Naval STEM's
Naval Horizons For High School, College Students
by U.S.
Navy Warren Duffie Jr. Office of Naval Research
October 28, 2022
The Department of the Navy’s (DoN) Naval
STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) new Naval
Horizons program is a student
essay contest for high school and college students.
Naval
Horizons is a STEM educational video series from the DoN’s Naval
STEM Coordination Office, located at the Office of Naval Research
(ONR). It is a collection of more than 35 videos highlighting
scientists and engineers, to include active-duty military personnel,
working within the DoN.
It aims to broaden the awareness of
real-world science and technology challenges facing the Navy and
Marine Corps today and help illuminate the many pathways to STEM
careers.
“Naval Horizons is encouraging the students to
picture themselves in STEM careers where they are able to contribute
to cutting-edge science and technology that solves tough problems,”
said Chief of Naval Research Rear Adm. Lorin Selby. “We are seeking
individuals interested in STEM careers, who may or may not have been
exposed to the wide variety of civilian and military professional
opportunities in naval science and technology.
Naval Horizons
is a new video educational series from the Department of the Navy’s (DoN)
Naval STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics)
education and outreach program. (U.S. Navy graphic by Jeff Wright)
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“There is a
great benefit in having videos presented by both uniformed and
civilian personnel with STEM backgrounds,” Selby continued. “This
helps demonstrate the critical relationship between the DoN civilian
workforce and military STEM professionals as they collaborate to
develop exciting, and often groundbreaking, technology and
capabilities.”
The DoN’s Naval STEM Coordination Office
oversees investments in education, outreach and workforce
initiatives. This enables the U.S. to cultivate the technical
workforce needed to keep the Navy and Marine Corps on the leading
edge of scientific and technological innovation.
Each Naval
Horizons contest adds new online videos to the existing set.
Students may choose to learn about any topic in the complete video
collection, which covers a variety of research areas ... including
aerospace optometry, autonomy, data science, environmental science,
naval architecture, nuclear engineering, oceanography, undersea
medicine and more. In each video, naval scientists and engineers
discuss the applicability of their work.
For the essay
contest, high school and college students are invited to learn about
naval research topics by watching the videos. They then are
encouraged to submit an essay that explains how they’re inspired by
naval research and the naval workforce ... and provide a futurist
vision of the Navy and Marine Corps.
“This is a valuable
opportunity for high school and college students to learn about
diverse, state-of-the-art science and technology areas applicable to
naval challenges,” said Sandy Landsberg, who is both the Naval STEM
Coordination Office executive and a division director in the
Information, Cyber and Spectrum Superiority Department at ONR.
“Naval Horizons will showcase leading experts ... as well as their
innovative research ... to get students thinking about how they
could potentially use science and technology to design the future.”
Those interested in learning about the Naval Horizons essay
contest should visit
https://navalhorizons.us.
While this contest is designed
specifically for high school and college students, everyone is
invited to watch the videos related to Naval STEM.
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Warren Duffie Jr. is a contractor for ONR Corporate Strategic
Communications.
* Minor editing without impacting facts.
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