STEM Southwest Podcast

In this week's episode, we dive deep into the science behind COVID-19 with one of our favorite previous guests, Dr. Paul Szauter. During quarantine, Paul has worked hard to digest scientific research and share the results in more user-friendly language so that more people can understand what is happening and how science is impacting the fight against COVID-19. Join us as we discuss this important topic with a true STEM rockstar who is deeply involved in supporting entrepreneurs in the Southwest!

Show Notes

EquiSeq, Inc.

How does coronavirus kill? Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes

UW starts testing people with COVID antibody test that boasts nearly 100% accuracy

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What started as a challenge by Shelly to her robotics team to look around and identify a way to serve others resulted in the spark of an idea to use the 3D printers that team members had built themselves to print visors that would be assembled into life-saving face shields. What started as a project to help a neighbor by printing 10 face shields quickly grew into a project that is involving more than 40 students and 23 printers running 24 hours a day. In the first two weeks of the project, over 1500 shields were delivered to hospitals, Indian pueblos and reservations, clinics, urgent care facilities and fire departments. R4Creating is committed to continuing to serve the community through its efforts and technology to ensure that the heroes on the front line are protected. What a wonderful way to use Science and Technology to make an impact on the world!

Go to www.R4Creating.org to:

-Request PPE face shields

-Donate money or supplies

-Connect with the team about meeting space

Go to www.BeGreaterThanAverage.org 

-Sign up for the newsletter if you want information about upcoming 3D printer camps and workshops

Today's guest, Travis Rosser, is the author of You, Inc., and an ed-tech developer.  After a decade in the software industry, Travis co-founded Kajabi, a knowledge capital platform.  While he is no longer at Kajabi, it continues to impact tens of thousands of people and generate millions in sales.  As a speaker and internet entrepreneur, Travis believes that everyone has a business inside of them, and is working on a new technology platform to make life better for coaches everywhere!  Travis is passionate about encouraging start-ups and is most certainly a STEM rockstar with wisdom to share - you don't want to miss this episode! 

Show Notes

Travis Rosser

Kajabi

Kajabi Heroes

Coach Snap

Hear and Play

Table Top Games

Book Recommendations:

You, Inc: The Step by Step Guide for Finding A Business Within You, by Travis Rosser

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach their Kids about Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!, by Robert Kiyosaki

The Surrender Experiment: My Journey into Life's Perfection, by Michael A. Singer

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TikTok (Paola Rosser)

Matt Johnson is a world-renown filmmaker specializing in weddings.  In this episode, he shares how his involvement in competitive robotics led him to use technology in media arts. Matt’s talent, coupled with his amazing business partner wife, Rachel Johnson, have built their company, Filmstrong, into a much sought-after business.  As a STEM professional, Matt shares more on the growing use of media arts and how it is impacting every corner of STEM and every STEM professional.  In the interview, he shares how video helps to communicate the power of your story, innovative products and ideas, all while building relationships is the power of videography, and all STEM professionals need to continue learning these important principles.

In this episode, join host Shelly and our sound editor, Makenzie Gruenig, to learn more about this STEM Rockstar, the bearded guy who loves technology, his wife, his fans, and sharing Jesus with others.... just Who is Matt?  Also, be sure to take advantage of his gift for our listeners - 20% off his online wedding film editing course!

Show Notes

WhoisMatt

Film Strong

Youtube (WhoisMatt)

Vimeo (WhoisMatt)

Boris FX

Venture Workshop

Wedding Film Framework

Learn Wedding Filmmaking

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Stuart Rose is our guest this week, and listeners are going to be impressed with the impact of his STEM story.  Stuart always felt a calling to be the "geek interpreter" as he had an amazing ability to communicate and understand the business behind science.  He has over 40 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry and in 2012, broke new ground by establishing the BioScience Center (Center).  He is an extreme supporter of STEM startups through his work with the Center and his support of the co-working space, FatPipe ABQ.  Stuart also shares with us about his latest endeavor, i.e., green technology and electric vehicles, which have a promising future in our fast and ever-changing economy!

Stuart Rose founded The BioScience Center in Albuquerque in 2012.  A serial entrepreneur with more than four decades in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry and the host of more than 20 startups developing vaccines, medical devices, and research tools, Stuart was looking to create something unique and different in Albuquerque and to capitalize on its burgeoning biotech industries.  In 2014, he opened FatPipe ABQ as a privately funded collaborative work space providing amazing internet bandwidth speeds, program and training for entrepreneurs, and his advice and guidance to any startup that asks for it. Stuart’s approach to supporting the entrepreneurial ecosystem is unique. He believes the private sector needs to take the lead and has proven so by investing in our city’s startup culture.

The BioScience Center

Green Theme Technologies Inc.

Avisa Pharma Inc.

Respira Therapeutics

FatPipe New Mexico

Go-Station

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Join us in this episode as we discover the story of Rachel Gupton.  We find her at the intersection of National Security and Philanthropy making a difference in STEM.  This Rockstar scientist is a native New Mexican serving the state and the nation with her talents and smarts!  We are so thankful that she made time in her full schedule to give us a glimpse into her life of making a difference!

Show Notes

Rachel is an electrical and computer engineer at Sandia National Laboratories.  She has been at Sandia since 2011, starting off as an intern and then she was accepted into the Critical Skills Master Program in 2013 which funded her master’s degree.  She received her bachelors and masters degrees in Electrical and Computing Engineering from the University of Arizona.  She currently works in the Satellites Division.  She is also a local philanthropist serving on the board of Saranam and Explora, and she is active in United Way giving societies. Rachel and her husband, Billy, who is a financial advisor and philanthropic guru, were married in 2017 and live in Albuquerque with their two dogs.  Rachel is a Bosque School alumna from the Class of 2009 and served on the recent Head of School Search Committee.

Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories - Student and Postdocs

Stuff in Space

Explora

Bosque School

United Way - Tocqueville Society

Jail & Prison Team - Sagebrush Church (Billy Gupton)

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In this week’s episode, Bob and Shelly travel to another dimension where STEM is STEAM and listeners receive a behind the scenes tour of Meow Wolf.  Part art exhibit, part interactive museum, Meow Wolf has taken hold and is launching into the stratosphere, started by a group of 10 artists and the generous support of George R.R. Martin whose series of epic fantasy novels were adapted into the HBO series Game of Thrones.  Soon the world will know about Meow Wolf with locations opening in Nevada, Colorado, Washington, D.C., and Phoenix. 

Show Notes

As you pull up to this famed location in the heart of “The City Different,” you are greeted by a towering red robot who keeps an eye on the parking lot and cars from every state in the nation as people pour in to experience the hottest new trend where Art meets STEM to create STEAM!  Hear from guest, Danika Padilla, as she shares the intrigue and the development - the growth and the struggle - of this amazing work of art that was started by a group of artists who wanted to disrupt the gallery arts industry.  Danika joined Meow Wolf in 2018 and is Senior Director of Social Impact where she heads Meow Wolf's social impact and corporate responsibility initiatives.

Meow Wolf

Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe

House of Eternal Routine

Pip & Pop

Meow Wolf Origin Story

Meow Wolf and Artist Collaboration

Meow Wolf and the Community

George R.R. Martin

Electric Playhouse

KRQE clip about Super STEM Saturday

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For this special episode, our co-host, Shelly, moves into the interview seat so that she can share about her recent trip to the NASA Earth Ventures Social.  The social was hosted by NASA to share about five airborne campaigns across the United States in 2020 to investigate fundamental processes that ultimately impact human lives and the environment, from snowstorms along the East Coast to ocean eddies off the coast of San Francisco.

Learn more about the 5 projects HERE, as well as HERE and NASA TV

Learn about the NASA Socials HERE

Beth Kerner with Glowsart

NASA ROADS competition information

A live feed from the event is HERE

Credit NASA photographer for some great pictures of our visit

In our first episode of 2020, you will hear from our guest, Skyler Nix, who shares his message on personal branding and what he learned during his recent STEM job search.  He will also share key points on talent acquisition and the importance of knowing what you want out of a job search.  We discuss tips to make solid connections on LinkedIn and other social media platforms that help #jobseekers create their personal brand in this new generation of searching for the perfect position and leveraging connections.

Show Notes

Skyler Nix was raised in Albuquerque, NM and graduated from Sandia High School.  He served in the U.S. Army as an Electronic Warfare Specialist (33 Whiskey) from 2002 – 2007 at stations in South Korea and Ft. Meade, MD.  After military service, Skyler has worked for multiple defense contracting firms in various disciplines including satellite communications, technical training, RF testing, SW engineering/sustainment, Agile product development, UNIX/Linux system administration, and space systems engineering.  He currently works for a top five defense firm in Albuquerque.  Skyler holds a BASc in Network Administration from the University of Arizona; Is the Young Professionals Affinity Group Chairperson in the IEEE(“Eye-Triple-E”) Albuquerque section; the IEEE Region 6 Government Affairs representative; and the IEEE Rising Stars conference chair for 2021.

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IEEE

IEEE Albuquerque Section

2020 IEEE Rising Stars Conference

Book Recommendations:

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if your life depended upon it, by Chris Voss

Crushing It! How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence - and How You Can, Too, by Gary Vaynerchuk

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, by Simon Sinek

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Skyler Nix (Linkedin)

Ted Mahler and Steve Marum were coworkers at Texas Instruments in 1993 when they had a crazy idea. Their idea was the beginning of a competitive robotics program that has influenced our family life as well as hundreds of thousands of others across the country. These two down-to-earth men are still actively involved in STEM enrichment even today and two STEM rockstars that started this nationwide program in the Southwest.

Show Notes

Ted Mahler was born in Bryan, Texas, graduated from Texas A&M University, and worked for Texas Instruments Sherman for 33 years as an Integrated Circuit Design Engineer. When Ted retired, his wife, Carolyn, and he moved to South Thomaston, Maine. They have two Eagle Scout sons, and for them, Ted spent 13 years in Scout leadership. His sons now work as an Engineer and a Meteorologist. Also, Carolyn and Ted have one grandchild named Silas. For 20 years in Texas and, so far, 5 years in Maine, Ted has taught an afterschool 4th grade model Rocket Club where, over 7 sessions, each student builds all their launch equipment, their rocket, and then spend a day flying. Presently, Ted is also working on forming a summertime Science Club for local middle school kids. Of course in 1993, Steve and Ted formed BEST Robotics.

Steve Marum has an Electrical Engineering degree from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and worked at Texas Instruments as a circuit designer until his retirement.  After retiring from Texas Instruments, Steve began a consulting business and sells electronic test systems that he designs and builds.  Along with Ted, Steve co-founded BEST in 1993 and was director of the North Texas hub for 15 years.

BEST Robotics

Texas Instruments

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