Sci-Quest

Contact: Jennifer Deermer
Nov. 16, 2009 256-837-0606, ext. 275

Defense Industries focus at Sci-Quest’s Career Quest


HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center will host Career Quest on Tuesday, Dec. 1 at 5:30-7:30 p.m. This program will feature engineering careers in defense industries.
This monthly program provides middle, high school, and college students from across the Tennessee Valley an opportunity to interact with career professionals in high-growth careers in this area, and with representatives of area colleges and universities. Focusing on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers, Career Quest highlights a different career topic each month.
December’s speakers include Ken Fidler of the US Army AMRDEC SUAV team; Jennifer Groves, a production engineer for the US Army AMRDEC Engineering Directorate and Production Engineering Division; and Daniel Olberding, the Missile Defense System Director of Engineering and Mission Assurance for The Boeing Company. Fidler will also be bringing in a Raven and a Wasp Air Vehicle.
A Wasp Air VehicleSci-Quest Executive Director Cyndy Morgan has been focusing on workforce development programs since she joined Sci-Quest in 2008. “We have received extremely positive feedback from the community with the launch of our Career Quest program. We want to bring workforce development back to the forefront at Sci-Quest and really give local students a chance to see what their community has to offer them,” Morgan said.
Programs are held the first Tuesday of each month through May 2010. Some of the career topics featured for Career Quest include biotechnology, aerospace engineering, information technology, robotics and advanced manufacturing. Students in the 11th-grade and older will be eligible to register for a $1,000 scholarship that will be awarded at the May 2010 program.
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Call 256-837-0606, ext. 252 to reserve your seat. For a complete list of Career Quest topics, visit http://www.sci-quest.org/.