Jersey Shore STEM Ecosystem Pre-U Daytime Event beginning at 10:00-10:30am, with a Lunch with Leaders and Luminaries between 12:05 and 12:55pm, then Celebration Ribbon Cutting between 1:00-1:45pm, then Presentations by Experts on Project Echo, Telstar, and CMB between 1:45-2:45pm then a 3:00-5:00pm afternoon Jersey Shore STEM Ecosystem Workshop. In the registration, please provide your Affiliation. There will be a Hybrid Portion of this Event. If you wish to participate online, please send your contact information and affiliation to the Jersey Shore STEM Ecosystem Contacts listed here. Jersey Shore STEM Ecosystem Contacts: Christine Girtain [email protected] Jelena Komitas [email protected] Details: Technical activities for Pre-U Students, Museum Tours, Lab Tours in the morning. Have lunch and informal discussion with IEEE Role Models. After Lunch, join the Celebration Ribbon Cutting placing a new Plaque at the Museum with celebratory cake. Celebrate Project Echo, Telstar, First Measure of Cosmic Microwave Background CMB Radiation Evidence of the Big Bang Origins of the Universe. Special Tours of the Museum. The Celebration Ribbon Cutting is followed by formal presentations by experts about: Project Echo, Telstar, first measure of cosmic microwave background CMB radiation evidence of the Big Bang, Nobel Prize winning discovery by Bell Labs Arno Allan Penzias, PhD and Robert Woodrow Wilson, PhD. Telstar team leader Morimi Iwama, PhD. A Day at the Museum, Lunch with Leaders & Luminaries, Presentations to include: Irwin Gerszberg, Peter Wolniansky, PhD, Giovanni Vannucci, PhD. and others. 10:00-10:30am Students arrive for a special program. Volunteers needed. Send email to: [email protected]. 11:00am Presentation and Museum Tour. 11: 30 - 12:05pm Celebration begins with Meet and Greet, Photos, at the "Spirit of Communication." 12:05 - 12:55pm Lunch with Leaders and Luminaries. 1:00pm - 1:45pm Unveiling the Plaque, Birthday Cake for Everyone, Tour of the Museum Exhibit on Project Echo, Telstar, First Measure of Cosmic Microwave Background CMB Radiation Evidence of the Big Bang Origins of the Universe, Women of AT&T by Melissa Knoll, CA and Professional Docents. 1:45 - 2:45pm Presentations Irwin Gerszberg, Peter Wolniansky, PhD, Giovanni Vannucci, PhD. Return to the Museum and Watch Party. 3:00 - 5:00pm Jersey Shore STEM Ecosystem: Connecting AI in the Classroom to Careers, IEEE Role Models Teachers, Students, STEM, Leaders & Luminaries, Volunteers, Participants. This meeting will contain Hybrid Portions. Everyone is invited: Life Members, Community, Jersey Shore STEM Ecosystem, Teachers, Students, STEM, IEEE Role Models, Leaders & Luminaries, Volunteers, Participants. Collaboration with Jersey Shore STEM Ecosystem and many schools and educators. Students and volunteers arrive early; agenda will be announced. Teachers will participate: an additional special NJ STEM Ecosystem breakout session 3pm - 5pm and everyone is welcome. Demo and Discussion of AI in the Classroom. All are welcome. Meet and Greet. Networking at Lunch. Plaque unveiling. Birthday Cake for everybody. Talk in the Morning. Talks in the Afternoon. Tours of the Museum. Irwin Gerszberg is an AT&T Fellow and Distinguished Inventive Scientist for AT&T Labs in Middletown, NJ. Irwin holds the most patents by any person employed by AT&T. He is dedicated to government and public safety innovations serving the fundamental needs of humans, the earth, and society, sharing his knowledge with others and leading the next generations. His enthusiam and commitment to mentoring and STEM is an inspiration to all. He is responsible for Advanced RF Research technologies on Department of Defense 5G mobility projects, AT&T network resilience, research on new low-cost novel methods to help protect critical infrastructure against nuclear electromagnetic threats, solar flares/geomagnetic threats, network timing threats from GPS jamming and manipulation. Irwin is considered to be a great leader/teacher and 'walking textbook,' a tremendous resource in so many areas, to employees, customers, students, teachers, the community, and to the field. Irwin spearheaded AT&T's first speech response/voice recognition system. He was responsible for the development of numerous advanced wireless technologies and services. He has made significant key fundamental contributions to Science and Technology in Digital Subscriber Line, voice over DSL, IP based cable telephony, broadband wireless, broadband over powerline, microcells, satellite, fixed wireless, high-definition Voice, IP telephony, and a vast array of emerging broadband infrastructure initiatives. Irwin's recent innovations, AT&T's Project AirGig which is a Gigabit 2-way smart grid technology for power lines globally, is an easy to deploy as it leverages the existing power utility infrastructure addressing key challenges of the times. Peter Wolniansky is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff with cutting-edge experience in Radio Frequency (RF) engineering and 102 US Patents. He is a trailblazer in the world of modern communications having designed the hardware, field tested and published results for the world’s first MIMO(Multiple-In Multiple-Out) radio systems while at Bell Laboratories, then known as BLAST. MIMO is a fundamental processing technique of every modern radio, cellular phone and military RF communication system enabling increased data throughput. MIMO revolutionized how the world connects. Peter's research and development includes work on micro-surface wave propagation known as Project AirGig. He designed, built and tested a low cost RFID tag for Rutgers WINLAB known as PIPSqueak, an active asset management system with long range, long life and low cost. He is skilled in RF experimentation, antenna design, spectral analysis and RF circuitry and is a dedicated mentor and tutor, with significant contributions to STEM and the community. Agenda: A Day at the Museum, Lunch w Leaders & Luminaries, Project Echo, Telstar, CMB Big Bang 20 May 2025 Careers in Technology AT&T Labs, 200 S Laurel Ave, Middletown, New Jersey, United States, 07748
