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Careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)

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STEM Famous Person #1

Adam Savage Mythbusters co-host, designer/fabricator, actor, educator

• Received honorary doctorate from the University of Twente in Enschede, Netherlands for his role in popularizing math, science, and technology.

• Built models for Galaxy Quest, Bicentennial Man, Star Wars II and Matrix Reloaded.

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Lonnie G. JohnsonEngineer and Inventor

• Received Master’s degree from Tuskegee University

• Helped develop the stealth bomber program

• Systems engineer for the Galileo mission to Jupiter; and Cassini mission to Saturn.

• Created the Super Soaker squirt gun

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Michio KakuPhysicist

• Received Ph.D. from the University of California in Berkeley, CA

• Co-founder of the string theory• Author of several books and

appears on numerous television programs

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Grace HopperComputer programmer and rear admiral US Navy

• Received Ph.D. degree in mathematics from Yale University

• WWII Mark I and Mark III computer programmer who led the team that created the first computer language compiler COBOL

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STEM Famous Person #1-NOW

1967-Present• 1993 started in the special affects

industry • 2002 co-host Mythbusters• Presenter and advocate for Science,

Technology, Engineering, Art, and Technology

• TED talks

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1949-Present• At age 13 built a go-cart and raced

it along the highway until the police pulled him over

• First African American to win the 1968 Alabama State Science Fair.

• 1973 joined the Air Force where he helped develop the stealth bomber

• 1989 created the Super Soaker, which is still a top 20 best-selling toy

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1947-Present• Built an atom smasher in his

parents’ garage when in high school• Lecturer at Princeton until drafted

for the Vietnam War, which ended shortly before he was deployed

• Devoted studies to a single unifying theory that unites Albert Einstein’s quantum physics finding, string theory.

• Known for work to popularize science and make physics more accessible to non-scientists.

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Passed away 1992• 1931 mathematics teacher at Yale

University• Associate professor at Vassar College• 1943 joined Naval Reserve in WWII• 1944 assigned to Bureau of Ordinance

Computing, where she learned to computer program the Mark II

• Credited with inventing the term computer bug

• Lead the team that developed COBOL• 1986 retired as the oldest serving Navy

officer as a rear admiral

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What Causes Occupation Changes?

Possible Factors• For most of them it was going into military service that

launched them even more into STEM• All were influenced by their parents, who were also

involved in STEM in some way • They all became famous to try to further everyone's

knowledge in STEM• Can you think of any other factors that cause

occupation changes?Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2015. All rights reserved.

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