Evaluation of DoD's Participation in the USA Science and Engineering Festival

Abstract

This report is the first independent evaluation of DoDs participation in the USA Science and Engineering Festival held in Washington, DC, on April 68, 2018. By observing the movement of attendees through the DoD area, the authors determined that DoDs participation in future STEM festivals could be more effective by: (1) creating a map of the DoD area with more detail and descriptions than the festival map and handing the map out to attendees; (2) providing distractors (e.g., presenters, informational displays, entertainment) or alternative tasks for those in line to make the passage of time seem faster; (3) posting of times for talks and events; and (4) conducting future evaluations so that each iteration of the DoD area can be improved.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1104560

Entities

People

  • Ana M. Venegas
  • Christian Dobbins
  • Emily M. Parrish
  • Franklin L. Moses
  • James Belanich
  • Kelly O'connor
  • Melissa A. Cummings
  • Ruhi Srinivasan
  • Steven Waruhiu
  • William A. Demaio

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Department Of Defense
  • Dwell Time
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Instructors
  • Mathematics
  • Military Research
  • National Security
  • Native Americans
  • Scheduling (Production)
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • United States Naval Academy
  • Virtual Reality

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • STEM Education
  • Software Engineering.