Base 11 Newsletter — October 2017
Fellowship applications coming soon | Spotlight on Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum's Summer Engineering Experience | 2017 Aerospace Symposium & Expo Recap | STEM Hero: Dr. Sharnnia Artis
Start your engines: Summer engineering experience gets students’ hands on the machines
This summer, Skyline College student Wai Hnin Oo was one of two community college students selected by Base 11 for a paid summer internship at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Her job: to carefully inspect, take apart, clean, treat...
It was out of this world! 2017 Aerospace Symposium & Expo
Most came by bus or car, but they had airplanes and spaceships on their minds. Five hundred students and exhibitors from across San Diego, Los Angeles and Orange County came to UCI on September 7 to hear Virgin Galactic CEO George Whitesides speak, and to meet leaders...
LA Times/Daily Pilot
UC Irvine hosts aerospace expo. Read more.
Virgin Galactic CEO to Inspire Future Engineers to Pursue Aerospace – and You can be There!
Hundreds of aspiring engineers from high schools and colleges across Southern California will converge on the campus of UCI September 7 to explore the future of aerospace at the free Aerospace Workforce Development Symposium & Expo. Virgin Galactic CEO George T....
Base 11 Innovation Center Unveiled at the Cove @ UCI
Partnership aims to fuel STEM entrepreneurship and workforce development in Orange County Irvine, Calif., August 9, 2017 – This week, Base 11 and UCI Applied Innovation officially opened the Base 11 Innovation Center at UCI’s Cove.The Base 11 Innovation Center,...
Engineering Her Own Future
Maria Hernandez creates her own path to a future in aerospace, with Base 11’s help By Christine Byrd, Base 11 Maria Hernandez is beaming as she stands next to her project: a door decorated with colorful flowers, rigged with facial recognition technology that sends an...
Base 11 Celebrates STEM Student Achievements
There were no caps and gowns in sight, but Base 11 and UCI held a graduation of sorts, honoring students who completed either the academic year internship or STEM Entrepreneur program at UCI -- and one who completed both! Surrounded by proud parents, college faculty,...
New York Times
With Innovation, Colleges Fill the Skills Gap. Read more.