Technology Day
- Overview
- Schedule
- Contact
- Sponsors
- Keynote Speaker
- Presentations/Resources
Thank You to All Sponsors, Staff, and Participants for Making Technology Day 2009 a Great Success!
Technology Day was this past Saturday, November 7th, and was a fun-filled day of information technology related activities (e.g. computer science, biomedical engineering, simulation and digital entertainment). This event provided opportunities for students to understand the ways in which different careers make use of computer science and other technology.
The Universities at Shady Grove, MCPS, and Montgomery College were proud to host Technology Day, and want to say thank you to all that were involved to make Technology Day 2009 a great success.
Technology Day Schedule
| Event | Time |
|---|---|
Registration | 9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Opening Session (Welcome and Keynote Address) | 9:30 am - 10:15 am |
Break | 10:15 am - 10:25 am |
Technical Session I | 10:25 am - 11:00 am |
Break | 11:00 am - 11:10 am |
Technical Session II | 11:10 am - 11:45 am |
Break | 11:45 am - 11:55 am |
Technical Session III | 11:55 am - 12:30 pm |
Demonstration Session | 12:30 pm - 1:00 pm |
High School & College Pathway | 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm |
Session Topics
Session Topics will include robotics, video game development, and the use of technology in police, detective, and military intelligence work (CSI and spys). Fire and rescue technology will be presented along with the important technology used in the medical field.
Contacts
Mary Lang
9636 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
mlang4@umd.edu
(301) 738- 6323
Karen Lenz
9636 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850
klenz@umd.edu
(301) 738-6029
Sponsors
The names mentioned below are organizations that are supporting young adults to get involved with Technology Day and enjoy the day's activities to the fullest.
Dalila S. Wortman
Engineering and Professional Development Director, Lockheed Martin Corporation
She was a student just like you. She will tell you how she became interested in technology and the challenges she overcame to get a degree and land a career in the technology area. Her advice on how to be successful in school and work will inspire you to look at your future in a whole new way.
Ms. Wortman is the director of Engineering and Professional Development in the office of the Chief Technology Officer (CTO), leading a team of Senior Engineers and SMEs in support of providing programs with resources such as Centers of Excellence in ROM, Integration and Test, BOE, and Integrated Program Planning capabilities in capturing, transitioning, and evolving programs.
She is also responsible for providing the efforts and programs for cultivating, developing and leveraging our engineering talent across Information Systems and Global Services (IS&GS). Dalila has been with Lockheed Martin for 18 years, and has worked in various disciplines, including technical management, engineering, strategic staffing, Ethics and diversity/inclusion in lead roles for different organizations.
Ms. Wortman's early career experiences encompass a broad range of assignments as a Principle Information Engineer in both managerial and technical areas that serviced primarily Federal customers. She continues to leverage her broad range experiences to cultivate diverse ideas and environments in an effort to promote innovation and productivity across all functions of the organization.
Dalila received a Master's of Science degree from School of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and her Bachelors of Science degree in Computer Science from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She joined Martin Marietta in 1991 as a software engineer in Reston, Virginia.
Dalila immigrated to the United States from Managua, Nicaragua with her family in 1966, not able to speak any English. She has kept her native language, remaining fluent in reading and writing Spanish. She spends much of her time giving back to the community and especially helping the Hispanic population in her area. She consistently engages in educational outreach focusing on Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) activities to stimulate our future technologists.
Presented Materials
| Presentations | |
|---|---|
| Computers: Inner Workings and Uses At a Glance USG OIT (Carlos Almeida, James Cobb, Maksud Haque, Russ Schlosburg) |
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What and Why of Semantic Web Scott Streit, Intervise Inc. |
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| Many Paths to Large-Scale Science The NIH Chemical Genomics Center |
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Careers in Energy Technology National Interest Security Company |
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Other Sources
Links:
http://www.jobweb.com/ - Offers career and job-service advice to college graduates.
http://www.khake.com/page2.html - Provides information on vocational and technical careers.
http://www.bls.gov/k12/index.htm - Career information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
http://www.nationjob.com/ - Job search engine, as well as information on online degrees, training and certification, resumes, etc.,
http://www.way2gomaryland.org/ - How to plan and prepare for college in the University System of Maryland.
http://www.careerpathway.org/home.htm - The Career Pathways program is a guide for middle school students and is intended to help them determine the best educational pathway to best attain their future career goals.
http://www.usasciencefestival.org - Information on the country's first national science festival.
http://www.dllr.state.md.us/lmi/iandoproj/ - Workforce Development and Job projections 2006-2016 from Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
http://computingcareers.acm.org - Information on computing degrees and careers
Books:
Inspiring Middle School Minds: Gifted, Creative, & Challenging by Judy Willis
Teen Girls and Technology by Lesley Farmer