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Prosthetics Use Helps NPS Intern Shape Career Path

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Morgan's lifelong aspiration was derailed because of her prosthesis, but that hasn't stopped her from working to achieve another of her dreams, becoming a biomechanical engineer. Read More

Bringing the Nano-World to Life

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Unlike many teenagers who enjoy a respite from the challenge of study before tackling their senior year of high school, Abby spent her summer as a Naval Postgraduate School intern learning to run a Scanning Electron Microscope. Read More

STEM Changes a College Student's Life

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During Marquita's junior year of college, she encountered a kidney disease that runs in her family. While recovering, she was accepted to the Science, Mathematics, And Research for Transformation (SMART) scholarship program. Read More

SeaPerch Project Fosters a Student's Love for Science

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In 2007, Amanda was a high school student who joined the SeaPerch team at her school and loved it. She went on to major in engineering at Rutgers University and intern at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. Read More

STEM in School

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Jessica, a seventh grade teacher and science department chair for King George County (VA) Schools, says that the STEM program has become so popular at her school that it is being embraced by non-science faculty.
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