Youngstown State University
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YSU Instructor Reimagines Course with Industry Support YSU INSTRUCTOR REIMAGINES COURSE WITH INDUSTRY SUPPORT |
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STEM Student Organizations Focus on Encouraging Female Professionals As we focus this month on women in STEM, we also spotlight organizations that are led and run by female students in the STEM College. At YSU, three organizations have this focus: The Association for Women in Mathematics; The Society of Women Engineers;Phi Sigma Rho. |
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FACULTY FACTION This month we spotlight two new faculty members who have joined the STEM College over the last several months: Dr. Nazanin Naderi and Dr. Carmen Panaitof. |
| Edward W. Powers Career Day Encouraging Females in STEM for Over Two Decades Women in STEM Career Day (WiSTEM) |
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Ohio Means Internships and Co-ops (OMIC4) Grant Ohio Means Internships & Co-ops (OMIC4) |
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CAREER CORNER: Focus on Women in STEM Women in STEM fields STEM careers offer a lot of opportunity, and growth within different fields. These opportunities and possibilities are sometimes not shared equally between all people. STEM careers are generally male dominant fields. Are women inadequate of performing these tasks? |
| YSU STEM Hosts NEOEA Day Professional Development Workshop for Ohio Educators The North Eastern Ohio Education Association Day, or NEOEA Day, is a day in which educators of all grade levels from this area of the state of Ohio (northeast quadrant) attend professional development workshops to increase their knowledge and skills to benefit the students in their classrooms. |
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Engineering Grad Gives Fall Commencement Address Kristen Thompson is a YSU alumna from Youngstown, Ohio. She graduated in May 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Associate of Arts, and a minor in mathematics. She will be graduating this weekend with a Master’s in Electrical Engineering. |
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YSU STEM Intern of the Year: Kara Bischoff Kara Bischoff is a senior from New Castle, Pennsylvania, majoring in chemical engineering. She had an internship with the joint venture between General Motors and LG Chem. Kara was recently named the 2020 YSU STEM Intern of the Year. |
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Alumni Spotlight: Tayah Turocy Tayah Turocy is an alumna from Wadsworth, Ohio. She graduated in May of 2018 with a degree in chemical engineering and minored in chemistry and mathematics. |
| YSU STEM Employer Internship Award: GM LG Chem LG Chem Michigan Biography: LGESMI develops and manufactures large lithium-ion polymer batteries for electric vehicle and energy storage applications. |
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Career Corner: Employer Spotlight on Simmers Crane and Design Service Biography: |
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STEM Expo 2020 The STEM Expo went virtual this year. However, this didn’t stop companies and students from showing up and meeting one another virtually to converse about potential internships, co-ops and jobs. |
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CCET Student awarded OCA Scholarship Michael Moreland is a junior, from Hudson, Ohio, majoring in Civil and Construction Engineering Technology. Recently, Michael was a recipient of the Ohio Contractors Association (OCA) Hall of Fame Scholarship. |
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Computer Science Professor has research funded by NSF Dr. Abdu Arslanyilmaz is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at YSU. He is originally from Turkey. Dr. Arslanyilmaz received his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Missouri, and received his PhD at Texas A&M University. After completing his PhD, Dr. |
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Materials Science Professor Leads Air Force Initiative Dr. Pedro Cortes is a Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Associate Professor at YSU. He is originally from Mexico City in Mexico. |
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Biology Professor's Sloth Research Published in the Journal of Experimental Biology Dr. Michael Butcher is a Professor of Biology at YSU. |
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Physics Professor serving as Program Director for NSF Dr. Tom Oder, Professor of Physics, is currently serving as Program Director for the National Science Foundation. He is originally from Uganda, but now he resides in Youngstown (Liberty township). |
| Alumni Spotlight: Melissa O’Connor and Octavious Jones Continuing our focus on Forensic Science, two YSU Alums tell how their experince in the Forensic Science program change their lives for the better. |
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Faculty Spotlight: Robert Wardle III and Susan Clutter YSU STEM would like to welcome our two newest faculty, Associate Professors Robert Wardle III and Susan Clutter. |
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Student Organization Spotlight: Forensic Science Club YSU is more than happy and excited to invite its newest member to the STEM family. Welcome Forensic Science! We also want to spotlight the amazing Forensic Science Club and their service to STEM. |
| Fall at the CRS Mineral Museum The Clarence Smith Mineral Museum is open to visitors- by appointment! Contact the Museum in advance to schedule an appointment. Face masks are required at all times while in the museum. |
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| Congratulations to Summer Graduate School Grads! YSU STEM would like to acknowledge the graduate students who successfully completed a thesis defense or project over the summer semester. Chemistry Graduate Students Michael J. Juhasz, Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, |
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| Career Corner: Fall 2020 STEM Expo Fall 2020 STEM Expo: We’ve gone virtual! |
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Mechanical Engineering Competition Teams in the COVID-19 Pandemic Even as the nationwide shut down unfolded in the spring of 2020, the three Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Competition Teams remained active, though virtually. Here is a synopsis of each: I. NASA Lunabotics Rover Design |