STEM Monthly Calendar
September 15 – October 15 (Hispanic Heritage Month)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday = Facts; Tuesday & Thursday= Important Figures
Science
Monday
Technology
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
September 15
September 16
Eloy Rodriguez (1947-)
A plant biologist,
Dr. Rodriguez’
research focuses
on using plants
to prevent and
treat of diseases
like diabetes.
September 22
In 1736, Daniel Gabriel
Fahrenheit died. He
invented the mercury
thermometer and the
temperature scale we
call Fahrenheit.
September 19
September 20
September 21
In 2003, Hurricane
Isabel struck the D.C.
area. A hurricane
develops over the
ocean when the water
is at least 27°C (80°F)
for at least 50 meters
(165 feet) below the
surface.
Ellen Ochoa
(1958-)
Dr. Ochoa
became an
astronaut in
1991 and flew
four shuttle missions. She holds 3
patents and, in 2012, was the first
Hispanic and second woman to be
the director of the Johnson Space
Center in Houston.
September 27
Laura I. Gomez
Founding member
of Twitter, Ms.
Gomez was
undocumented
until college. Trilingual (English, Spanish and
Portuguese) she expanded Twitter
en Español and 50 other languages.
On this date in 2014,
the MAVEN (Mars
Atmosphere and
Volatile EvolutioN)
spacecraft arrived at
Mars. It was launched
on November 18, 2013.
Mario J. Molina
(1943-)
In 1974 Dr. Molina
shared his findings
that CFC’s were
impacting the
ozone layer (stratosphere). In 1995,
he was received the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry (with Dr. Rowland.)
Today is the Autumnal
Equinox. The Sun is
directly over the
equator providing
roughly an equal
amount of solar energy
in both hemispheres.
Day and Night are about
the same length.
September 28
September 29
September 30
1997: Apple, with Steve
Jobs, launched their 2nd
“Think Different” ad
campaign which helped
Apple become the most
valuable company in
the world. Before the
campaign, they were
almost bankrupt.
Oscar Salazar
Co-founder of
Uber, Mr. Salazar
is the Chief
Technology and
Product Officer
who developed
the Ride app that helps commuters
find carpools.
1980: The Ethernet,
now known as local area
networks (LAN)
specifications are
released. It is the
standard networking
found in homes and
businesses.
September 26
Pam Nagurka
STEM Specialist, Secondary
Tuesday
In 1973 the supersonic
Concorde jet flew from
Washington, D.C. to
Paris in 3 hours and 32
minutes at an average
speed of 954 miles per
hour.
September 23
STEM Monthly Calendar
September 15 – October 15 (Hispanic Heritage Month)
Engineering
Monday, Wednesday, Friday = Facts; Tuesday & Thursday= Important Figures
October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7
1942: The V-2 rocket,
(first long range
missile) was launched.
It is known as the
rocket that launched
the space age.
Jose Hernandez-Rebollar
An electrical engineer, Dr.
Hernandez-Rebollar invented the
AcceleGlove. This gloved robotic
hand translates sign language into
text and
speech in
both English
and Spanish!
In 1947, President
Truman gave the first
White House televised
address. President
Franklin Roosevelt gave
the first televised
address in 1939 at the
World’s Fair in New
York.
Mayra Artiles
Ms. Artiles was a thermal engineer
for the Ford Motor Company. Her
work included recovering heat from
the engine to turn into electricity in
hybrid cars. She is currently
pursuing a PhD
from Virginia
Tech.
In 1950, Willis Carrier
died. Carrier was the
inventor of
manufactured weather
also known as air
conditioning.
1947: 200-inch
telescope lens was
finished after 11 years
of grinding and
polishing.
Mathematics
October 10
Pam Nagurka
STEM Specialist, Secondary
On October 9, 1731,
Benjamin Banneker
was born. Banneker,
self-taught in math and
science surveyed
Washington, D.C.
creating the network of
streets we have today.
He finished what
L’Enfant started.
(see article, “Flexibility Key Success to Career”)
October 11
Ruth Gonzalez
A geophysical mathematician, Dr.
Gonzalez works in the oil industry
using seismic data into 3D images to
help oil companies decide where to
drill.
October 12
Edwin Abbott, author
of Flatland died.
Flatland (1884) is a
book the uses
geometric figures to
represent the hierarchy
of Victorian culture.
October 13
Alberto Calderón (1920-1998)
Dr. Calderón is considered one of
the most influential mathematicians
of the 20th century. He developed
the Calderón-Zygmund theory of
singular integrals.
October 14
In 2010, Benoit
Mandelbrot, who
introduced the
importance of fractals in
math and nature, died.
He helped develop the
field of fractal
geometry.