has the ability to communicate the same. There are plenty of different ways to communicate, and new methods are being created every day.

Despite the continuously shifting job market in the COVID-19 era, our students continue to push boundaries and explore uncharted territory for STEMGuins! Seventy students registered for either an internship or co-op for summer 2021 in Ohio and across the United States!