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STEMCAST with Dr. Reagan Flowers

The STEMcast Podcast is hosted by Dr. Reagan Flowers and is designed to inspire and advance STEM perspectives. Dr. Flowers interviews STEM + Art + Communications professionals from all walks of life and discusses the significance of C-STEM in their professional and personal life. You can expect a new episode each month with a complimentary newsletter.
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Oct 21, 2015

VEX Robotics works with students from elementary school to college students by developing competition challenges across the world. Karthik believes it’s all about putting great tools in kids hands and giving them an exciting challenge which will inspire them to put down the distractions of video games and social media where they are building and learning about engineering, teamwork, and all sorts of great things.

Karthik contributes robotics changed his viewpoint giving me an avenue for his competitive spirit in an educational realm, “being a part of the robotics competition is an exciting atmosphere where you wanted to succeed.” Robotics places you in real world situations with mentors, industry professionals, and how one can have a cool career.

We need people that can think critically and solve the big problems on big issues such as climate change and affordable energy. According to Karthik the Urban Nexus theme consist of health, education, and environment; “we need to change education so we can solve problems such as health-related and environmental-related.“

Karthik states that some of the challenges are resources from financial, experience, and training.

Success is defined by your own personal benchmarks and goals. Any steps you have taken towards your individual goals

Oct 20, 2015

Marc Newsome is the owner of Furious Films and has been in the industry for over ten years. 

I keep abreast of technology to remain efficient and creative. I have experience in graphic design to give my visual eye. I have experience in photography. Filmmaking is photography combined with storytelling.

I made a romantic comedy called What Friends Are For that was played in festivals. I did a short film on gentrification,  Here Comes The Neighborhood that was in a HBO Film Competition. Afterwards I was asked to do professional work. 

Challenges: Video gear, lenses, technology, and software gets expensive. As trends and visuals change you want your product to look good within reason. These days you can do great work on your phone. There are visual components in everything.

Success is when I get to the point where what I created is as good as what is in my brain.

 

 

Oct 20, 2015

Gary studied at the University of Wisconsin and obtained a Masters of Fine Arts from University of Illinois Champaign.

 

One of Gary’s biggest challenged was learning the administrative aspects to the art world; “you’re trained for the technical aspects of art, not the admin part.

 

The joy of life creeps into your art making. Gary provides good advice on experiencing life and bringing that into your art. Art can be a way for you to process what happened in life. It can be therapeutic.

 

One’s quality life can be based on happiness. Think about if you are doing something happy. As a culture, are you doing something to improve the quality of life. I don’t take it lightly that I work with metals. As a maker of objects, I hope they do not end up in the landfills. I try to use objects that do not hurt the Earth.

 

The objects around us have a story. You can have the community around you to collect and engage. Finding ways to repurpose items instead of throwing them away. Objects have something beyond what you see to the eye.

 

Success is a work in progress. I feel that I am relatively successful because I’m still doing what I setup to do and I still love it.

 

Gary is a Resident Artist at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and his currently designing a limited edition piece inspired by his kids.

Oct 19, 2015

Trisha Frederick, PE, Utility Engineer for Costello Engineering, a Civil Engineering consulting firm based in Houston, TX. Trisha outlines the path to engineering from obtaining an educational standpoint and career development.

Engineering is the study of failure that creates solutions.

For more information visit http://cstem-break.ning.com/

Oct 19, 2015

Padma Narayan, PhD, Sr. R&D Manager outlines the intersection of various science fields that has led to her career path. Early in her career she contributed to the research and development of therapeutic pharmaceuticals. Further mentioning the technology behind our household goods, personal care items, we consume frequently.

From her youth she was challenged by her parents and teachers. Her high school chemistry teacher stated that engineering is the way of the future and it stuck with her throughout her life; " I realized I can diversify and branch off as an engineer."

 

Narayan concludes emphasizing the importance of mentorship and education. She defines success by achieving realistic goals and finding inner peace.

 

For more information visit http://cstem.org.

Oct 19, 2015

Dr. Assata Richards provides great insight on the correlation between sociology and STEM on how we need to understand the problems in society; yet preparing our students to become practitioners for advancement. Dr. Richards challenges us with the following questions: 

  • What does education allow you to do for yourself? Family? Community?
  • How do you learn from the world around you?

Dr. Richards finds fulfillment by stating "I have control over contribution to the lives of others." Knowledge accumulation is key!

For more information visit http://cstem-break.ning.com/.

Oct 19, 2015

STEMCAST is a podcast designed to entertain teachers and students on CSTEM professions. Dr. Reagan Flowers interviews professionals and entrepreneurs from various walks of life on how communication, science, technology, engineering, and math play a vital role in their day-to-day lives.

For more information visit http://cstem-break.ning.com/

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