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Events
Upcoming Events!
This page is dedicated to presentations created by Cassie Roby for schools, colleges and universities, and community groups. They vary from STEM discovery, academic and career development, and women in the workplace. Each presentation is geared towards a specific age group and will be modified based on your needs.
Want to set up a virtual or in-person presentation?
Contact Cassie!
Upcoming and Past Events!
Girl Scouts of Orange County
Dreams to Reality
6/3/23
Orange County
Welsey College Career Prep
5/26/23
Welsey College
STEM Super Saturday
5/20/23
Hawthorne Unified School District
In partnership with Northrop Grumman Women's International Network, Cassie was able to get volunteers to help at the Hawthorne STEM Super Saturday! Students from elementary to middle school were able to build a variety of projects from radios to pendulums and more!
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Engaging Girls in STEM
EGiS
4/15/23
Los Angeles Zoo
Cassie is a board member and ambassador for the annual LACOE Engaging Girls in STEM event! Cassie helped secure other ambassadors as well as one of the key notes speakers. She also served as an ambassador herself mentoring young women personally and then sat on the women in engineering panel.
City of STEM 2023
4/1/23
Los Angeles State Historic Park
Cassie attended the annual City of STEM event in Los Angeles. This is the largest STEM event in Los Angeles! Cassie was honored to be one of the official City of STEM YouTube hosts for the event. Cassie spent the day interviewing all the booths at the event to bring awareness to their business/organization as well as to the various areas of STEM. She was also able to reconnect with State Senator Bob Archuleta.
Emerson Elementary Career Day
3/31/23
Emerson Elementary
Cassie had a booth at the Emerson Elementary School Career Day! She was able to share about her job as a Space Engineer to over 300 students. She also brought heat pipes and space blankets for the kids to see!
ABC County Next Generation STEM Club Keynote Speaker
3/29/23
Cerritos, California
Cassie was the keynote speaker for the ABC Unified School District's Next Generation STEM Club Carrer exploration event! She gave her "Turn up the Heat!" presentation to over 100 middle and high school students and spoke about the scholarship opportunities of the Miss California Volunteer Orgnaization.
Drones Day!
3/4/23
Downey Columbia Memorial Space Center
Cassie volunteered at Drones Day at the Space Center! Cassie helped teach girls how to fly, navigate, and control their drones. She also learned about a local mathematics and science school in Long Beach. This school has started the first drone soccer club in the area!
Tincher PTA STEM Night
2/24/23
Tincher Prep School
Cassie volunteered at the Tincher Prep School PTA STEM Night! Her activity taught K - 2nd Grade the planets in our solar system and their order from the sun!
Tincher
GSOC Race Car Design Challenage
2/18/23
Anaheim Program Center
Cassie helped Girl Scouts design, build, and test their own race cars! Girl Scouts learned about the forces of gravity and friction!
GSOC Race
GSOC Rockin Rockets
Build - Virtual -1/25/23
Launch - In Person - 2/11/23
Cassie helped Girl Scouts build their own rockets! After some decorating they were ready for launch! Girl Scouts were able to launch their own rockets while learning about aerospace engineering!
Irvine Career Conference
12/13/22
University California Irvine
For the second year in a row, Cassie spoke about Thermal Engineering and the James Webb Space Telescope to 7th grade students for the IUSD. She also discussed how students can get involved in STEM early to build their resumes and about the scholarship opportunities of the Miss California Volunteer Organization.
IUSD 2022
Northrop Grumman & Girls who Code
10/27/22
Virtual
Cassie partnered with Northrop Grumman's Women's International Network and Girls who Code to virtually mentor future engineers across the United States.
GSOC STEM Expo
10/22/22
Irvine, CA
Cassie helped host the annual Girl Scouts of Orange County STEM Expo. She helped coordinate between 40 exhibitors and over 200 girl scouts. The STEM Patrol group was also reconginzed by Senator Dave Min and Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris.
STEM EXPO
CDE STEAM Symposium
10/1/22-10/2/22
Anaheim, CA
Cassie gave a 30 minute break-out session called, "Turn up the Heat" where she disuccessed how to bring thermal engineering into the classroom! She also discussed the James Webb Space Telescope and the Miss Volunteer America Organization. Additionally, Cassie spoke about SpACE Girls and introduced the keynote speaker Danielle Wood.
CDE STEAM
Rocket Fever
Rocket Fever
8/13/22
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Cassie helped children of all ages build their very own straw rockets! Then they learned about the planets in our solar system as they tried to launch their rockets at each planet.
Girls in STEM Club
6/11/22
Columbia Memorial Space Center
Cassie spoke about her job as a Space Thermal Engineer and about the James Webb Space Telescope!
Mira Costa STEM Night
05/25/22
5:00PM-8:00PM
Mira Costa High School
At the Mira Costa High School Community STEM night Cassie held her own booth for SpACE Girls! This included info about SpACE Girls as well as a game where students would roll the dice and be asked a STEM question to win candy! Cassie also spoke about STEM and the Miss California Organization on the Women in STEM Panel.
Mira Costa
SWE UC Riverside
College to Career
05/16/22
2:00PM-3:00PM
Virtual
In partnership with SWE-OC Cassie presented her college to career readiness presentation to the UC Riverside SWE chapter. She covered resume building, interview prep, negotiations, and more!
SWE UCLA Modern STEMinist
05/10/22
7:00PM-8:00PM
Virtual
In partnership with SWE-LA Cassie presented her Modern STEMinist presentation to the UCLA SWE chapter. She covered stereotypes, mansplaining, sexual harassment, and more!
CSULB SWE Girls at the Beach
04/22/22
9:00AM-1:00PM
Cassie spoke to groups of middle school girls about what it's like to be a space thermal engineer!
Thank you to SWE CSULB for setting this event up!
Girls at the beach
AUSD Women in STEM Panel
Featuring Northrop Grumman Engineers
04/14/22
9:00AM-10:00AM
Engaging Girls in STEM
Featured Speaker Linh Dang
04/14/22
6:00PM-7:00PM
JWST Panel
04/07/22
5:00PM-6:00PM
Check out the recording here!
California State Science Fair
04/12/22
Cassie judged the senior applied mechanics and structures division! Congrats to all the participants and the winners!
LA SWE Modern STEMinist
04/10/22
Virtual
Cassie presented what it means to be a modern STEMinist! She discussed the challenges women face like stereotypes and mansplaining and how to respond and overcome!
Cassie also attended the SWE LA Professional Development Conference!
SWELA
City of STEM
Kick-Off Event
04/02/22
10:00AM-4:00PM
Columbia Memorial Space Center
CityofSTEM
In partnership with the Columbia Memorial Space Center, Cassie attend the City of STEM which had over 10,000 people in attendance. There she networked with Congresswoman Lucille Roybal Allard, Senator Bob Archuleta, Assemblywoman Christina Garcia, and Councilwoman Claudia Frometa.
Cassie was also recognized by Senator Archuleta on stage!
Cassie also moderated a panel about the importance of having a diverse workforce!
GSOC Newport Whales Event
GSOC Marine Science Microscope Class
03/20/22
3:00PM-5:00PM
On March 20th in partnership with the Girl Scouts of Orange County and the Newport Whales Cassie helped put together an Eyes on the Ocean event where Girl Scouts learned how to use microscopes and learned about ocean careers!
California Baptist SWE
Women in STEM Luncheon
03/19/22
11:30AM-1:30PM
CBU
On March 19 Cassie attended the CBU SWE luncheon where she sat on a panel and discussed being a women in engineering and the transition from college to the workplace. She also took a tour of the college of engineering!
SIM Science & Engineering Fair
Space Engineering and Women in STEM
03/07/22 - 03/11/22
Virtual
Cassie judged the Science and Engineering Fair for San Bernardino, Inyo, and Mono counties! Everyone did such a great job!
Anaheim Unified School District
Space Engineering and Women in STEM
03/02/2022
Virtual
AUSD Space En
Cassie hosted a virtual presentation for the AUSD on Space Thermal Engineering, the James Webb Space Telescope, and on different stereotypes Women in STEM Face! This presentation reached young women across 5 cities and several schools!
Hawthorne High School
Space Thermal Engineering 101
02/22/2022-02/23/2022
Hawthorne, CA
Hawthorne
Cassie spent 2 days at Hawthorne High School where she presented to 7 engineering classes about Space Thermal Engineering and the James Webb Space Telescope.
Afterwards she presented to the Female and LGBTQ+ Engineering club about overcoming stereotypes and mansplaining!
CSU Long Beach SWE
College to Career Readiness
02/21/2022
Virtual
Cassie met virtually with the CSU LB Society of Women Engineers chapter at their first general body meeting! She spoke about resume building, career fair and interview tips, as well as the transition from college to the workplace!
Girl Scouts of OC
Race Car Design Challenge
01/22/2022
Anaheim, CA
GSOC Race Car
Cassie hosted a Race Car Design Challenge in partnership with the GSOC STEM Patrol. At this event Girl Scouts created their race car out of cookie boxes and raced them down a ramp trying to go as far as possible.
The Girl Scouts were taught about the engineering design process when they were able to make additions and changes to their race cars and retest. They also learned about how forces, friction, and gravity affect their race cars.
Irvine Unified Public School District
21st Century Career Conference
IUSD CC
Cassie Roby attended as a career conference speaker and presented Space Thermal Engineering 101!
December 14th, 2021
Claire Trevor School of Arts, University of California Irvine
The purpose of this conference was to increase student interest in and awareness of science-related careers. Cassie presented to two different 7th grade groups. A preview of Cassie's presentation can be found here!
Girl Scouts of OC
Fall Kick-Off
9/18/21
9:00AM-4:00PM
Irvine, CA
STEM Expo
10/30/21
1:00-4:00PM
Irvine, CA
Must be a registered Girl Scout of OC to participate in GSOC events
Summer STEM Camps
Register Today!
Florida STEAMposium 2021
Postponed
Official Statement from Florida Department of Education:
"These are exciting times in the world of STEAM in the state of Florida. As the plans for this summer continue to evolve, the Department has come to the difficult decision of postponing the STEAMposium event scheduled for June 22-24, 2021. This is not a cancellation, but a postponement. We are very invested in the STEAMposium as we have grown this project over the past few years."
More Information
Engineer It! South Florida
Saturday, April 10th 2021
34th Engineer It! Competition
The 34th Annual Engineer It! Competition will be held in person with virtual options available at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium!
Engineer It! is an annual engineering design competition jointly presented to students in grades 1st - 12th by the Florida Engineering Society & the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium. $5,000 in cash and prizes awarded to winners in elementary, middle and high school categories!
2021 in-person Competition Categories:
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The perfect egg container to protect it from a 3-story drop (Drop It)
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A thrilling roller coaster (Thrill It) - Virtual option will also be available
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The ultimate water bottle rocket (Launch It)
Expand Your Horizons
North Florida
March 27th 2021
Featuring Cassie Roby as a career panelist.
Speaking as a Space Thermal Engineer, Miss Jacksonville, and Women in STEM Mentorship founder.
Engineering Week
February 21-27th 2021
Engineers Week (February 21–27, 2021) is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Free Open House Event
Between February 19 and March 6, the MagLab will host more than 20 free, live virtual events as part of this year's Open House including a session on Kitchen Chemistry and the first ever MagLab Escape Room.
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More than 20 new video demonstrations of your favorite flagship demos
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Behind the scenes, all-access video tours that give visitors 360 degree views of locations at the MagLab that aren’t even accessible during a live Open House event
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Plus, a half-dozen web-based games for visitors of all ages, including a scavenger hunt with special MagLab prizes for the top three finishers.
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