2022 GA Participants in GASSSS Program

These participants have submitted a final GASSSS application.

If your name is not on this list and you have participated in the GASSSS program, please contact Larry Woolf at Lawrence.Woolf@ga-asi.com

GA GASSSS Participant	Company	School	Materials Purchased	Activity
John Adams	GA-ASI	Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT	Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles	We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks.
Rick Lunsford	GA-ASI	Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT	Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles	We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks.
Paul Auger	GA-ASI	Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT	Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles	We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks.
Owen Lovell	GA-ASI	Davis Discovery STEM Club, Roy UT	Purchased drone; https://www.ftw-robotics.com/rec-bundles	We created a document describing the yaw, pitch and roll behavior of the drone; set up 4 stations to program the drones and demonstrated how to upload software to the drones; described how to yaw, pitch and roll the drones to perform various actions; held a coding workshop and mentored the students as they coded the above tasks.
Megan Ameng	GA-ASI	Black Mountain Middle School, San Diego, CA	None	I participated in a middle school career fair. Another colleague and I brought show and tell items and interacted with the middle schoolers about what our company does and what we do specifically for work. Then intent of this event was to encourage students to pursue a career in STEM.
Ian Holmes	GA	Kearny High School, FIRST Robotics Team 1572 HammerHeads, San Diego CA	Purchase robot materials and tools to assemble the robot	Guidance and oversight during the assembly of the robot
Kyle Teixeira	GA	Kearny High School, FIRST Robotics Team 1572 HammerHeads, San Diego CA	Drivetrain for robot	Supported manufacturing mentorship to students. Explained the function of lathe and taught students how to operate a lathe. Explained manufacturing using computer aided manufacturing.
Tyler Elsey	GA	Kearny High School, FIRST Robotics Team 1572 HammerHeads, San Diego CA	Materials for robot drivetrain and turret	Mentoring robotics program and machining parts for robot at school machine shop.
Travis Evans	GA-EMS	Rolling Hills Elementary School, San Diego CA	None	Worked as a volunteer science fair judge at Rolling Hills Elementary school. Provided feedback on their projects and encouraged the children to learn more about Science and Engineering
Brandon Blom	GA-ASI	Palmer Way Elementary School, San Diego CA	None	I will be talking with a 6th grader who is interested in Engineering. I will be answering questions related to schooling and work experience. I will give a brief overview of what my role is at GA-ASI and some examples of other engineers at GA-ASI.
Douglas Seybert	GA-ASI	Garden Road Elementary, Poway CA	Multiple Lego sets; Construction paper; Rulers; 2 Tables	We began by talking about the book that the teacher had read before the lesson, The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. We talked for a while about the bridge in the book that the billy goats had to cross, what bridges are used for, and what materials they can be made from. We then talked about what rulers are and how to use them. The kids practiced using the rulers on the troll that would be used to test the height of the bridges, as well as other items in the classroom. Next, the kids were split up into groups of 5 and provided a bucket of Legos to use for building their bridge. The students spent about a half hour working to build a bridge that would span a piece of paper the short way, be high enough for the troll to pass under, and wide enough for the 3 goats to fit on. When all of the bridges were built, we talked about the different ways they chose to build their bridges, what they might have done differently, what the challenges were, and what they enjoyed about it. I then gave a brief description of my job as an Aerospace Engineer, and we talked about how Engineers face many of the same challenges they faced in building their bridges. I also shared that a bridge that didn’t work out the way they expected it to be was not a failure if they learned something about it that they could apply to the next bridge they build.
Daren Wade	GA-ASI	CSUSM SuperSTEM Saturday, San Marcos CA	Electromagnetics and Electricity Posters	Participated in GA demonstration booth at SuperSTEM Saturday.
Thane Douglass	GA-EMS	Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair	None	Science Fair project evaluation and grading; Familiarization with standard judging criteria, expectations and responsibilities; Indoctrination with Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair staff; Independent review of each science fair project entry in the assigned category; Interview of each student participant ; Caucus with other judges from the same category to score and rank each applicant
Andrew Escalante	GA-ASI	Excelsior Charter Schools, Apple Valley CA	None	Interacted with student by providing information about different career fields that General Atomics offers. Most of the students acquired the General Atomics informational cards that provided information about the different departments and projects that we GA have. Multiple students showed interest in careers in engineering and flight operations, we were able to provide information about those careers and how to achieve them.
Nathanael Visser, Tomee Roe, Antone Andrews, Michael Gavin, David Gillespie, Cody Meyer	GA-ASI	Condit Elementary School, Claremont CA	Purchased eleven (11) KiwiCo Drawbot Classroom Packs.	GA employees taught the students how to assemble their drawbots step by step while learning engineering design. Then students worked through numerous challenges with the drawbot. By changing different variables (eg. motor position, clay shape, robot height, etc.) the drawbot exhibited different behaviors and created different drawings. We discussed different science topics through project-based learning including forces and interactions, while aligning with Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).
Colin Chrystal	GA	X-STEM San Diego	Parking	Helped test/pack/organize equipment for spectroscope workshops, setup workshops, help students at all three workshops, cleanup equipment after workshops were complete
Miyuki Humer	GA	X-STEM San Diego	Parking fees	Volunteered to help students making an electromagnet powered by a D-cell battery and using aluminum rod and iron rod material and #18AWG wire. The magnets was used to to pick up paperclips and turn a compass needle.
Kevin Fitzpatrick	GA-ASI	SHPE SDSU	None	Led a tour of building 21, and after, answered any questions the students had during a Q&A regarding General Atomics and engineering career advice in general.
Travis Sowell	GA-ASI	Feaster Charter School, Chula Vista CA	10 kits that do 100 projects; 10 ea. Snap Circuits Battery Eliminator (A/C wall plug in adaptor); 2 each Interactive Robots	Chris and I talked about our Education, Career at GA, Pred B & C planes, GSC station, and Electronics (voltage, current, resistors & circuits in very simple terms using the “water flow” example). Before the students came to the presentation, we assembled several “snap together circuit” kits to show how the students can use electronics for several different projects in life. The students were very engaging with their questions and hands on circuitry building.
Chris Gilliom	GA-ASI	Feaster Charter School, Chula Vista CA	11 kits that do 100 projects; 10 ea. Snap Circuits Battery Eliminator (A/C wall plug in adaptor); 2 each Interactive Robots	Chris and I talked about our Education, Career at GA, Pred B & C planes, GSC station, and Electronics (voltage, current, resistors & circuits in very simple terms using the “water flow” example). Before the students came to the presentation, we assembled several “snap together circuit” kits to show how the students can use electronics for several different projects in life. The students were very engaging with their questions and hands on circuitry building.
Barton McDowell	GA-ASI	FRC Team NOMAD Inc., Escondido CA	Various materials for use in a robot design to complete the challenges for the 2022 FIRST Robotics Challenge.	Mentored students in design process and strategic development. Including CAD design and manufacturing processes.
Kathreen Thome	GA	X-STEM San Diego	None	Conducted 3 spectroscope workshops. Introduced approximately 200 students, chaperones and teachers to plasma and light. Assisted them in building spectroscopes that they then took home and also had them look at various spectroscope tubes to identify what gas was in each tube.
Max Warren	GA-EMS	University of Mississippi	None	GA EMS is a University of Mississippi industry affiliate. As such, we are cultivating a relationship with the school of engineering. GA employees attended the school of mechanical engineering senior capstone design presentations. During the event, students presented their designs, and we were able to ask questions and meet with students. We also met with deans and professors from the school of engineering to learn more about upcoming plans for the school and how GA can be of assistance in the future possibly.
Cody Berrey	GA-EMS	U. of Mississippi, Oxford Miss.	None	GA EMS is a University of Mississippi industry partner. As such, we are cultivating a relationship with the school of engineering. GA employees attended the school of mechanical engineering senior capstone design presentations During the event, students presented their designs, and we were able to ask questions and interact with the students. We also met with the dean and with professors from the school of engineering to learn more about upcoming events and plans for the school and how GA can help more in the future.
Kevin McLaughlin	GA	X-STEM San Diego	Parking	I helped run a workshop about spectroscopy and plasmas at the X-STEM conference at the San Diego Convention center. We helped the students build homemade spectroscopes and identify different plasmas.
Michael Allwein	GA-ASI	Pacheco Elementary, San Luis Obispo CA	Several STEM kits, appropriate for 1st grade students, were purchased.	I visited the classroom and provided hands-on support while the students built, tested and modified their nests. Nests could be built from a variety of materials provided by the teacher. Nests were tested by pouring water to simulate rain and drop tested.
Don Czechowicz	GA	Grant School, Santa Monica CA	None	Demonstrations of What Scientists do in Scientific Method, Carrying out of Simple “Science is Cool Experiments” Phase transitions for liquid to solid using Safe Cryogenic Methods.
Daniel Layton	GA-ASI	First Gen Scholars, San Diego CA	None	Attended first-gen scholars networking event. Met with numerous high school juniors and seniors to discuss careers at GA, future internship opportunities, and shared what it was like working in technical fields like the A&D industry.