Special Activities

Signup for the following activities during AISES National Conference registration.  There is no additional fee to signup, but space is limited.

STEM Activity Day: Sponsored by Boeing 

Wednesday, October 9; 12:00 – 4:00pm

This fun, interactive day of activities will include hands-on STEM activities for Pre-College students and educators.  Start your AISES National Conference off right with this engaging and helpful afternoon of STEM activities and information.  This event is sponsored by Boeing Company and include chances to win great prizes! 

STEM Activity Day will feature a Marketplace where Pre-College students can visit a variety of booths to learn more about AISES Pre-College opportunities and gain valuable professional development skills such as resume building, college application tips, AISES opportunities and more!.

Target Audience: Middle School, High School, Educators and College Students. Also open to Chaperones and Advisors.

hackAISES: Mini-Hackathon

Wednesday, October 9; 12:00 – 6:00pm

The hackAISES event will be held on Wednesday, October 9th during the pre-conference events at the AISES National Conference. Crash courses in coding basics, team building, APIs, and other relevant information will be projected during the hackathon to potentially introduce students to new concepts. Mentors will be around to help students troubleshoot issues and answer questions. At the end of the hackathon, a wrap-up session will give each team a chance to present and demonstrate their accomplishments as well as award some awesome prizes! Food and beverages will be provided!

Target Audience: Middle School and High School students. Also open to Chaperones.

3M Lunch for Students

Thursday, October 10; 12:00  – 1:15pm

A great opportunity to learn more about 3M, a valued AISES partner. Learn about their business lines, programs, and opportunities while networking and enjoying lunch. Available exclusively to students. 

Max Attendees: 500

Target Audience: High School and College Students. Also open to Chaperones and Advisors.

University of Wisconsin Milwaukee (UWM)

2100 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee: 15 minute bus ride
Thursday, October 10; 1:30 – 5:30pm
https://uwm.edu

Prospective undergraduate and prospective graduate students will be welcomed to campus in UWM’s Vogel Hall. They will then do separate tours of the campus to cover resources that will be helpful to each student group such as dormitories, food options, academic options, etc. The groups will then have a visit with our College of Engineering and Applied Science, including a building tour. Once that visit is complete, students will visit with UWM’s Electa Quinney Institute. The focus of the Institute is to strengthen and celebrate American Indian education at the local, regional and national level with strong connections to indigenous teaching practices around the globe. 

Agenda:

• 1:30: Depart Wisconsin Center
• 2:00: Arrive at UWM
• 2:10: Begin Undergraduate Campus Visit or Graduate Campus Visit
• 3:45: Engineering Program Visit
• 4:25: Electa Quinney Institute Visit
• 5:00: Depart UWM
• 5:30: Arrive at Wisconsin Center

Max Attendees: 45

Target Audience: All High School and College Students. Also open to Chaperones.

Carthage College

2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha: 45 minute bus ride
Thursday, October 10; 1:30 – 5:30pm
https://www.carthage.edu, https://spacegrant.carthage.edu

Tour Carthage College, home of the First Nations Launch High-Powered Rocket Competition and NASA Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. See the College’s state-of-the-art planetarium, peer instruction physics teaching labs, and the space sciences laboratory, where students work on NASA and commercial spaceflight payload experiments. View the CubeSat lab, the parabolic flight experiment work, and the payloads being developed for Blue Origin New Shepard flights. Your visit will include a presentation about admissions, financial aid, and curriculum, as well as, a campus tour with current Carthage students who will talk about student life, classroom resources, and technology. Lastly, Space Grant will discuss financial support, including a $500 WSGC First Nations Launch renewable scholarship, available to two tour attendees who apply to Carthage College to pursue their STEM degree.

Agenda:

• 1:30: Depart Wisconsin Center
• 2:15: Arrive at Carthage College
• 2:20: Welcome to Carthage
• 2:45: Campus Tour with current Carthage students (Snack Served)
• 3:45: Straz Science Center Break Out Sessions: Planetarium, Labs, Space Grant
• 4:45: Depart Carthage College for return to Wisconsin Center
• 5:30: Arrive back at Wisconsin Center

Max Attendees: 50

Target Audience: High School Seniors and College Students. Also open to Chaperones and Advisors.

Marquette University

1250 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee: 10 minute (6 blocks) escorted walk
Thursday, October 10; 1:30 – 5:30pm
www.marquette.edu

Join us for a bird’s eye view and experience at one of the most innovative Catholic, Jesuit universities in the world. You will learn more about our academic programs and student life opportunities during a welcome presentation led by an admission counselor. This will be followed by a campus tour, which will include academic buildings, the student union, and many more special locations across the campus.  A behind the scenes look at the College of Engineering will generate wonder and inspiration about a field that leads bold, innovative change to serve the world.

Agenda:

• 1:30: MU Ambassadors meet the tour group at the Wisconsin Center and walk to MU
• 1:50: Arrive at Marquette University Undergraduate Admissions
• 2:00: Admissions presentation
• 2:30: Wrap-up and embark upon campus tour
• 3:00: Stop and visit the College of Engineering
• 4:30: Relax in the Alumni Memorial Union
• 5:00: Depart campus with MU Ambassadors and walk to Wisconsin Center
• 5:30: Arrival back at the Wisconsin Center

Max Attendees: 50

Target Audience: All High School students. Also open to Chaperones.

Partner Tour: Oak Creek Hub Tour

6800 S. 6th St, Oak Creek WI 53154: 18 minute bus ride
Thursday, October 10; 1:30 – 5:30pm

UPS is inviting AISES to tour the Milwaukee area UPS Facility. The facility is a 320,000 square foot package facility that operates 7 days a week. Named the Oak Creek Hub, the hub processes 300,000 packages daily. A large percentage of the volume processed is sorted through the automated small sort. Roughly 37% of the daily volume is processed through our Small Sort. During the tour, we will explain how packages flow through this large facility to the point of delivery. 

UPS is a global leader in logistics, offering a broad range of solutions including transporting packages by utilizing world class technology to more efficiently manage the world of business. We look forward to having you tour our facility.

Requirements for the tour: Security check-in to obtain Visitor IDs to be worn during the tour; sturdy footwear must be worn (no open toed shoes or sandals) and no video or photography is allowed.

Max 55 attendees

Target Audience: All conference attendees

Partner Tour: Data Holdings Center

3135 W Highland Blvd, Milwaukee: 8 minute bus ride
Thursday, October 10; 1:30 – 5:30pm

Data Holdings owns and operates Wisconsin’s Premier Tier III+ Commercial Data Center. Centrally located in Milwaukee with a LEED Gold design, DH offers a full suite of solutions and services designed to meet any needs.

Target Audience: College Students and Professionals. Also open to Advisors.

Lean Six Sigma White Belt Certification (presented by the America’s Navy)

Thursday, October 10; 2:00 – 5:00pm

Fundamentals of Process Improvement

• White Belt is an introductory course to Six Sigma trainings
• Process improvement aims to make work and work products better, faster, cheaper, and safer
• Workshop attendees will learn the fundamental principles of process improvement, gain hands-on experience with some of the tools and techniques, and receive certification as a lean six sigma white belt

This is your opportunity to learn the foundation of the premier business methodology used at Fortune 500 companies across the country.

Lean Six Sigma is an internationally recognized methodology for:

• Eliminating waste
• Reducing variation
• Managing constraints

Max Attendees: 50

Target Audience: College Students

Ride & Drive with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA)

Thursday, October 10; 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Join us for a Ride & Drive with FCA and a collection of our vehicles! 

During this event, participants can get behind the wheel and drive FCA vehicles while networking with engineering professionals. You can learn more about FCA brands including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Mopar, Ram, and SRT, and get insight into how the vehicles are designed, engineered, and manufactured. 

All attendees who are registered for this event are to meet at 401 W. Wells Street to begin this ride and drive. To get there from inside the Wisconsin Center, follow the overhead signs to the Ballroom (1st floor).  Once at the Ballroom B foyer, go through the doors and meet outside the building. There will be volunteers to direct you.  The automobiles will leave promptly at 2:30 pm.  Be early!

Max Attendees: 20

Target Audience: College Students must be 18+ with valid driver’s license
 

Hackathon: Sponsored by Chevron

Thursday, October 10; 6:30 – 11:00pm

NEW!!! Strategize, discover, build your tech skills, and network! This is a NEW event – a mini-Hackathon for college undergraduate and graduate students! During this event, participants will work with industry professionals on a software project. Show your talent; test your limits; and have fun meeting interesting people while putting your best efforts forward. There will also be lots of food, drinks, and prizes! Space is limited so hurry and register now!

Target Audience: College Students. Also open to Advisors.

Student Awards Luncheon

Saturday, October 12; 12:00 - 1:15 pm

A special luncheon spotlighting AISES’ astounding STEM talent: student leaders, researchers, interns, and scholars, as well as our exemplary chapters whose numerous activities help fulfill the AISES mission. Open to all students.

Max Attendees: 500

Target Audience: High School and College Students. Also open to Advisors and Chaperones.