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TotalStudentPar2cipants(1,476)

CAHSI GMiS

4 46 35 4 10 1

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%GraduateStudents UndergraduateStudents Professionals

UnivFaculty/Admin K-12Students K-12Educators

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“ D E S T I N Y D R I V E N B Y D E T E R M I N A T I O N ”

Great Minds in STEM™ (GMiS) in association with CAHSI – Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, CHCI - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, and NOGLSTP - National Organization for Gay and Lesbian Science and Technical Professionals, thanks sponsors and supporters, especially conference host sponsors – Lockheed Martin Corporation, Shell Oil Company, and the Northrop Grumman Corporation – and Academic Hosts – the California State University System, the University of Southern California, and the California Institute of Technology. Nearly 3,000 individuals from all sectors of STEM and within academia, government, military and corporate America convened in 2017. The HENAAC Conference proudly hosted top executives, senior management, recruiters, college students, faculty and administrators, as well as middle school and high school students, and educators. Now, more than ever, the HENAAC Conference continues to be an imperative to recruit top, technical STEM diversity.

P e r c e n t T o t a l C o n f e r e n c e P a r t i c i p a n t s

COLLEGESTUDENTSUMMARY

The HENAAC Conference showcased and recognized technically-talented students through the HENAAC Scholars Program, HENAAC College Bowl™, Research Posters Competition, and CAHSI Hackathon. The conference attracted students, faculty and administrators from 123 colleges and universities, including top-ranked U.S. News & World Report institutions, Research I Institutions, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, Historically Black Colleges and Universities. and 2-year colleges.

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Doctoral Masters Seniors Juniors Sophomores Freshmen Unknown

P r o f i l e o f C o l l e g e S t u d e n t R e g i s t r a n t s

D i s t r i b u t i o n o f S e l f - R e p o r t e d G P A s

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ChemicalEngineering

AerospaceEngineering

CivilEngineering

ElectricalEngineering

ComputerScience/Engineering

MechanicalEngineering

3%

4%

5%

9%

23%

32%

Female32%

Male68%

AfricanAmerican,

2%

Asian/PacificIslanders,8%

White,6%

Mul2Racial/Ethnic,8%

Other/NoResponse,

3%

Hispanic,73%

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S t u d e n t A t t e n d a n c e b y I n s t i t u t i o n a l T y p e

78% 4-Yr,Public 10% 4-Yr,Private 12% 2-Yr,Public 69% Hispanic-ServingInstitutions <1% HistoricallyBlackColleges&Universities

1 2 3 C o l l e g e s a n d U n i v e r s i t i e s R e p r e s e n t e d – C o n f e r e n c e W i d e

AmericanRiverCollegeArgosyUniversityArizonaStateUniversityCaliforniaInstituteofTechnologyCaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniversity,PomonaCaliforniaStatePolytechnicUniversity,SanLuisObispoCaliforniaStateUniversity,ChannelIslandsCaliforniaStateUniversity,ChicoCaliforniaStateUniversity,DominguezHillsCaliforniaStateUniversity,FresnoCaliforniaStateUniversity,FullertonCaliforniaStateUniversity,LongBeachCaliforniaStateUniversity,LosAngelesCaliforniaStateUniversity,MontereyBayCaliforniaStateUniversity,NorthridgeCaliforniaStateUniversity,OfficeoftheChancellorCaliforniaStateUniversity,SacramentoCaliforniaStateUniversity,StanislausCarnegieMellonUniversityCerritosCollegeCityCollegeofNewYorkCityCollegeofSanFranciscoCollegeoftheCanyonsColoradoStateUniversity-PuebloCypressCollegeDrexelUniversityElPasoCommunityCollegeEmbry-RiddleAeronauticalUniversityFloridaInternationalUniversityGeorgiaInstituteofTechnologyGlendaleCommunityCollegeHarvardBusinessSchoolHowardUniversityIllinoisInstituteofTechnologyIndianaUniversity-PurdueUniversityIndianapolisIowaStateUniversityJacksonStateUniversityKeckGraduateInstituteofAppliedLifeSciences

LamarUniversityLoneStarCollege-NorthHarrisLouisianaStateUniversityLoyolaMarymountUniversityMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyMayoGraduateSchoolofBiomedicalSciencesMercedCommunityCollegeMiamiDadeCollege-EnTecMiamiDadeCollege-KendallCampusMoorparkCollegeNewMexicoInstituteofMiningandTechnologyNewMexicoStateUniversityNorthCarolinaAgriculturalandTechnicalStateUniversityNortheasternIllinoisUniversityNorthernIllinoisUniversityNorthwesternUniversityPalmBeachStateCollegePasadenaCityCollegePortlandStateUniversityPurdueUniversityRiceUniversityRose-HulmanInstituteofTechnologyRutgersUniversitySanAntonioCollegeSanDiegoStateUniversitySanJoseStateUniversitySantaAnaCollegeSantaBarbaraCityCollegeSonomaStateUniversityStanfordUniversityStevensInstituteofTechnologySyracuseUniversityTexasA&MUniversityTexasA&MUniversity-CorpusChristiTexasA&MUniversity-KingsvilleTexasTechUniversityTheOhioStateUniversityThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityTrinidadStateJuniorCollegeTuftsUniversityTulaneUniversityU.S.AirForceAcademy

U.S.CoastGuardAcademyU.S.MilitaryAcademyUniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyUniversityofCalifornia,DavisUniversityofCalifornia,IrvineUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesUniversityofCalifornia,MercedUniversityofCalifornia,RiversideUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiegoUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbaraUniversityofCalifornia,SantaCruzUniversityofCentralFloridaUniversityofColoradoBoulderUniversityofDaytonUniversityofFloridaUniversityofHawaiiatManoaUniversityofHoustonUniversityofHouston-DowntownUniversityofIllinoisatChicagoUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-ChampaignUniversityofLouisianaatLafayetteUniversityofMiamiUniversityofMichiganUniversityofNevada,RenoUniversityofNewMexicoUniversityofNotreDameUniversityofPennsylvaniaUniversityofPuertoRicoatMayaguezUniversityofPuertoRicoatRioPiedrasUniversityofSanDiegoUniversityofSouthFloridaUniversityofSouthernCaliforniaUniversityofTexasatArlingtonUniversityofTexasatAustinUniversityofTexasatElPasoUniversityofTexasatSanAntonioUniversityofTexasRioGrandeValleyUniversityofTulsaUniversityofWashingtonUniversityofWisconsin-MadisonVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversityWashingtonStateUniversityTri-Cities

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C O M P E T I T I O N S

Competition StudentParticipants

Teams Male Female GradStudent

Sr Jr So Fr

HENAACCollegeBowl 267 24 65% 35% 4% 23% 35% 29% 9%ResearchPostersCompetition 81 - 70% 30% 38% 34% 16% 12% -CAHSIHackathon 122 41 70% 30% 17% 30% 18% 28% 7%

H E N A A C C o l l e g e B o w l ™ X V I I I

The 2017 HENAAC College Bowl™ was sponsored by NASA, for the 18th consecutive year. The competition theme was “Super Heros.” The winning teams were Verizon (First Place), Chevron (Second Place), U.S. Army RDECOM/Army Materiel Command (Third Place). The David Burris Tribute Award, a peer-selected award in recognition of a coach who shines as “best mentor” to the students, was presented to Melissa Minneci of the Northrop Grumman Alpha team.

NumberofStudentsRegisteredandWaitlisted

411

NumberofCoaches/Judges 72 NumberofStudentAwards 33

NumberofTeams(Students) 24(267) SpecialRecognitionAwards 8

C A H S I H a c k a t h o n The CAHSI Hackathon, a two-part competition, was sponsored by Lockheed Martin and Rockwell Collins. This cyber-security, attack-oriented competition of “Capture the Flag” placed CAHSI affiliated students in teams against each other to solve challenges related to computer security. Participants attended a mandatory Cybersecurity workshop, and then participated in either a Novice or Advanced game of “Capture the Flag.” There were three winning teams in each of the two levels – Advanced and Novice.

Number of Students Registered and Waitlisted 278 Number of Awards 6 Winning Team(s) 6

8 t h A n n u a l R e s e a r c h P o s t e r s C o m p e t i t i o n The 8th Annual Research Posters Competition was sponsored by the Intel Corporation, The Boeing Company and the U.S. Army RDECOM. Students competed in either the undergraduate or graduate competition and awards were provided in both Science and Engineering categories.

Number of Submissions 101 Number of Presenters 81 Number of Awards 14

H E N A A C S C H O L A R S

Over 1,400 applications were received for the HENAAC Scholars Program, which offers both merit-based academic scholarships and STEM Civic Leadership Scholarships. The application period runs from February 1 – April 30. This year, GMiS surpassed $3.6M in direct scholarship support to over 1,300 college students, through the HENAAC Scholars Program! GMiS subsidizes over $800 per HENAAC Scholar in travel, lodging and registration to attend the conference.

NumberAwarded 113 Gender Classification 64% Male 11% GraduateStudentsTotalAwarded $417,793 36% Female 25% Seniors 27% JuniorsAverageGPA 3.71 12% Sophomores 25% Freshmen

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GMiS awarded $561,743 in travel, registration, scholarships

and awards!

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

PercentProfessionalPar2cipantsBySector(n=1,188)

Corporate Government Military Academic(K-20) Non-Profit Guests

54 14 24 8

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

PercentHENAACAwardHonoreesBySector(n=50)(36%Females)

Corporate Government Military Academic(K-20)

T R A V E L & R E G I S T R A T I O N G R A N T S Over $126,950 was awarded in travel and registration grants to college students and K-12 educators. Registration grants ranged from partial to full support. This amount was in addition to $434,793 provided in merit-based scholarships, STEM civic leadership scholarships, and competition awards.

RegistrationGrants TravelGrants #Supported TotalAwarded #Supported TotalAwardedCollegeStudents 189 $49,374 399 $55,644K-12Educators 19 $8,200 14 $13,732

P R O F E S S I O N A L S U M M A R Y

The HENAAC Conference recruited an engaged group of 1,188 professionals, including 50 HENAAC Award winners. Dr. Adriana C. Ocampo, Lead Program Executive, New Frontier Program Science Mission Directorate Planetary Science Division from NASA Headquarters was honored as the 2017 HENAAC Scientist of the Year. GMiS honored Dr. Julio A. Navarro, Senior Technical Fellow from The Boeing Company as the 2017 HENAAC Engineer of the Year.

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

PercentExhibitorsBySector

Corporate Universiees Military Government Non-Profit

C A R E E R & G R A D U A T E S C H O O L F A I R

Est.NumberofParticipants 2,559 NumberofEntitiesRepresented 85

K - 1 2 E D U C A T I O N For the 6th year, a Viva Technology™ Program was held at the conference for local middle school and high school students. The Middle School Viva Technology™ was sponsored by Shell Oil Company with co-sponsorship from the Dow Chemical Company. The High School Viva Technology™ was supported by the U.S. Air Force - STEM. The K-12 Educators Institute was sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Foundation. The K-12 Education Workshop was presented by the Robotics Education & CompetitionFoundation.

VT – Middle VT – High School K-12 Educators No. of Students – 234 No. of Teachers – 15 No. of College Captains - 12 No. of Schools - 3

No. of Students – 85 No. of Teachers – 10 No of College Captains - 32 No. of Schools - 2

Institute – 19 HS Workshop – 10 MS Workshop - 15

Washington STEAM Magnet Academy Marshall Fundamental Wilson Middle School

Roosevelt High School Math Science & Technology Magnet Academy Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School

Total Educators - 44

S O C I A L M E D I A GMiS monitored three of its social media platforms – Twitter, Facebook and SnapChat- From October 16 – 22, 2017 to showcase the convening power of the HENAAC Conference.

#HENAAC29

Tweets Followers Pre Followers Post Followers Current Retweets Favorites Daily Impressions Total reach

61 12,285 12,421 12,535 181 419 12,673 88,712

Total Reach Posts Posts Likes Comments Shares Conference Pre Page Likes Conference Post Page Likes

68,926 49 2503 136 164 3,240 3,390

Swipes Views Uses Total Usage

1,900 63,000 871 46.3%

GMiS hosted 3 6 3 K-12 students and

educators!

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For 2017 Conference photos and video please visit www.greatmindsinstem.org

S A V E T H E D A T E !

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O c t o b e r 1 7 - 2 1 , 2 0 1 8 For information on the 30th Anniversary Conference contact: Bertha Haro – Director, Business Development at bharo@greatmindsinstem.org & Monica Villafaña – Director, Client Relations and Executive Services at mvillafana@greatmindsinstem.org or by calling the Great Minds in STEM office at (323) 262 -0997