2018 Conference

Keynote Speaker

Jeanne Deaver

Boeing 737 Pilot

Mechanical Engineer

As a kid growing up in Western Nebraska, my favorite hobby was staring up at the sky… watching airplanes fly overhead during the day and seeing so many stars visible in the night sky. At the age of 17, my family moved to South Dakota. My favorite classes at Sturgis Brown were Math and Physics! My teacher, Larry Hines, saw my enthusiasm and encouraged me to pursue a career in STEM from South Dakota School of Mines. I earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering and began my career at the Boeing Company.

Flying as a flight test engineer in the back of Boeing test airplanes inspired a desire to learn how to fly myself. I started taking flying lessons, eventually earned all of my ratings, flew as a flight instructor, and at a regional airline and finally achieved my goal. Alaska Airlines hired me a little over five years ago and now I finally fly Boeing airplanes!! I look forward to talking to you about the importance of STEM, how a STEM education can benefit a non-STEM career, and how mentoring is an important for everyone.

Follow Jeanne's Travel Adventures on

https://www.instagram.com//flyinjd

See the Q & A with National Engineering Forum:

http://nationalengineeringforum.com/engineers-dream-has-wings/

Schools Attending

Sponsors

Exhibitors

  • American Engineering Testing
  • Black Hills National Forest
  • Black Hills Power
  • Black Hills State University
  • Casey Peterson and Associates, Ltd.
  • Caterpillar Corporation
  • CRETEX Concrete Products
  • Delta Dental of South Dakota
  • Dynamic Kids Therapy
  • Ferber Engineering
  • Hotel Alex Johnson
  • Interstate Engineering
  • Ketel Thorstensen
  • Midcontinent Testing Laboratories
  • Rapid Precious Metals
  • RBC Wealth Management
  • RESPEC Consulting and Services
  • South Dakota Dental Association
  • South Dakota Engineering Society
  • South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
  • South Dakota Space Grant Consortium
  • Summit Signs and Supply
  • West River Electric Association
  • Western Dakota Technical Institute
  • Zonta Club of the Black Hills
  • Black Hills Corporation
  • Black Hills National Forest
  • Black Hills State University
  • Black Hills State University - W.I.S.E. & Chemistry
  • Caterpillar Corporation
  • Clinical Laboratory
  • The Mammoth Site
  • Midcontinent Testing Laboratories
  • NOAA, National Weather Service
  • Natural Resource Conservation Service
  • Rapid City Fire/EMS
  • SD DOA Wildland Fire Suppression
  • SD National Guard
  • SDSU West River Nursing Department
  • Star Base
  • USD, Nursing
  • US Geological Survey
  • Western Dakota Technical Institute
  • SDSM&T Army ROTC
  • SDSM&T CAMP
  • SDSM&T Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Industrial Engineering
  • SDSM&T Geology and Geological Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Materials and Metallurgical Engineering Department
  • SDSM&T Mechanical Engineering
  • SDSM&T Mining Engineering and Management
  • SDSM&T Museum of Geology
  • SDSM&T WISE