Meet the Educators Guiding Young Innovators at JSHS

Posted on September 10, 2025

The Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) recognizes teachers every year for their dedication to mentoring student researchers, guiding projects from idea to presentation, and fostering the confidence and curiosity that empower their young scientists. Each year, JSHS selects 10 standout teachers for the Teacher Award. Learn about and hear from this year’s winners–the amazing […] See More

 

Kayla Pagan: A journey from engineering a solar-powered JSS car to designing transmission lines

Posted on August 25, 2025

Kayla Pagan, a recent graduate from Florida Polytechnic University in Lakeland, FL, currently works as a transmission engineer at Tampa Electric (TECO). See More

 

How One Middle School Teacher is Helping Students Shine in STEM

Posted on August 4, 2025

Aaron Mueller has been teaching seventh grade science in Naperville, Illinois, for 25 years. And while his career has taken him through everything from coaching basketball to building an outdoor classroom, his most recent adventure with AEOP’s eCYBERMISSION program has been one of the most rewarding yet. See More

 

Ready, Set, Race: JSS 2025 Racers Speed Across the Finish Line

Posted on July 14, 2025

Around 90 Junior Solar Sprint (JSS) teams traveled near and far to race their uniquely crafted solar-powered cars at the 2025 National Technology Student Association Conference in Nashville, Tenn., from June 27-July 1. See More

 

Youth Innovators Shine at NJ&EE 2025

Posted on July 9, 2025

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024-2025 eCYBERMISSION competition! From June 23–27, 2025, 20 National Finalist and 5 STEM-In-Action Grant teams in grades 6–9 gathered in Chantilly, Virginia, for the 23rd annual National Judging and Educational Event (NJ&EE) — the grand finale of the eCYBERMISSION competition. See More

 

Cooper Taylor’s Drones are Cheaper and More Efficient

Posted on June 27, 2025

As any engineer will tell you, a good project always starts with a problem to solve. For Cooper Taylor, a student from Greenwich Country Day School in Connecticut, the problem was figuring out how to make his little sister’s drone fly longer than 30 minutes before dying.  See More

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