Meet DoD STEM
Introducing DoD STEM students, alumni, educators, professionals, and mentors.
Meet some of DoD STEM Alumni and Professionals who are making impacts through the STEM fields in our communities, and even the world!
From a student in Kentucky who wondered how planes fly to an intern in California who wanted to “work on ground-breaking technologies that could change the course of history,” DoD STEM, its partner programs and affiliates offer the perfect platform for motivated individuals to explore a dream career.
Explore video interviews and articles about people from a diverse cross-section of America who all have one thing in common: their curiosity has led them to study or build a career in STEM.
150+
researchers who have received Nobel Prizes were supported by the DoD.
There are nearly
300,000
DoD STEM Professionals.
Dr. Abigail Juhl
Materials Research Engineer, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory
Dr. Bryn Adams
Synthetic Biologist and Environmental Microbiologist, DEVCOM, Army Research Laboratory
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“When students are exposed to different backgrounds, points of view and cultures they become more open-minded and willing to work with others. Never underestimate the power of a person seeing themselves in the experiences of another person.”
Antia Thomas
Middle School Science Teacher, North Carolina
Middle School Science Teacher, North Carolina
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