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STEM banquet example

Finding a reason for a STEM banquet

This past week I went to a local elementary school for their Career Day.  The fifth graders had a few professionals from the area come in and spend 20 minutes with each class to talk about their careers and answer questions with the kids.  I talked about aerospace engineering and rocket science.  I showed a […]


Happy Star Wars Day! May the 4th be with you!

It’s a day to celebrate the inspiration and joy that the Star Wars saga has brought into our culture.  George Lucas really made an epic impact. along with everyone else involved in the Star Wars movies. I found a few more good ways to celebrate than by just watching a Star Wars movie today.  Click […]

Star Wars Cantina Band

NASA summer of innovation

Afterschool STEM programs boost results including NASAs Summer of Innovation program

Thanks to a very powerful (and automatic) Google Alert that I set up, I found out about more powerful after school STEM programs from Ellen Lettvin in the US Department of Education: Engagement, Creativity and Inspiration Found in New Afterschool STEM Programs. One program mentioned here that you definitely should check out is the NASA […]


Presenting at 1 Million Cups in San Antonio will help you and me

Earlier today I had the wonderful and valuable opportunity to be a presenter at the 1 Million Cups event in San Antonio, Texas: If you aren’t familiar with it, 1 Million Cups (1MC) is a program established by the Kauffman Foundation to build communities by creating a weekly event and forum for entrepreneurs to give […]

1 million cups 1MC San Antonio

Registration for UNDERSTANDING AIRPLANES course in Seattle now open!

I told you about this great opportunity to get some valuable rocket scientist education and insights from a real aerospace engineer and pilot (aka rocket scientist) in this blog post. Registration for the course is now open!  Click the image to go to the course registration site. If you are planning to be at this […]


Great opportunity in Seattle to understand airplanes 1

If you live in the Seattle area and want to get a world-class jet blast of airplane knowledge, you are in luck! Bernardo Malfitano, an aerospace engineer (aka rocket scientist) who works at a Boeing, is the instructor for this course.  I happen to know Bernardo from my Boeing time and he’s an awesome guy.  […]


Engineers Week 2015 is Feb 22-28

The biggest and best week of the year for lots of engineering (and future engineers) is coming up!  February 22-28, 2015 is Engineer’s Week in the U.S. Thousands of events, programs, and activities are happening all around the country.  Whether you are a student, parent, teacher, professional, or retiree there are fun and interesting things […]


Listen to The Space Show on Feb 20, 2015 for Brett’s guest appearance

One of the resources I’ve mentioned in the book and on my website is The Space Show with Dr. David Livingston.  (Here is my blog post to promote his 2014 Year in Review show.)  He has produced over 1,000 shows with a tremendous number and quality of guests from many areas of the space world. […]


SciTech 2015 highlights now available from AIAA

Tip #3 in my book How To Be a Rocket Scientist is Associate with people in the field.  Conferences are an exciting, fun, and powerful way to do that.  Earlier this month, AIAA hosted one of its major conferences of the year: SciTech 2015 in Kissimmee, FL. If you missed it, AIAA now has a […]