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Local students meet with STEM leaders at Mather Airport


Local students meet with STEM leaders at Mather Airport

(FOX40.COM) - - On Friday, the California Capital Airshow hosted regional middle and high school students at Mather Airport for their annual STEM Exposition "If You Can See It, You Can Be It."

The trainees were treated to an afternoon filled with panels featuring the nation's leading STEM specialists and likewise the opportunity to have networking chances with regional STEM mentors.

" The event intends to inspire older trainees to see what their future professions might appear like in the science, innovation, air travel, mathematics and engineering fields," California Capital Airshow composed in a news release.

The STEM panel speakers included:

  • U-2 Dragon Lady USAF pilot, Major Robert "Papa" Bayer
  • Amazon Global Air Director of Air Safety and Operations, Alison Faddis
  • NVIDIA Data Science and AI Infrastructure, Taurean Dyer
  • Micron Systems Architect, Shashank Bangalore Lakshman
  • Sacramento County Department of Airports Deputy Director of Airport Commercial Development, Stephen Clark

  • That time Northern California had a near nuclear accident


    The California Capital Airshow is a non-profit airshow that was created to honor Sacramento's prolonged air travel history however likewise works as a way to motivate and inform the next generation of STEM trainees.

    On top of offering an opportunity for young students to read more about a future in STEM, the California Capital Airshow also supplies scholarships for high school seniors seeking to seek a higher education in a STEM field.

    In 2023, California Capital Airshow granted 18 scholarships for high school students in Placer, Sacramento, Sutter and Yolo counties.

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