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Outreach Highlights

Outreach Highlights

¡MIRA!-PREM: Sparking Curiosity In Materials Science!!
Oct 17, 2025
Northern Arizona University

¡MIRA!-PREM: Sparking Curiosity In Materials Science!!

Northern Arizona University (Montaño)
During UT-Austin’s STEM Girl Day on Feb 22, 2025, the SparCS team from NAU ¡MIRA!-PREM highlighted its outreach work. Joined by the Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials, students, faculty, and staff introduced SparCS to the Austin community. They led hands-on activities for hundreds of middle-school girls and their families to spark interest in materials science, quantum tech, and photonics, making STEM fun and accessible.
TOP left Group photo from PEAQS retreat. TOP right FLC and NSU students work together during an interviewing workshop. MIDDLE left NSU students touring STROBE labs. MIDDLE right Keynote presentation. BOTTOM FLC and NSU studenttouring aerospace engineering labs
Nov 20, 2024
Fort Lewis College

Community Building at the PEAQS Student Retreat

Sarah Schreiner, CU Boulder
PEAQS hosted its first student retreat March 25-26th at CU Boulder.
TOP left Baldwin Varner with his CU Boulder mentor, Dr. Emma Caiting TOP right FLC graduate, Terrell Curley at his new position as a Failure Analysis Engineer BOTTOM Dakota Rodriguez presenting his work atthe MRS PREM Symposium in San Francisco.
Nov 20, 2024
Fort Lewis College

PEAQS student pathways

Sarah Schreiner, CU Boulder
"I never realized how much this experience would make me a perfect fit for this career."
TOP NSU undergraduates performing STEM demonstrations at a local STEM carnival day. BOTTOM FLC undergraduate Ryan Calabaza helping middle schoolers in Cortez, CO understand their local watershed and water filtration at the local water processing plant.
Nov 20, 2024
Fort Lewis College

PEAQS students in the community

Sarah Schreiner, CU Boulder
PEAQS undergraduates have been busy getting out into their local communities to get K12 students interested in STEM.

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