In September, I spoke at The Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) Houston Chapter meeting on ways various business functions can work together to speed and improve technology deployment in industries. The financial executives I spoke with had great feedback on how and why deploying new technologies in industries such as the energy industry is not as […]
Energy, Sustainability & STEM – Looking Forward
On February 25, 2015, I had the opportunity to speak about how constructive the energy industry is at the “Sustainable Energy for South Texas Symposium” hosted by The University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA). The event highlighted current research directions in energy and oil and gas exploration, with a focus on sustainable technologies. I shared with […]
Offshore Technology Conference – Energy Education Institute
Education in Energy This years Energy Education Institute program was the 10th annual holding of this part of the OTC. It includes educational activities in conjuction with NEED and STEM for both students and teachers. 150 area teachers attended this free Energy Education workshop, sponsored by ExxonMobil, the most in 10 years of doing […]
Infographic: Why Stem Matters
Thanks to the good folks over at TopEducationDegrees.org for sending this “Why STEM Matters” infographic over. They had noticed our series of articles (see related posts below) on STEM and thought this would complement the topic. They have done a great job of putting together some key statistics on the topic. Source: Why STEM Matters […]
STEM Education Programs in the Oil & Gas Industry
The STEM movement is alive in this country as many organizations are making moves to improve the STEM capabilities of our current and future workforce. STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, and the movement is driven by our country’s need to stay competitive with the rest of the world technically and the fact […]