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Academy of Model Aeronautics
The Academy of Model Aeronautics is the world's largest model aviation association, representing a membership of more than 150,000. Its purpose is to promote the development of model aviation as a recognized hobby/sport and family recreational activity that is both educational and fun.

Build A Plane
Build A Plane donates actual airplanes to schools across the country for students to build or refurbish. The program offers a unique opportunity to learn science, technology, engineering and math by offering hands-on, real-world projects.

Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Aerospace Education Program
The Civil Air Patrol was born one week prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Their aerospace education program helps prepare American citizens to meet the challenges of aerospace and understand its related issues.

Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) KidVenture Program
EAA is dedicated to the discovery and fulfillment of individual potential for those who are inspired by the dream of personal flight. Located in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, EAA hosts the AirVenture Oshkosh convention every July, featuring the popular KidVenture program.

FAI Young Artists Contest
Sponsored by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale ( FAI), the Young Artists Contest has been held each year since 1986. This international contest encourages young people to demonstrate the importance of aviation through their art, and to motivate them to become more familiar with and participate in aeronautics, engineering, and science.
Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP)
OBAP's focus is to prepare young people for a successful future and highlight the exciting potential that's available in the field of aviation. They promote educational opportunities in aviation and aerospace, and develop and sustain a process for the ongoing mentoring of America's youth.

Walk in My Boots Program
This program is a collaborative effort between FAA's STEM AVSED and Flight Standards offices. The program connects high schools with aviation maintenance facilities through a job shadow experience, designed to address the shortage of skilled workers in the aviation maintenance field.

Women in Aviation International (WAI)
WAI encourages the advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests. Their resources assist women in all aspects of aviation and encourages young women to consider aviation as a career.

Youth Aviation Adventure (YAA)
The YAA's mission is to introduce the exciting world of aviation to boys and girls age 12-18. Through a pool of over 100 pilots and adult volunteers, YAA offers hands-on programs that explore numerous aspects of aviation.

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NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative provides opportunities for CubeSats built by U.S. educational institutions, and non-profit organizations, including informal educational institutions such as museums and science centers to fly on upcoming launches. Through innovative technology partnerships NASA provides these CubeSat developers a low-cost pathway to conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations in space, thus enabling students, teachers, and faculty to obtain hands-on flight hardware design, development, and build experience.

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Code Quest 2022 Competition took place virtually on April 30 th, 2022.

Please comeback in December for details regarding Code Quest 2023.

Each year, Lockheed Martin hosts Code Quest, an annual computer programming competition where teams of two to three high school students work together to solve problems by using JAVA, Python, C#, and/or C++ programming to complete the "quest". The problem set consists of 20 to 30 challenging problems created by Lockheed Martin engineers and computer programmers.

Combined locations for the day of the event are noted below.

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Ampthill, United Kingdom (Combined U.K. Event)

Arlington, Virginia (Combined WMA Event)

Bethesda, Maryland (Combined WMA Event)

Australia/Singapore/New Zealand (Combined APAC Event)

Dallas, Texas (Combined TX Event)

Colorado Springs/Denver, Colorado (Combined Event)

Fort Worth, Texas (Combined TX Event)

Greenville, South Carolina (Combined Unaffiliated Virtual U.S. Event)

Hanover, Maryland (Combined WMA Event)

Houston, Texas (Combined TX Event)

Huntsville, Alabama (Combined Unaffiliated Virtual U.S. Event)

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Marietta, Georgia

Mielec, Poland

Moorestown, New Jersey (combined NJ = NY event)

Orlando, Florida

Owego/Syracuse, New York (combined NJ - NY event)

Palmdale, California (Combined CA Event)

Stratford, Connecticut

Sunnyvale, California (Combined CA Event)

Whiteley, United Kingdom (Combined U.K. Event)

U.S. Unaffiliated (schools not located in a host state)

If you have any questions, please contact us by email at code-quest.gr-aero@lmco.com

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Do you like solving technical problems? Are you good at science and math? You might consider becoming an engineer. Engineers are problem solvers who use their expertise in science and math to do their jobs. They work in various branches of engineering. Let's take a look at several of them.

Types of Engineering Jobs

Aerospace Engineer: Designs aircraft and tests prototypes to make sure they function as designed

Agricultural Engineer: Solves problems related to agriculture

Biomedical Engineer: Designs prosthetic limbs and artificial organs, as well as the material used to manufacture them

Chemical Engineer: Solves problems that involve the production or use of chemicals

Civil Engineer: Design, builds, and supervises construction projects and systems

Electrical and Electronics Engineer: Designs and tests electrical equipment and systems

Environmental Engineer: Solves problems in the environment

Before you go any further, find out if a career in engineering is for you.

Engineering Careers: Quick Facts

Median annual earnings for several branches of engineering (U.S., 2018) include:﻿﻿

Aerospace: $115,200

Electrical: $99,070

Civil: $86,640

Mechanical: $87,370

Environmental: $87,620

Nuclear: $107,600

Biomedical: $88,550

In 2018, 1.7 million people worked as engineers, according to the National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates. Most of them were electrical and electronics engineers (320,610), mechanical engineers (303,440), civil engineers (306,030), and industrial engineers (305,780).﻿﻿

Job outlook differs by branch. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that employment of architecture and engineering occupations is projected to grow 4% from 2018 to 2028, about as fast as the average for all occupations.

About 113,300 new jobs are projected to be added. Most of the projected job growth in this group is in the engineer occupations, as their services will be in demand in various areas such as rebuilding of infrastructure, renewable energy, oil and gas extraction, and robotics.﻿﻿

How to Become an Engineer

To get an entry-level job, you will need a bachelor's degree in engineering. Sometimes a college degree in physical science or mathematics will suffice, especially in high-demand specialties. Some students specialize in a particular branch of engineering, but then work in a related one.

You will have to get a state-issued license if you want to offer your services directly to the public. Doing this will allow you to be called a Professional Engineer (PE). To become licensed, your college degree must come from a program that is accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

A Day in the Life of an Engineer

What is it like to be an engineer? We found some answers by looking at typical job duties listed in employment announcements on Indeed.com:

"Prepare roadway plans, detail drawings, project specifications, and cost estimate." (Civil Engineer)

"Provide civil engineering and design support for large earth structures including dams, landfills, mining projects, and power projects." (Civil Engineer)

"Design and execute engineering experiments, and statistical parameter control." (Mechanical Engineer)

"Prepare engineering calculations, diagrams, and technical reports." (Electrical Engineer)

"Write technical and regulatory documents in compliance with quality management system." (Biomedical Engineer)

"Oversee and manage the setup, performance, and reporting of the laboratory testing. Ensure that projects are completed on schedule and within budgetary constraints." (Environmental Engineer)

Document and present analysis results to technical leads, management and/or customers." (Aerospace Engineer)

"Research, draft, and coordinate acquisition packages for materials being purchased or upgraded." (Materials Engineer)

What Soft Skills You Need

In addition to your education and an aptitude for math and science, you also need specific soft skills, or personal qualities, to succeed in this occupation.

Active Listening and Verbal Communication: These communication skills are essential for working on teams, which will be a significant part of your job.

Critical Thinking: You will need to use logic when testing products and solving problems.

Reading Comprehension: You must have the ability to understand written documentation.

Active Learning: You must be able to incorporate new findings into your work.

How Engineers Advance in Their Careers

After entry-level engineers gain experience and knowledge, they may work more independently, making decisions, developing designs, and solving problems.

With further experience, they may become technical specialists or supervisors over a staff or team of engineers or technicians. Eventually, they may become engineering managers or may move into other managerial or sales jobs.

What Employers Expect From You

To find out what qualities, in addition to education and technical skills, employers were looking for when hiring engineers, we again turned to Indeed.com. Here's what we found:

"Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required."

"Ability to organize work and deliver on time work products."

"Goal-oriented, able to set goals and achieve them."

"Ability to take ownership of assigned tasks in a timely manner, and learn new principle ideas and concepts."

"Organized, self-motivated, and detail-oriented, with the ability to adapt quickly in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment."

"Ability to read and interpret product drawings."

Is This Occupation a Good Fit for You?

Your interests, personality type, and work-related values are some of the factors that will determine whether being an engineer is a good fit for you. This career is suitable for people who have the following traits:

Interests (Holland Code): RIC (Realistic, Investigative, Conventional)

Personality Type Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI): ENTJ, INTJ, ESTJ, ISTJ, ESTP

Work-Related Values: Independence, Working Conditions, Achievement, Recognition

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Important Note:High school students will apply to High School SIP (HS-SIP), HiSTEP, or HiSTEP 2.0. SIP is only for college, graduate school, and professional (e.g., medical, dental, pharmacy, etc.) school students.
Note: HiSTEP and HiSTEP 2.0, which are organized by the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education (OITE), are described at the end of this page; be certain to take a look and see if either of them interests you.

The HS-SIP application is now CLOSED.

Program Description:

High School SIP (HS-SIP) provides an opportunity to spend a summer working at the NIH side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world, in an environment devoted exclusively to biomedical research. The NIH consists of the 240-bed Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center and more than 1150 laboratories/research projects located on the main campus in Bethesda, MD, and in the surrounding area as well as in Baltimore and Frederick, MD; Research Triangle Park, NC; Hamilton, MT; Framingham, MA; Phoenix, AZ; and Detroit, MI. NOTE: the number of positions in Hamilton, Framingham, Phoenix, and Detroit is limited. Also, the NIEHS in North Carolina and NIDDK in Bethesda will not accept high school summer interns for 2022.

What are the start and end dates for the program?
The NIH Institutes and Centers and the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education sponsor a required summer orientation on each of three dates: June 13th, 20th, and 27th. All interns must complete an orientation before joining their research groups. HS-SIP internships generally cover a minimum of eight weeks. The OITE also offers a wide range of summer high school activities including Summer Lectures featuring distinguished NIH investigators, career/professional development workshops, college readiness activities, wellness programming, and Summer Poster Day.

To increase your chances of being offered a position, please do three things:

1. Watch the Applying Successfully Video for High School Students.

2. Read the High School SIP FAQs carefully.

3. Read our suggestions for creating a successful HS-SIP application.

Eligibility: The 2022 High School Summer Internship Program is for students who

are seventeen (17) years of age or older by June 15, 2022(No exceptions will be made),

are high school juniors or seniors at the time of application,

are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. (U.S. citizens may apply if they are enrolled at least half-time in high school. Permanent residents must be enrolled in a high school in the U.S. to be eligible.), and

if they will be 17 years of age on June 15, 2022, live, at the time of application, within 40 miles of the NIH campus on which they will intern.* (This requirement does not apply to applicants who are 18 and older.)

*High school applicants who will be 17 on June 15, 2022, and would like to request a waiver of the requirement that, at the time of application, they live within 40 miles of the NIH campus at which they hope to intern, should check the HS-SIP FAQs for guidance on requesting a waiver of this requirement.

Students with disabilities; students from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the NSF to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Native Americans, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders); students who identify as LGBTQ; and others disadvantaged by circumstances that have negatively impacted their educational opportunities, including recent natural disasters, are encouraged to apply.

Background Check: In order to be approved for logical and physical access to NIH facilities and systems, candidates must be able to pass a Federal background check, using Standard Form-85 ( read SF-85). NOTE: Section 14 of the form asks "In the last year, have you used, possessed, supplied, or manufactured illegal drugs?" The question pertains to the illegal use of drugs or controlled substances in accordance with Federal laws, even though permissible under state laws.

Stipend Information: The stipends for trainees are adjusted yearly; the level depends on education completed prior to starting at the NIH. For details, see the Trainee Stipends page. Stipends are paid by the Institute or Center (IC) or the research group in which the intern works.

Application Procedure: Prospective candidates must apply online. The application is available from mid-November to February 1. It requires submission of

a curriculum vitae or resume,

a list of coursework and grades (please note: we do not need a transcript at this time),

a cover letter describing the applicant's research interests and career goals, and

the names and contact information for two references.

Candidates may also specify the scientific methodologies or disease/organ systems that interest them.

Selection: The NIH HS-SIP is highly competitive. Summer interns for 2022 will be selected by central committees in the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs). Care will be taken to ensure that no high school summer intern works in the same IC as their parent or guardian. NIH investigators will no longer be able to view high school applications or select their own high school interns. Therefore, high school applicants should NOT contact NIH investigators. NOTE: The OITE plays no role in the selection process.

Candidates will be informed of their selection by the hiring Institute, generally by May 1. Successful candidates will be required to submit the following documentation to their Institute or Center prior to beginning their training:

Official high school transcripts

Proof of U.S. citizenship or permanent resident status. U.S. citizens may submit a copy of their birth certificate or passport. Permanent residents will need to provide a copy of their permanent resident (green) card.

Proof of COVID-19 vaccination.

IMPORTANT NOTES: (1) Only individuals who apply through the SIP online application system will be allowed to intern at the NIH. (2) Only individuals whose official documents demonstrate that they meet all High School SIP eligibility criteria will be appointed to the program. This applies to both paid interns and unpaid Special Volunteers. (3) High school students should NOT contact NIH investigators to inquire about positions. Individual investigators are no longer involved in the HS-SIP summer intern selection process.

One of the goals of the NIH is to build a highly diverse and inclusive scientific workforce. Toward that goal, the NIH Office of Intramural Training & Education welcomes applications for two special high school summer internship programs (HiSTEP and HiSTEP 2.0).

The High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (HiSTEP) and HiSTEP 2.0 are programs for high school students in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC, area within commuting distance (40 miles) of the main NIH campus in Bethesda. The programs aim to introduce students from high schools with a high percentage of financially-disadvantaged students (schools in which at least 30% of students participate in the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program) to the exciting possibility of careers in the sciences and biomedical research.

HiSTEP: Unlike the other NIH summer programs, HiSTEP is not a hands-on, full-time research program. Instead, HiSTEP will combine an introduction to scientific, professional, and personal skills with leadership training, wellness programming, and an exploration of STEM-M (science, technology, engineering, math, and medically-related) careers. In addition, college and career advising will help prepare HiSTEP participants for future scholarships and internships. If you are a current high school junior and interested, please read more about HiSTEP. HiSTEP is for individuals who are juniors at the time of application.

HiSTEP 2.0 provides high school seniors and HiSTEP alumni an opportunity to spend eight weeks performing full-time biomedical research. Students will work with their mentors in research groups on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. In addition, students will participate in weekly workshops and seminars aimed at developing their scientific, professional, and personal (including wellness) skills. They will also discuss strategies for succeeding in college. If you are interested in HiSTEP 2.0, please read more
IMPORTANT SUBPROGRAM NOTES:

1. Although you use the online SIP application to apply for both these programs, eligibility criteria, application deadlines, and program curricula vary (view a high school summer program comparison chart). Please read each program's description carefully to decide which, if any, will best fit your needs.

2. If you choose to apply to HiSTEP or HiSTEP 2.0, your application will not be available as part of the general HS-SIP program until AFTER HiSTEP/HiSTEP 2.0 selections have been made. If you are not selected, your application will be then be considered along with other applications in the general HS-SIP applicant pool.

3. Individuals selected to participate in HiSTEP 2.0 will be matched with NIH investigators by the HiSTEP 2.0 selection committee.

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System architects, software engineers, data analysts -- at first glance, the jobs that are hot in the quantum computing sector don't sound all that different from the tech roles we're already familiar with. Which deal with the classical computers we know well, from smartphones to supercomputers.

But to fill the burgeoning opportunities in quantum, transferring even the most expert knowledge of classical computers into the quantum world just won't cut it.

Quantum computers are fundamentally different from the classical devices we know and use every day. Instead of relying on bits, quantum systems leverage the complex laws of quantum physics to create quantum bits, or 'qubits', that are capable of carrying out calculations exponentially faster.

Building, programming and maintaining a quantum computer, therefore, is a radically different paradigm. It requires an understanding of quantum physics and how to map problems to the quantum space -- think programming languages, architectures, workflows and software, all of which are specific to quantum computing.

And it turns out that finding workers who have that breadth of knowledge is becoming more and more difficult.

"Finding someone with the right skill mix is the biggest challenge," Ross Duncan, the head of quantum software at Cambridge Quantum, tells ZDNet. "It's happened only a handful of times among the people that we hired to get someone who was ready to start when they walked in the door."

As a company focusing on creating quantum software, Cambridge Quantum usually looks for candidates who both grasp theoretical quantum computing while also being competent software developers.

"It's putting together a physics background with a computing background and trying to find candidates who have both," says Duncan. And that's not the most typical combination on a CV.

The issue isn't restricted to quantum software businesses. A company working on quantum superconducting hardware, for example, is likely to need someone that can build the infrastructure that cools down the system's processor -- which requires knowledge and expertise not only in quantum physics and cryogenics but also computer science skills to carry out testing and trialling.

In other words, employers need quantum employees with interdisciplinary skills: on top of a background in quantum physics, some sort of experience with data analysis, engineering, modelling or programming, among other things, will also be a must-have.

Wanted: quantum doctors

That level of specialisation isn't common; in fact, it mostly exists at the PhD level. And the problem is, there aren't enough PhD graduates.

"If you're trying to hire for quantum skills, you end up having to look for very interdisciplinary training, and what you end up needing is usually PhDs," Abe Asfaw, quantum education lead at IBM, tells ZDNet. "The rate at which PhDs is being generated is far slower than the industry needs today, so we're seeing very intense competition to hire new PhDs in the field."

Of course, for now, the quantum computing industry is still something of a niche. This is largely because the technology is nascent: with most quantum computers currently supporting about 100 qubits or less, there's very little that can actually be done with the existing systems.

As a result, only a few companies are investing in the space, and the number of quantum roles, while growing, remains relatively low.

But this is expected to change as businesses increasingly show interest in quantum technologies. Some estimates predict that the quantum computing industry will be a $65 billion market by 2030; others anticipate that up to 20% of organizations could be budgeting for quantum computing in 2023, up from 1% in 2018.

With a larger industry comes more demand for qualified workers -- but PhD-level quantum candidates aren't produced overnight.

"As a guess, I'd say there are probably a couple of dozen of PhD students produced in the UK each year that specialise in topics that are relevant to what we are doing, and I could hire them all myself," says Duncan. "In the short term, the constraints are going to become worse because we don't have the capacity to spin up a whole new lot of PhD programs."

The long-term solution is pretty obvious: education programs need to be reformed to bring the level of interdisciplinarity required by businesses down to the undergraduate level.

This is something that experts from both industry and academia have been considering for a number of years. In 2019, a symposium of 50 quantum experts from the US and Europe gathered at the University of California to discuss the issue and drafted a report looking at the current state of Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) education programs. One of the main shortcomings that were highlighted in the report was the lack of alignment between higher education degrees and industry requirements.

For a company like Cambridge Quantum, those requirements are mostly technical. Duncan also mentions the possibility of online learning and professional training while new tools are emerging, such as IBM's first quantum developer certification, to help learners get up to scratch.

But beyond the need for employees who know how to build and manipulate a quantum computer, the industry is now also expanding to include organisations that are not quantum by nature but nevertheless interested in finding out what the technology could do to improve their business model.

There too, explains Ivan Ostojic, partner at tech consultancy McKinsey, some talent gaps are lurking, and they will need to be filled.

"At the moment, a lot of businesses are experimenting with quantum computing to see how they can extract value or valuable learnings," Ostojic tells ZDNet. "They will need what we call business translators, who need to have a deep understanding of the business and of the type of problems they are trying to solve that can't be answered with classical computers."

"At the same time, they will need to be fluent in quantum technologies, know what quantum systems are in development and how mature they are. Companies will need people who know both sides of the equation, business and quantum."

Understanding how quantum could boost efficiencies for banks is likely to require a candidate with some knowledge of finance. A materials design company looking at quantum computers might need a chemist. A basic knowledge of particle physics is useful to know whether quantum technologies could help discover the fundamental laws of nature.

This gap could also be solved at the university level, in the form of double majors combining quantum with a specialism -- but companies will likely have to take it upon themselves to develop talent early to make sure that employees understand their specific business problems, and how they can be answered with quantum computing.

Some of the more forward-thinking companies seem to have understood what is at stake. For example, banking giant JP Morgan, which has long been researching the potential of quantum computers for finance applications, created a summer associate program designed as an internship for students enrolled in a master's or PhD degree.

The requirements for the job include a degree in computer science, maths, engineering or sciences, as well as experience with quantum computing algorithms and applications; and successful candidates are promised the opportunity to collaborate on research to develop quantum solutions to problems faced by internal teams.

One of the most alluring benefits featuring on the job ad? Top-performing candidates can expect a full-time offer at the firm.

For giants like JP Morgan, the strategy is likely to pay off. With experts trained from an early stage to know how quantum computing can be tailored to the company's needs, the firm is setting itself for future success.

For smaller companies, however, competing for quantum talent could become an existential issue. Itamar Sivan, the CEO of Quantum Machines, explains that the challenge is already more tangible. "A few years back, it was easy to hire everywhere," Sivan tells ZDNet. "But the field is now transitioning from academia to industry, and as the industry grows, academia can't keep up.

"In countries like the US, where there are all the multinationals and a ton of start-ups, everyone is shoving their heads into the same pool of talents," he continues.

Looking for quantum candidates in the US is now difficult, continues Sivan, who doesn't expect the situation to ease over the next few years.

And with businesses set to be fighting over quantum-qualified job seekers in the near future, now might be the right time to start studying.

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The Occupational Outlook Handbook is the government's premier source of career guidance featuring hundreds of occupations-such as carpenters, teachers, and veterinarians. Revised annually, the latest version contains employment projections for the 2022-32 decade.

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Developer jobs: Google’s Go, Redux.js, Google Cloud, and AWS skills will get you the most interviews

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While many people will face tough prospects in 2021, software engineers remain in high demand - even in areas that tech companies and employees are supposedly fleeing from, like San Francisco.

But while employees might want to leave expensive cities, employers are offering slightly more to attract talent in traditional tech hubs.

"Average salaries for top software engineering roles increased in all major tech hubs last year - by 5% in the San Francisco Bay Area, 3% in New York, 7% in Toronto, and 6% in London respectively," Hired notes in a new report.
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Hired notes that programmers who know Google's Go programming language, the Redux JavaScript library, Google Cloud, and AWS get more interview requests from employers.

Remote working under the pandemic, however, has had some impact on traditional tech hubs as more remote roles appear elsewhere.

For example, Denver, in Colorado accounted for 34% remote role offers, while roles in London and Toronto accounted for 6% and 9% of remote roles, respectively.

Hired's survey, covering 10,000 participating companies and 245,000 job seekers, was conducted with hiring platform Vettery.

"Demand for software engineers and their skill set continued to grow despite the massive economic downturn amid the pandemic and one of the most difficult job markets in US history," said Josh Brenner, Vettery's chief.

"As many companies will pick up their hiring efforts again this year, they will have to compete even more for top engineering talent."
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The companies found that 83% of software engineers were after "new challenges and continuous learning", meaning that companies will need to cater to an appetite among developers for remote work and career development opportunities.

Developers across the board are in demand. People with backend and full stack knowledge accounted for 58% and 57% of interview requests, while frontend software engineers accounted for 30% of all interview requests.

Software engineers who know about Redux.js, Google Cloud, AWS and React.js are in luck. Engineers proficient in Redux.js received almost three times more interview requests than the marketplace average, while candidates with Google Cloud, AWS and React.js skills received 2.7 times more interviews.

The companies found that developers with knowledge of Go and Scalagot twice as many interview requests.

AWS is where the jobs are though. "AWS was requested 8 [times] more in job listings compared to Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure skills," Hired notes.

Developers who want a job also need to know Kubernetes and Docker, the predominant container technologies.

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Developer jobs: Google's Go, Redux.js, Google Cloud, and AWS skills will get you the most interviews | ZDNet

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While many people will face tough prospects in 2021, software engineers remain in high demand - even in areas that tech companies and employees are supposedly fleeing from, like San Francisco. But while employees might want to leave expensive cities, employers are offering slightly more to attract talent in traditional tech hubs.

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Start Your Path As An IT Professional With A Course From Networking Academy

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Start Your Path As An IT Professional With A Course From Networking Academy

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Start Your Path As An IT Professional With A Course From Networking Academy

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Choose from a selection of courses developed to give you the training you need to began & finish an education in Information Technology.

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CyberStart High School Cyber Security Challenges and Games | SANS Institute

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CyberStart High School Cyber Security Challenges and Games | SANS Institute

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A free national program for high school students to master cybersecurity as a gateway to the industry, up their digital skills, and compete for college scholarships through the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation. CyberStart America continues the legacy of Girls Go CyberStart, a program designed to close the gender gap in cybersecurity, which had over 30,000 high school girls discover the exciting world of cybersecurity in just 3 years. CyberStart America's overall mission is to rapidly eliminate the cybersecurity skills gap in the United States by providing scholarships for students with an innate talent for cybersecurity to study the discipline at the highest level, and to educate the cybersecurity leaders of tomorrow.

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CyberStart High School Cyber Security Challenges and Games | SANS Institute

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A free national program for high school students to master cybersecurity as a gateway to the industry, up their digital skills, and compete for college scholarships through the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation. CyberStart America continues the legacy of Girls Go CyberStart, a program designed to close the gender gap in cybersecurity, which had over 30,000 high school girls discover the exciting world of cybersecurity in just 3 years.

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INSPIRING THE NEXT GENERATION OF CYBER STARS

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The 10 Best Free Online Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning Courses For 2020 - Forbes

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Demand for people with artificial intelligence and machine learning skills has never been bigger. Demand clearly outstrips supply. If you want to boost your AI and ML skills, then these 10 free courses are a great place to start.

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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) | NIST

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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) | NIST

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Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF)

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In our digital era, organizations are relying increasingly on cybersecurity to protect themselves, enable trust, move faster, add value, and grow. As the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks rises, organizations are experiencing a significant shortage of IT professionals with cybersecurity skills.

To help close this security skills gap, Cisco is introducing the Global Cybersecurity Scholarship program. Cisco will invest $10 million in this program to increase the pool of talent with critical cybersecurity proficiency. Cisco also has enhanced its Security certification portfolio with a new CCNA Cyber Ops certification.

Through the scholarship program, Cisco will offer free training, mentoring, and testing designed to help you earn CCNA Cyber Ops certification and hone the skills needed for the job role of security operations center analyst. The new CCNA Cyber Ops certification has been designed to address the critical skills deficit, providing the job-ready knowledge needed to meet current and future challenges in network security.

Take the first step today toward a rewarding career in cybersecurity. Partner with Cisco and become one of the talented cybersecurity professionals now in high demand in nearly all industries.

Scholarship Award Details

The self-paced e-learning path for this certification includes three courses and two exams, representing a significant monetary investment in your career:

"Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Fundamentals" (SECFND), first course in the CCNA Cyber Ops curriculum

"Implementing Cisco Cybersecurity Operations" (SECOPS), second course in the CCNA Cyber Ops curriculum

Two accompanying CCNA Cyber Ops exams (210-250 SECFND and 210-255 SECOPS)

Mentoring and coaching for all three of the above courses

Cisco will deliver the program in partnership with key Cisco Authorized Learning Partners, which will provide the mentoring and coaching.

The cost of all training, mentoring and coaching, and exam fees good toward completion of a CCNA Cyber Ops certification is included in the scholarship.

Qualifications
To be considered for a scholarship, applicants must meet these qualifications:

General:

Be at least 18 years old

Be proficient in English

Basic technical competency (possess one or more of the following):

Cisco certification (Cisco CCENT certification or higher)

Relevant industry certification [(ISC)², CompTIA Security+, EC-Council, GIAC, ISACA]

Cisco Networking Academy letter of completion (CCNA 1 and CCNA 2)

At least three years of combined experience in approved U.S. military job roles

Windows expertise: Microsoft (Microsoft Specialist, MCSA, MCSE), CompTIA (A+, Network+, Server+)

Linux expertise: CompTIA (Linux+), Linux Professional Institute (LPI) certification, Linux Foundation (LFCS, LFCE), Red Hat (RHCSA, RHCE, RHCA), Oracle Linux (OCA, OCP)

Candidate acknowledgment:

Planning a career in IT cybersecurity

Prepared to complete training in four months

Willing to share a success story

For a full listing of the eligibility requirements please visit the Official Program Rules here.
Get Your Career Started Now!
Complete the form at the right to start the sign-up process, after which you will hear from us once we have reviewed your initial qualifications for the program. If you'd like further information first, we invite you to explore the following:

Watch a video with Cisco's senior vice presidents discussing the program

Read our blog about the cybersecurity scholarship

The Cisco Cybersecurity Scholarship program is now closed. Thank you to everyone who participated in the program

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In our digital era, organizations are relying increasingly on cybersecurity to protect themselves, enable trust, move faster, add value, and grow. As the volume and sophistication of cyberattacks rises, organizations are experiencing a significant shortage of IT professionals with cybersecurity skills. To help close this security skills gap, Cisco is introducing the Global Cybersecurity Scholarship program.

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The Interview Guys - Get The Interview, Get The Job

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To help prepare all students for the global workforce, the College Board and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) have partnered on a program to encourage student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses and build their interest in STEM degrees and careers. The program leverages the success of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program (AP) and Project Lead The Way's applied learning programs.

The program has three elements:

College and career pathways that connect AP and PLTW courses

Recognition for students who participate in the pathways, and recognition for schools

A portfolio of career-focused opportunities for students

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To help prepare all students for the global workforce, the College Board and Project Lead The Way (PLTW) have partnered on a program to encourage student participation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses and build their interest in STEM degrees and careers.

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AlphaPilot AI Drone Innovation Challenge | Lockheed Martin

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AlphaPilot AI Drone Innovation Challenge | Lockheed Martin

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Calling all coders, gamers, race fans, and drone enthusiasts...

Lockheed Martin and The Drone Racing League (DRL) challenge you to participate in AlphaPilot, an open innovation challenge, developing artificial intelligence for high-speed racing drones.

AlphaPilot will challenge teams of up to 10 participants each to design an artificial intelligence (AI) framework, powered by the NVIDIA Jetson platform for AI at the edge, that is capable of flying a drone -- without any human intervention or navigational pre-programming.

Autonomous drones will race head-to-head through complex, three-dimensional tracks in DRL's new Artificial Intelligence Robotic Racing (AIRR) Circuit, starting in 2019.

AlphaPilot aims to unite a diverse community of practicing and emerging AI experts, researchers and students to inspire the next generation of autonomous drone technology. By participating in this challenge, your knowledge and ideas can contribute directly toward the future of autonomous transportation, delivery, disaster relief, and even space exploration!

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AlphaPilot AI Drone Innovation Challenge

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Calling all coders, gamers, race fans, and drone enthusiasts... Lockheed Martin and The Drone Racing League (DRL) challenge you to participate in AlphaPilot, an open innovation challenge, developing artificial intelligence for high-speed racing drones.

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NASA.gov brings you the latest images, videos and news from America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA missions, watch NASA TV live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind.

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Lockheed Martin CYBERQUEST™ Competition | Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin CYBERQUEST™ Competition | Lockheed Martin

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Lockheed Martin CYBERQUEST™ Competition Events
Competition will be October 26th Registration
Bethesda, MD
Canberra, AUS
Denver, CO
Fort Worth, TX
Hanover, MD
Herndon, VA
King of Prussia, PA
Orlando, FL
Stratford, CT
Whiteley, UK

Contact Cyber Quest:
For additional information,
please email the cyberquest.info@lmco.com

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Competition will be October 26th Registration Bethesda, MD Canberra, AUS Denver, CO Fort Worth, TX Hanover, MD Herndon, VA King of Prussia, PA Orlando, FL Stratford, CT Whiteley, UK Contact Cyber Quest: For additional information, please email the cyberquest.info@lmco.com

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Learning Takes Your Career to the Next Level - Cisco

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Learning Takes Your Career to the Next Level - Cisco

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Learning Takes Your Career to the Next Level

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Be job ready today, tomorrow and beyond. Fuel your career with the new learning portfolio that unlocks possibilities for both network engineers and developers.

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VEX IQ Curriculum - For Educators - VEX IQ - VEX Robotics

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VEX IQ Curriculum - For Educators - VEX IQ - VEX Robotics

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The VEX Robotics Design System offers students an exciting platform for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). These are just a few of the many fields students can explore by creating with VEX Robotics technology.

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CollegeTracks – helps students manage the challenges of the college experience so they persist, graduate and find a path that allows them to achieve independence, support families and give back to the community.

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CollegeTracks - helps students manage the challenges of the college experience so they persist, graduate and find a path that allows them to achieve independence, support families and give back to the community.

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Our Success Program supports students once they enter college. CollegeTracks coaches help students manage academic, financial, personal and social challenges they may face, and secure ongoing financial aid so they can persist and graduate. Students learn critical college success skills and develop a detailed degree plan. Coaches monitor and support students' progress.

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Stadia - A New Gaming Platform - Google Store

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Stadia - A New Gaming Platform - Google Store

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Go from watching to playing in seconds. No updates, no downloads. Stadia's cloud based gaming infrastructure delivers beautiful HDR graphics and smooth frame rates.

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Search our Job Opportunities at Lockheed Martin Corporation

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CCNA Entry Level Jobs, Employment in Gaithersburg, MD | Indeed.com

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CCNA Entry Level Jobs, Employment in Gaithersburg, MD | Indeed.com

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Microsoft Systems Administration experience, MCSA, MCSE, MCITP or CCNA is strongly preferred. Bowman Williams Staffs the Cloud.... Technical certifications (e.g., CCNA, CCNP, SEC+). Entry is with a Bachelor's degree and no experience. Salary offers are based on candidates' education level... Obtain VMware VCP, Cisco CCNA, Windows MCSE/MCSA, Citrix certifications within 18 months.

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At NASA, we explore the extraordinary every day and our work is more than just a profession-it's a lifelong pursuit and a passion. NASA offers several opportunities for students to undertake meaningful and challenging projects that truly make an impact on humanity.

NASA's internship programs provide training, mentoring, and career development opportunities while working with the best science, engineering, financial, information technology and business minds in the world.

Internship

NASA Office of STEM Engagement (OSTEM) paid internships allow high school and college-level students to contribute to agency projects under the guidance of a NASA mentor.

Applicants for this internship must be U.S. Citizens and meet a minimum 3.0 GPA requirement. These paid internships are offered across NASA facilities in fall, spring, and summer sessions. One application is viewed agencywide. OSTEM interns may receive a stipend based on academic level and session length. Prior experience is not required. Opportunities are available at the high school, undergraduate, graduate, and educator levels.

Upcoming Dates:
- Summer 2024 Session Application Rolling Decision Deadline: Feb. 2, 2024

Frequently Asked Questions

"After years of constant hard work, setbacks, and dreaming about the future, I finally made it to NASA!"

Andrea Lasta

Armstrong Flight Research Center Intern

Discover More Topics From NASA

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NASA's internship programs provide training, mentoring, and career development opportunities while working with the best science, engineering, financial, information technology and business minds in the world.

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Code Quest 2022 Competition took place virtually on April 30 th, 2022.

Please comeback in December for details regarding Code Quest 2023.

Each year, Lockheed Martin hosts Code Quest, an annual computer programming competition where teams of two to three high school students work together to solve problems by using JAVA, Python, C#, and/or C++ programming to complete the "quest". The problem set consists of 20 to 30 challenging problems created by Lockheed Martin engineers and computer programmers.

Combined locations for the day of the event are noted below.

Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

Ampthill, United Kingdom (Combined U.K. Event)

Arlington, Virginia (Combined WMA Event)

Bethesda, Maryland (Combined WMA Event)

Australia/Singapore/New Zealand (Combined APAC Event)

Dallas, Texas (Combined TX Event)

Colorado Springs/Denver, Colorado (Combined Event)

Fort Worth, Texas (Combined TX Event)

Greenville, South Carolina (Combined Unaffiliated Virtual U.S. Event)

Hanover, Maryland (Combined WMA Event)

Houston, Texas (Combined TX Event)

Huntsville, Alabama (Combined Unaffiliated Virtual U.S. Event)

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

Marietta, Georgia

Mielec, Poland

Moorestown, New Jersey (combined NJ = NY event)

Orlando, Florida

Owego/Syracuse, New York (combined NJ - NY event)

Palmdale, California (Combined CA Event)

Stratford, Connecticut

Sunnyvale, California (Combined CA Event)

Whiteley, United Kingdom (Combined U.K. Event)

U.S. Unaffiliated (schools not located in a host state)

If you have any questions, please contact us by email at code-quest.gr-aero@lmco.com

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Code Quest 2022 Competition took place virtually on April 30 th, 2022. Please comeback in December for details regarding Code Quest 2023. Each year, Lockheed Martin hosts Code Quest, an annual computer programming competition where teams of two to three high school students work together to solve problems by using JAVA, Python, C#, and/or C++ programming to complete the "quest".

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WIAA Day 2019 Tickets, Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 8:30 AM | Eventbrite

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WIAA Day 2019 Tickets, Sun, Apr 7, 2019 at 8:30 AM | Eventbrite

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WIAA Day 2019 will be held at the University of Maryland campus on Sunday, April 7th! We are inviting 100 high school and middle school students (on a first-come, first-served basis), accompanied by a parent, to learn about aerospace engineering with the Women in Aeronautics and Astronautics organization.

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Home - Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes of Health

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Home - Office of Intramural Training & Education at the National Institutes of Health

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Summer High School Intern Program Research | NIST

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Summer High School Intern Program Research | NIST

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NIST research is subdivided into six organizational NIST laboratories that conduct research in a wide variety of physical and engineering sciences. The labs respond to industry needs for measurement methods, tools, data, and technology. Six laboratories participate in the SHIP program.

Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of NIST's research, we encourage students to look through the different websites above to discover lots of interesting project areas. The following information describes the types of research performed by each laboratory. See research projects done in previous years.

Which NIST Laboratory should you choose?

As part of the personal statement, you are asked to select the NIST laboratory to which you will apply. You are encouraged to list first, second, and even third choices since the number of students accepted by each program varies from year to year. In making your choice, review the general descriptions below and consider which best fits your career interests as well as the advanced science courses (e.g., chemistry, physics, computer science, environmental science, engineering) that you have taken so far. If you have computer programming experience and are interested in a project that involves programming, you are encouraged to mention that explicitly in your statement. Note that there is very limited opportunity for SHIP research in the biological or life sciences at NIST.

The research performed in each NIST Laboratory typically spans a wide-variety of scientific disciplines. The list below provides an overview of the scientific focus areas in each one. For more specific information, you are encouraged to check out the website for each Lab.

EL - Engineering Laboratory

The EL develops standards (such as performance metrics, testing methods, reference materials, etc.) and meets the measurement science needs for technology-intensive manufacturing, construction, and cyber-physical systems, including the Smart Grid Program. The laboratory also promotes the development of new advanced manufacturing and construction technologies for U.S. industries.

Examples of Research Activities: Innovative fire protection, sustainable manufacturing, intelligent manufacturing (such as automation, robotics, and equipment), net zero-energy buildings, integrated and automated construction processes, new building materials and systems, economic impacts, and disaster-resilient structures.

Relevant Academic Interests and Coursework: Physics, chemistry, computer science, statistics, economics, and engineering physics (Students interested in electrical engineering should apply to PML).

ITL - Information Technology Laboratory

Through research and development in information technology, applied mathematics, and statistics, ITL supports the development and advancement of measurement science, standards infrastructure, and computer technology. Primary focus areas include networking and communications, computer security, software engineering and human interaction with computers.

Examples of Research Activities: Computer network modeling, biometrics for computer access and security, cryptography, computer forensics, trustworthy software, software quality testing, digital data retrieval and preservation, bioinformatics, data mining, machine learning, information visualization, and image analysis.

Relevant Academic Interests and Coursework: Computer science, mathematics, and statistics.

MML- Material Measurement Laboratory

The MML conducts fundamental and applied research on the composition, structure and properties of industrial, chemical, biochemical, ceramic, metallurgic, polymeric, and environmental materials. The MML also serves as the national reference laboratory for materials measurements by providing reference measurement procedures, certified reference materials and data, and best-practice guides that help assure measurement quality. In materials science, projects focus on synthesis, measurements, theory and modeling of innovative materials and devices. In chemical and biochemical sciences, projects address technology development and measurement standards in areas broadly encompassed by chemistry, biotechnology, and chemical engineering.

Examples of Research Activities: Semiconductor and organic electronics, advanced nanomaterials (such as structural steels and complex fluids), fossil and alternate fuels, lightweight alloys for manufacturing, biomaterials, chemical forensics, health care manufacturing, polymers and plastics (such as body armor materials), contaminant monitoring for food safety.

Relevant Academic Interests and Coursework: Chemistry, biochemistry, molecular biology, physics, computer science, mathematics, environmental science, chemical and mechanical engineering.

NCNR - NIST Center for Neutron Research

The NCNR is a major national user facility and resource for industry, universities, and government agencies. Neutrons are unique, powerful probes of the structure and dynamics of a wide-range of technologically-important magnetic, chemical, biochemical, ceramic, metallurgic, polymeric, and environmental materials.

Examples of Research Activities: Battery materials, hydrogen-storage materials, superconductors, nanoscale materials, polymers and plastics, complex fluids (e.g., salad dressing, milk, petroleum and oil, etc.), organic solar cells and photovoltaics, magnetic refrigerants, biological membranes, magnetic storage media.

Relevant Academic Interests and Coursework: Computer science (with emphasis on data reduction, analysis and modeling), physics, chemistry, biochemistry, mathematics, chemical engineering.

PML - Physical Measurement Laboratory

The PML supports the research community in such areas as communication, defense, electronics, energy, environment, health, lighting, manufacturing, microelectronics, radiation, remote sensing, space, and transportation. The research areas include atomic, molecular, optical, radiation and chemical physics, as well as electro-technology. The PML also develops new electronic devices and techniques to serve US industry's need for standardized measurements.

Examples of Research Activities: Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, radioactivity in environmental sensing, industrial radiation dosimetry, cooling and trapping of atoms with lasers, detector development, quantum optics, ultraviolet optics and optical properties, helio- and astrophysics, bioelectronics, smart grid metrology, nanotechnology, quantum-based electrical measurements and devices, electronics reliability and materials metrology, molecular and organic electronics, micro electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) for integrated circuits and nanoelectronics.

Relevant Academic Interests and Coursework: Physics, computer science, electrical and mechanical engineering, mathematics, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science.

CTL - Communications Technology Laboratory

Through research and development in communications technology, CTL supports the development and advancement of measurement science, standards infrastructure, and communications technology. Primary focus areas include wireless networking, radio frequency advanced technologies, and public safety communications.

Examples of Research Activities: Broadband communications network for emergency responders; models of high frequency wireless devices; communication sharing the same frequency space, etc.

Relevant Academic Interests and Coursework: Computer science, mathematics, and statistics.

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Summer High School Intern Program Research

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NIST research is subdivided into six organizational NIST laboratories that conduct research in a wide variety of physical and engineering sciences. The labs respond to industry needs for measurement methods, tools, data, and technology. Six laboratories participate in the SHIP program.

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NASA is looking for well-rounded students who are self-motivated, passionate, and want to join our ranks as we lead human space exploration. 

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NASA is looking for well-rounded students who are self-motivated, passionate, and want to join our ranks as we lead human space exploration. 

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The Robotics Education & Competition Foundation exists to connect students, mentors, and schools in every community to a variety of successful and engaging technology-based programs. Our goal is to provide these programs with services, solutions, and a community that allows them to flourish in a way…

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Increasing student interest and involvement in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by engaging students in hands-on, affordable, and sustainable robotics engineering programs.

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The Women's Center - 2019 Leadership Conference

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A statewide competition for Wisconsin students enrolled in the PLTW Capstone Courses "Engineering Design and Development" or "Biomedical Innovation"

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Quince Orchard HS - Signature Program - AP Courses

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Cisco Security Webinars and Demo Fridays - Cisco

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Cisco Security Webinars and Demo Fridays

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The threat landscape continues to evolve and become more sophisticated. To help gain the upper hand against attackers, explore the full catalog of on-demand Cisco security webinars.

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NEWS and Stuff - to share, to inform, to inspire

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People explores the principles of effective self-leadership, influence, collaboration, and improvement.

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New program: Java Programming and Robotics | Saturday School

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Saturday School Robotics Java Flyer 2018-2019 v2 2

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Saturday School Robotics Java Flyer 2018-2019 v2 2

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Global Problem Solvers: The Series is an animated series from Cisco that explores entrepreneurship, life skills, & the power of technology for social good.

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PLTW, Chevron, and John Deere invite high school students in grades 9 -11 to participate in the 2019 PLTW Engineering Design Competition.

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StellarXplorers STK Training about Communication Components

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Collegiate Award Applications Are Open

NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) offers awards that honor aspirations, abilities, technical accomplishments, and influential guidance. Applications for both the Aspirations in Computing Educator Award and the Aspirations in Computing Award for high school women, genderqueer, and non-binary students open September 1st.

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NCWIT Aspirations in Computing (AiC) offers awards that honor aspirations, abilities, technical accomplishments, and influential guidance. Applications for both the Aspirations in Computing Educator Award and the Aspirations in Computing Award for high school women, genderqueer, and non-binary students open September 1st.

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VT Maker Festival 2018 - November 3, 2018 - Northern Virginia Center - Falls Church, VA

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VT Maker Festival 2018 - November 3, 2018 - Northern Virginia Center - Falls Church, VA

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The 4th Annual Virginia Tech Maker Festival will take place on Saturday, November 3rd, 2018 from 10AM - 3PM at the Virginia Tech Northern Virginia Center (7054 Haycock Road, Falls Church, VA 22043). Stay tuned for further information. Prepare for a full day of creativity, engineering, and discovery!

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X-STEM DC 2019 - presented by NCR - is an Extreme STEM symposium for middle through high school students featuring interactive presentations by an exclusive group of visionaries who aim to empower and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These STEM role models and industry leaders are sure to ignite your students' curiosity through storytelling and live demonstrations.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
9:30am to 3:00pm
Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Washington, DC

Advance registration is required to attend. Registration will open in late-2018. Tell us you're planning to join us by completing the Interest List here.

PLEASE NOTE - X-STEM is a conference-style event. The Festival Expo exhibits will not be open during X-STEM DC 2019. The Festival's next biennial Expo weekend will be held in spring 2020!

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X-STEM DC 2019 - presented by NCR - is an Extreme STEM symposium for middle through high school students featuring interactive presentations by an exclusive group of visionaries who aim to empower and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Talent Bridge empowers Cisco and our Cisco Channel Partners to identify top talent from Networking Academy's education partners that can fill crucial networking and security jobs.

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Overview | Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge 2018

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Find out more about Cisco's Global Problem Solver Challenge, where we'll award $300K total to digital technology problem solvers.

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NCL | National Cyber League | Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security

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NCL | National Cyber League | Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security

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The National Cyber League is a first-of-its-kind ongoing educational experiment in learning and gaming, where the students (AKA players) are co-creators and collaborators.

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WorldSkills is showcasing the value of skills and raising the recognition of skilled professionals worldwide.

Skills are the foundation of modern life. Everything, from the houses we live in to the societies we create, is the result of skills. They are the driving force behind successful careers and companies, thriving industries, and economies. Skills keep the world working.

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WorldSkills is showcasing the value of skills and raising the recognition of skilled professionals worldwide. Skills are the foundation of modern life. Everything, from the houses we live in to the societies we create, is the result of skills. They are the driving force behind successful careers and companies, thriving industries, and economies.

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SkillsUSA Web Resources Our web resources for advisors and students support active participation and the development of SkillsUSA Framework skills. SkillsUSA’s Learning Management System, housing curriculum and professional member benefits SkillsUSA’s Advocacy Site, allowing members to contact elect…

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The United States is facing a significant shortage of trained, skilled cyber security professionals. It is crucial that governments and businesses and not-for-profits have access to talented, skilled cyber security professionals in order to keep the nation's Internet-connected economy safe.

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MIT Entrepreneurship Online Bootcamp: From Idea To Startup In Eight Week

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Innovation doesn't grow in the comfort zone. It takes courage to breathe life into a new idea. But there's a common belief that entrepreneurs are born, not made. At Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), we know that this is a myth.

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VEX Robotics Competition Turning Point: 2018-2019 VRC Game - YouTube

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VEX Robotics Competition Turning Point: 2018-2019 VRC Game

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CyberStart High School Cyber Security Challenges and Games | SANS Institute

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CyberStart High School Cyber Security Challenges and Games | SANS Institute

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CyberStart High School Cyber Security Challenges and Games | SANS Institute

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Become the next generation of cyber security professionals. CyberStart is a program featuring fun, technical challenges and games for high school students.

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Self Enroll for Course: 590278 - Introduction to Cybersecurity

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Self Enroll for Course: 592440 - Cybersecurity Essentials

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Self Enroll for Course: 592437 - Packet Tracer Know How 1, Packet Tracer 101

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LPI Linux Essentials | Linux Professional Institute

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LPI Linux Essentials | Linux Professional Institute

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Show employers that you have the foundational skills required for your next job or promotion.

Linux adoption continues to rise world-wide as individual users, government entities and industries ranging from automotive to space exploration embrace open source technologies. This expansion of open source in enterprise is redefining traditional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) job roles to require more Linux skills. Whether you're starting your career in open source, or looking for advancement, independently verifying your skill set can help you stand out to hiring managers or your management team.

The Linux Essentials Professional Development Certificate (PDC) also serves as an ideal stepping-stone to the more advanced LPIC Professional Certification track for Linux Systems Administrators.

Current Version: 1.5 (Exam code 010-150)

Prerequisites: There are no prerequisites for this certification

Requirements: Passing the Linux Essentials 010 exam

Validity Period: Lifetime

Languages: English, German. The exam may be written in the following languages only at paper-based exam events: Portuguese (Brazilian), Italian, Spanish (Modern), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
To receive the Linux Essentials Certificate the candidate must:

have an understanding of the Linux and open source industry and knowledge of the most popular open source Applications;

understand the major components of the Linux operating system, and have the technical proficiency to work on the Linux command line; and

have a basic understanding of security and administration related topics such as user/group management, working on the command line, and permissions.

Linux skills enhance many ICT job roles

Developers
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PHP

Mobile

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Microsoft Systems

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The Linux Essentials Professional Development Certificate validates a demonstrated understanding of the following:

FOSS, the various communities, and licenses.

Knowledge of open source applications in the workplace as they relate to closed source equivalents.

Basic concepts of hardware, processes, programs and the components of the Linux Operating System.

How to work on the command line and with files.

How to create and restore compressed backups and archives.

System security, users/groups and file permissions for public and private directories.

How to create and run simple scripts.

1. View detailed exam objectives

2. View exam study resources

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92% of employers said IT certified individuals receive higher starting salaries than those without.

-CompTIA HR Perceptions of IT Training and Certification Study

44% of hiring managers are increasing salaries for open source talent over other departments

-open source Jobs Report

87% of organizations say it's hard to find open source talent

-open source Jobs Report

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Linux adoption continues to rise world-wide as individual users, government entities and industries ranging from automotive to space exploration embrace open source technologies. This expansion of open source in enterprise is redefining traditional Information and Communication Technology (ICT) job roles to require more Linux skills.

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Register now to join the FREE live TV broadcast of "Women Rock-IT" & hear from "Rock'in" women who have challenged stereotypes and turned their passion for technology into rewarding and successful careers.

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USA Science & Engineering Festival | The Nation’s Largest Science Festival

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USA Science & Engineering Festival | The Nation’s Largest Science Festival

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USA Science & Engineering Festival | The Nation's Largest Science Festival

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At the largest science festival, come celebrate STEM! Join the 6th USA Science & Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C. April 24-26, 2020!

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IT Certification Training Courses - Computer Training Videos Online

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IT Certification Training Courses - Computer Training Videos Online

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Top 5 cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2018 | CSO Online

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Top 5 cybersecurity facts, figures and statistics for 2018 | CSO Online

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These top level numbers summarize the cybersecurity industry over the past year and indicate what's in store for the next five years.

1. Cyber crime damage costs to hit $6 trillion annually by 2021. It all begins and ends with cyber crime. Without it, there's nothing to cyber-defend. The cybersecurity community and major media have largely concurred on the prediction that cyber crime damages will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, up from $3 trillion in 2015. This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history, risks the incentives for innovation and investment, and will be more profitable than the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined.

2. Cybersecurity spending to exceed $1 trillion from 2017 to 2021. The rising tide of cyber crime has pushed information security (a subset of cybersecurity) spending to more than $86.4 billion in 2017, according to Gartner. That doesn't include an accounting of internet of things (IoT), industrial IoT, and industrial control systems (ICS) security, automotive security, and other cybersecurity categories. Global spending on cybersecurity products and services are predicted to exceed $1 trillion over five years, from 2017 to 2021.

3. Cyber crime will more than triple the number of unfilled cybersecurity jobs, which is predicted to reach 3.5 million by 2021. Every IT position is also a cybersecurity position now. Every IT worker, every technology worker, needs to be involved with protecting and defending apps, data, devices, infrastructure and people. The cybersecurity workforce shortage is even worse than what the jobs numbers suggest. As a result, the cybersecurity unemployment rate has dropped to zero percent.

4. Human attack surface to reach 6 billion people by 2022. As the world goes digital, humans have moved ahead of machines as the top target for cyber criminals. There were 3.8 billion internet users in 2017 (51 percent of the world's population of 7 billion), up from 2 billion in 2015. Cybersecurity Ventures predicts there will be 6 billion internet users by 2022 (75 percent of the projected world population of 8 billion) - and more than 7.5 billion internet users by 2030 (90 percent of the projected world population of 8.5 million, 6 years of age and older). The hackers smell blood now, not silicon.

5. Global ransomware damage costs are predicted to exceed $5 billion in 2017. That's up from $325 million in 2015 - a 15X increase in two years and expected to worsen. Ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations - the No. 1 cyber-attacked industry - will quadruple by 2020. Cybersecurity Ventures expects ransomware damage costs will rise to $11.5 billion in 2019 and that a business will fall victim to a ransomware attack every 14 seconds by that time.

What does it all mean? In 2015, Ginni Rometty, IBM's chairman, president and CEO, said, " Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world."

And she was right. During the next five years, cyber crime might become the greatest threat to every person, place and thing in the world.

Billionaire businessman Warren Buffet takes it a step further and says that cyber attacks are the number one problem with mankind, even worse than nuclear weapons.
Visit SteveOnCyber.com to read all of my blogs and articles covering cybersecurity. Follow me on Twitter @CybersecuritySF, or connect with me on LinkedIn. Send story tips, feedback and suggestions to me here.

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2017 cybersecurity skills gap at DuckDuckGo

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Design Competitions and Events | Autodesk

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Design Competitions and Events | Autodesk

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Design Competitions and Events | Autodesk

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Learn about Autodesk 3D design competitions and events that prepare students for careers in architecture, engineering, and the digital arts.