SAN DIEGO — Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) reached into classrooms across America through a first-ever live-stream outreach event in an effort to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields and to help build a robust future pool of American scientists and researchers.
In association with the Navy's Chief of Information (CHINFO) Community Outreach Office (Pentagon), the Defense Media Activity (DMA) at Fort Meade, Maryland, and the Defense Visual Distribution Service (DVIDS), the “virtual field trip” offered middle school students from more than 73 school districts across 18 states the opportunity to tune in live to watch SSC Pacific scientists, Dr. Burton Neuner III and Dr. Brittany Lynn of the Advanced Photonic Technologies Branch, discuss photonics through an interactive presentation of “Ocean Light and Communication and Invisible Light.”