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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
Aaron Sathrum	GA-EMS	First Lego League Explore Team, San Diego CA	Lego Spike Essential Lego Spike Prime Expansion Supporting First Lego League Team	Aaron Sathrum will be helping teach building, coding and problem solving to kids on a First Lego League (FLL) team consisting of K-6 students. Purchased materials for teacher. Printed curriculum for teacher. Helped with app installation and technology. The team will be from neighborhood schools in San Diego, mostly Curie Elementary and Pacific Coast Academy.
Summer Johnson	GA	Tri City Christian School, Vista CA	Structural channels for the frame of the robot as well as servos for motion on the robot.	I was a field re-setter for the 1st FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Tournament at Francis Parker High School in San Diego. My job included resetting each match after the robotics challenge. I was the official start coordinator for all 62 matches at the 2nd FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Tournament at Crawford High School in San Diego. I made sure the refs started the matches on time and announced the start of each match.
Sara Keller	GA-ASI	Carmel Del Mar Elementary, San Diego CA	Used the funding to buy two ari bot entry kits from ozobot to donate to the science STEAM class at Carmel Del Mar Elementary. The robots are being used to train kids in coding.	The science teacher plans to use the robots to incorporate into existing and new unit lessons, serving as a powerful teaching tool. I will be there to support the younger grades use the robots during my daughter's class.
Melissa Phillips	GA-i3	Jackson P. Burley Middle School Robotics Team, Charlottesville VA	FIRST LEGO League Challenge Registration and Challenge Set.	First day led an introductory activity to discuss using "Design Thinking" when creating a technical solution. Subsequent visits were to get to know students and help them understand how to use the robotics kits.
Bennett Hochner	GA-ASI	University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA	None	I served as a judge for the Trailblazers Challenge, a scholarship competition open to USC undergraduate risk management students. As a judge, I heard presentations from the finalist students and gave feedback as part of the judging panel. After the presentations, I interacted directly with the scholarship finalists and provided mentoring in the areas of professional development, utilizing emerging technologies, the benefits of networking, and applying classroom concepts to real-world scenarios. (To reinforce the value of these topics with the mentees, I included some high-level examples from my experience at GA-ASI.) I also shared insight and guidance on the varying career paths and career opportunities that may be available to students with risk-related backgrounds.
Jake Detamore	GA-ASI	Orange Glen High School, Escondido CA	mechanical pencils, lead refills, highlighters, colored pencils, colored markers, pens, AAA batteries, staplers, stamps, scissors, erasers, pencil pouches, a planner	Gave a presentation about GA-ASI and engineering in general. I specifically spoke about some of the planes we make in ASI and what I do as a manufacturing engineer in order to make those planes. I talked about how to get into engineering, both school and job, some of the classes you should take that will help, what life is like as an engineer, and what you can expect once you become one. Then we did a lesson on momentum and followed it up with a lab on elastic vs inelastic collisions and how that applied the principle of conservation of momentum.
Brian Ngsee	GA-ASI	Canyon View Elementary, San Diego CA	First Lego League Explore Registratin Lego Education Spike Essential Kit	Hosting and co-coaching duties for FLL 2025-2026 team ChickenB0t. This includes assisting with building/coding tasks, assisting with documentation, guidance for final team presentation tri fold.
Brian Ngsee	GA-ASI	Canyon View Elementary, San Diego CA	Booth fees to cover 8-foot tables, booth space, and chairs.	Support the General Atomics booth and San Diego Office of Education PlayMath! activities. This included explaining some of the basics of products and services General Atomics sells and helping K-5 kids work through several math games. Pickup and drop off of PlayMath! activities in Linda Vista.
David Eldon	GA	Pacific Rim Elementary, Carlsbad CA	At the request of Colin Chrystal and Rick Lee of the DIII-D tour/outreach program, I purchased 13x 8" plasma balls. The tour program leaves these with schools or other facilities they visit and wanted replenishment of their stock.	I performed a 40 minute presentation and demonstration on some plasma physics concepts, which was repeated for 5 groups of fourth graders. The concepts were: why we are trying to make fusion, overcoming the Coulomb barrier, extreme temperature, difference between plasma and gas, how to ionize a gas, magnetic confinement of charged particles, and magnetic induction.
Christoph Hiemcke	GA-ASI	Classical Academy High School, Escondido CA	The bill from RMFG was for sheet metal parts, the one from goBILDA is for various robot parts, and the one from VistaPrints is for a banner for our booth.	I was one of three mentors for Team CAOS, and I was engaged in all phases and aspects of the design and construction: brainstorming, engineering design process, documentation, code architecture, mechanical design. Not to mention team dynamics, scheduling, etc.! We had our last local tournament last weekend and have advanced to the regionals on 7 March.
Jose Humberto Lucero	GA-SI	Manzanita Elementary School, Tucson AZ	Wet erase markers. Mini precision screwdriver set. Rechargeable batteries. Lidded storage bins. 3D Printer. Inkjet printer. Colored masking tape. Filament bundle.	Volunteered with kindergarten and second grade robotics class.
Leslie Tong	GA-ASI	The Classical Academy High School, Escondido CA	None	Manned a career fair booth at the high school, interacted and fielded questions from high schoolers about engineering, STEM and General Atomics. Distributed pre-printed and already available GA information cards and brochures.
Gerasimos Kondaris	GA-ASI	San Diego County Engineering Council, San Diego CA	None	Discussing General Atomics with prospective college students/industry persons.
Christian Anderson	GA-SI	Davis School District, Layton UT	None	I served as one of three judges for the Engineering category of the North Davis Area STEM Fair 2026 (grades 9-12 regional science fair). Each entrant's project was independently judged and scored three times, then we judges spoke again as a group with each entrant to determine final rank for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place awards. We also nominated projects for specific designated awards as applicable (e.g. renewable energy). All of the Engineering category entrants turned out to be 9th graders and nearly all were girls, so it was a wonderful opportunity to encourage their interest in STEM subjects and potential related career paths. Many thanks to GASEF and GASSSS for sponsoring my service!
Max Warren	GA-EMS	University of Mississippi Center for Air and Space Law, Oxford MS	None	Presenting to the Center’s Drone Law & Policy class to give an engineering and technical perspective on drone application to students without an engineering background.  Also presentation given to US Space Law Class
Gracelin Limbo	GA-ASI	Rolling Hills Elementary, San Diego CA	None	TK-5 grade students presented their science projects. Students generally followed, and presented, a problem, hypothesis, research, procedure, tools/materials, outcome and conclusion. I provided feedback, asked questions, and filled out a rubric for each student.
Aaron Sathrum	GA-EMS	Rolling Hills Elementary School, San Diego CA	None	Judged 74 science fair projects TK-5th grades. Engaged with parents too. We had three GA employees as judges!
Laura Tran, Christina Tran	GA-ASI	Mira Mesa High School, San Diego CA	Robot parts & tournament fee	Attend weekly meetings to the help students plan for upcoming competition.
Jesus Rangel	GA-ASI	Hoover High School, San Diego CA	Purchasing equipment for robotics for high school FIRST robotics team.	Gave presentation on what engineering is (objectively), why I chose engineering as a career, and my nonlinear or nontraditional path to becoming an engineering. Presentation also included a bit about GA and what the company does, and a general engineering design process. We also spent time answering questions and watching the kids work on their robot and ready them for competition
Joshua Pine	GA-ASI	Cal State San Marcos, Super STEM Saturday 2026, San Marcos CA	None	Helped man the GA booth at the Super STEM Saturday event. Answered questions from visitors and helped with setup, demonstrations, and teardown.
Jesus Rangel	GA-ASI	Cal State San Marcos, Super STEM Saturday 2026, San Marcos CA	None	Performed demonstrations showcasing principles of magnetic fields and induced currents at GA's Discovery booth at STEM event.
Daren Wade	GA-ASI	Cal State San Marcos, Super STEM Saturday 2026, San Marcos CA	Items for science fair demonstrations	Participate in Super Stem Saturday event
Robin Jacobson, Stevie Jacobson	GA-ASI	Greater San Diego Science & Engineering Fair (GSDSEF), San Diego CA	None	Judging at Greater San Diego Science and Engineering Fair for 2026 AIAA awards banquet
Robert Erwin	GA	Science  Olympiad, San Diego CA	Sand Hopper for testing towers and bridges.	Judging Science Olympiad event "Write It Do It" and associated work.
Thomas Dring	GA-ASI	Sage Canyon elementary, San Diego CA	NOETIC Math Exam Fees (FALL + SPRING) Math Prep Book	Taught 5th Grade Math Club Once per week during school year. Monitoring Math Exam when required.
Jesus Rangel	GA-ASI	SeaPerch, San Diego CA	None	Set and re-set obstacle courses in shallow end of pool between rounds for an underwater robotics competition.
Andrew Escalante, Jacob Obert, Michael Busch	GA-ASI	Options For Youth, grades 9-12, Victorville CA	None	Andrew Escalante, Michael Busch, and Jacob Obert participated in the Options For Youth Career Fair at the Victor Valley College Event Center in Victorville CA. An MQ-9B Model along with 2 engines and 2 T.V's were used for our display. We engaged with students from grades 9-12 along with college students as well. We provided different career paths and information on internship programs that General Atomics provides.
Aaron Sathrum	GA-EMS	UCSD Research Expo 2026	None	I will be providing judging during the poster session.  I will also combine with mentoring advice to students on their career.
Donna Mirabella	GA-ASI	Girl Scout Troop 3445, San Diego CA	Funding will be used to offset the per-student program cost of $59 for a Girl Scout Junior troop STEM-focused wellness activity centered on human physiology and animal-assisted therapy.	I will facilitate a STEM-based educational activity for a Girl Scout Junior troop 3445 (4th grade) focused on the science of physical health and animal behavior.  In addition, I will share information about my own career and educational background, and provide students with an opportunity to ask questions about STEM education pathways and careers.
Jared Vilt, James Giebel	GA-ASI	Army and Navy Acadamy, Oceanside CA	Flight training curriculum/software for 10 students. Red bird provided a substantial discount to support STEM/GASSSS. (over 50% discount!)	We are participating in a "builders club" every Monday evening with the Army Navy Academy Prep School. The students are all in an aviation based career track and have been building a real experimental airplane. We are teaching the kids how to use tools and guiding them through the building process. There are usually 2 of us from GA plus a couple other adults. James Giebel and myself from GA. We will also be doing a presentation of what we do at GA and Q&A lunch with the students on May 8th 2026 outside of the builders club.
Gerasimos Konidaris	GA-ASI	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo CA	None	Cal Poly Senior Design Project Feedback and discussion with students at GA-ASI.  Analyzing and giving feedback to Cal Poly students presenting their aircraft designs. Career mentoring for students after they had presented; Discussed my role at GA; Discussed career opportunities at GA for prospective employees; Gave advice on post-collegiate journey and how to navigate technical subjects.
Michael Zehner-Novak	GA-EMS	Valley Elementary, San Diego CA	None	Set up, manned, and tore down, an educational booth demonstrating magnetic and electromagnetic principles. This was for an annual STEAM fair at Valley Elementary School in Poway.
Auna Moser, Erik Olofsson	GA	Torrey Pines Elementary School, La Jolla CA	Plastic Covered Bar Magnet - Pair × 2; Magnetic Field Observation Window × 1; Small Clear Compasses 20 pack × 2; Magnetic Field Model × 1; 3D Magnetic Field Observation Box × 1; Fusion stickers × 40	Demonstration and hands-on activity of magnet field structure using magnets and magnet field visualizer plates (one with metal filings, one with compasses) and 3D field visualizer cube. Asking students to determine N and S pole of magent using their compass. Demonstration and hands-on activity of magnetic field strength using DIII-D outreach equipment (dropping magnets through conducting metal pipes, levitating coils, large magnets that students try to push together). Demonstration and hands-on activity of controlling plasma with magnets, using personal and DIII-D outreach equipment (moving plasma in tube with hand magnet, moving levitating plasma ring with hand magnet).
Hannah Polanco	GA-ASI	Chapter One tutoring, Atlanta GA	None	Virtual online tutoring of first grade student.
Katherine Kucharski	GA-ASI	Albert Einstein Academy, San Diego CA	I plan to use the funding for supplies for the spaghetti and marshmallow structure hands-on experiment for nearly 180 students.	I did a short presentation on structures and then conducted a hands on activity where the students worked in teams to build the tallest free standing structure. The supplies were spaghetti and marshmallows.
Adam Jones	GA-ASI	Our Lady of Welsingham Homeschool Co-op, Murrieta CA	None	I gave two 30 minute presentations on my career and the path I chose to become an engineer. I discussed the products General Atomics manufacturers and answered questions about my role and entry level positions within General Atomics.
Chau Nguyen, Alexander Quan	GA-ASI	Maryland Avenue Elementary School, La Mesa CA	Classroom set of Barnabas Robotics Dancing Robot (1 per student to build and take home); 35 The wild Robot Novel; Classroom demonstration set of Ozobots, Coding robots	Class presentation of slides on "What is an Engineer?" and background on General Atomics were presented to Mrs. Coyle's third grade and Mrs. Rambo's fifth grade class. We were able to discuss the basics of engineering, which includes coding and circuits. To further expand on coding, we were able to demonstrate how to code by using the Ozobots.  The second part was about circuits. We talked about the basics of circuits and how electricity works. We introduced the dancing robots, which consist of a motor, battery, the body, and wires.