STEM Famous Person 1 Adam Savage Mythbusters cohost designerfabricator actor educator Received honorary doctorate from the University of Twente in Enschede Netherlands for his role in popularizing math science and technology ID: 814478
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Careers in STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
Slide2Slide3STEM Famous Person #1
Adam Savage
Mythbusters co-host, designer/fabricator, actor, educatorReceived honorary doctorate from the University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands for his role in popularizing math, science, and technology.Built models for Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, Star Wars II and Matrix Reloaded.
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Slide4STEM Famous Person #2
Lonnie G. Johnson
Engineer and InventorReceived Master’s degree from Tuskegee UniversityHelped develop the stealth bomber programSystems engineer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter; and Cassini mission to Saturn.Created the Super Soaker squirt gun
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Slide5STEM Famous Person #3
Michio
KakuPhysicistReceived Ph.D. from the University of California in Berkeley, CACo-founder of the string theoryAuthor of several books and appears on numerous television programs
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Slide6STEM Famous Person #4
Grace Hopper
Computer programmer and rear admiral US NavyReceived Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Yale UniversityWWII Mark I and Mark III computer programmer who led the team that created the first computer language compiler COBOL
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Slide7STEM Famous Person #1 - NOW
1967-Present
1993 started in the special affects industry 2002 co-host MythbustersPresenter and advocate for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and TechnologyTED talks
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Slide8STEM Famous Person #2 - NOW
1967-Present
1993 started in the special affects industry 2002 co-host MythbustersPresenter and advocate for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and TechnologyTED talks
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Slide9STEM Famous Person #3 - NOW
1947-Present
Built an atom smasher in his parents’ garage when in high schoolLecturer at Princeton until drafted for the Vietnam War, which ended shortly before he was deployedDevoted studies to a single unifying theory that unites Albert Einstein’s quantum physics finding, string theory.Known for work to popularize science and make physics more accessible to non-scientists.
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Slide10Passed away 1992
1931 mathematics teacher at Yale University
Associate professor at Vassar College1943 joined Naval Reserve in WWII1944 assigned to Bureau of Ordinance Computing, where she learned to computer program the Mark IICredited with inventing the term computer bug
Lead the team that developed COBOL1986 retired as the oldest serving Navy officer as a rear admiral
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STEM Famous Person #4 - NOW
Slide11What Causes Occupation Changes?
Possible Factors
For most of them it was going into military service that launched them even more into STEMAll were influenced by their parents, who were also involved in STEM in some way They all became famous to try to further everyone's knowledge in STEMCan you think of any other factors that cause occupation changes?