Educational Outreach
The process of organizing and distributing scholarships and engaging universities and students alike revealed a need for a greater cause: to inform and educate society at an even earlier stage about the offshore and subsea business, emphasizing how technically challenging and rewarding a career in these fields could be.
The board recognized the higher impact that could be made through simple education and information transfer. There simply are not enough programs to generate awareness of our industry at the early planning stages of careers, the information needs to be communicated through teachers, counselors, administrators, teacher conferences and the students themselves.
In short, the "coolness" of our engineering disciplines and business in generally simply is not well-known, and there are only a handful of teachers and professors that steer new minds toward considering a career in our industry. The problem is not necessary a lack of interest or even a spin from negative media, but rather an "exposure void" that exists for the offshore and subsea sectors.
Over the years, the organization has naturally evolved and is currently supporting four activities.
Our Four Core Activities
Sponsoring an annual Student Senior Design Project within Texas A&M in support of the Subsea Master's program.
Sponsoring and Organizing the annual Student Design Competition at the Subsea Tieback Forum.
Providing membership to the TAMU Subsea Masters Industry Advisory Board.
Teaching Classes and Seminars in support of University and Industry Organizational needs.
Programs in Action
A glimpse into our current focus on Student design competition and involvement in the Subsea forum and Exhibition
Past Outreach Events
A look back at our educational outreach activities — from student events to classroom visits and industry seminars.
Subsea Project Competition
This past weekend the Subsea Tieback Foundation again joined forces with the A&M chapter of the Society of Underwater Technology to sponsor a student organized and run ROV / Subsea Project Competition in the Rec Center swimming pool.
Four teams built devices to allow them to execute a task at the bottom of the ocean (pool) where their performance was judged by speed, teamwork, innovation and task execution. They worked with Industry volunteer mentors, and Dr. Randal delivered an onsite lecture on Buoyancy. A great deal of fun and learnings was had by all involved.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering 2018
The annual event brings thousands of elementary and middle school students to campus to explore technology and science through hands-on, volunteer-led activities that spark curiosity in STEM fields.
Thank you to the Women in Engineering Program - The University of Texas at Austin and the Cockrell School of Engineering for having us and for ensuring the event went well! Our volunteers met so many amazing young people and had great STEM-focused conversations with them and their families.
STEM day at HMNS
Had a blast at STEM/NOVA day at the HMNS an interactive, open-house style event designed for Scouts and their families to engage with STEM and experience hands-on learning demonstrations, and meet local professionals.
Had a blast at STEM/NOVA day at the HMNS with SEATIGER! Lots of future engineers and scientists came by to pilot our ROV.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering 2017
Girl Day 2017 at UT Austin was a HUGE success. Everyone wanted a chance to pilot SEATIGER; at one point our line was even longer than the line for the burger truck next to us!
Thank you to the Women in Engineering Program - The University of Texas at Austin and the Cockrell School of Engineering for having us and for ensuring the event went well! Our volunteers met so many amazing young people and had great STEM-focused conversations with them and their families. We hope to see y'all back there again next year!
Society of Underwater Technology Seminar
Ryan Keller, Peter Tran and Don Wells are speaking at a SUT (Society of Underwater Technology) evening seminar on ROVs.
In addition to sharing our experiences with using ROVs, we will be introducing the students the opportunity to us the SEATIGER ROV to execute a student project in the Rec. Center swimming pool. The student leadership (and faculty advisor) have agreed to planning two projects next semester. The first will be performed by college students from as many engineering disciplines as possible, and the second event will be with local high school students at schools we have already made connections with.
Houston Energy Day
Our volunteers introduced and sparked interest in STEM, Engineering, Offshore, Subsea and flying ROVs to hundreds of young and interested students from all over the Houston area.
We made some great connections with representatives of several area School Districts including Alief & Houston, KIPP Academy and the Rice University STEM outreach program.
Subsea Tieback Forum
Another Great Subsea Tieback Forum! In addition to promoting the STF, meeting lots of folks that now appreciate our mission and are interested in volunteering.
We had the privilege of sponsoring 19 awesome college students from UofH, LSU, and A&M who will take back to their respective schools an understanding of our industry that will benefit not only themselves , but the others that they have committed to sharing their experiences with. Thanks to all our volunteers and sponsors
Cy-Fair Inspire Program
The Subsea Tieback Foundation was honored to be asked to participate in the CyFair Junior Achievement Inspire program.
Over a period of 3 days we spoke to 4,000 8th Graders about the opportunities available with a degree in Engineering, and hopefully left them with a few life lessons that will inspire and make a difference in their lives.
Shell Eco-Marathon
Annual global academic competition that challenges student teams to design, build, and track energy efficient vehicles
The Subsea Tieback Foundation participated in this year's Shell Eco-Marathon on April 26th - 27th. Volunteers were able to communicate and execute the foundation's mission to numerous students, teachers, and parents.
Alief ISD Stem Fair
An annual district-wide event where 5th and 6th graders learn about STEM feilds and showcase their scientific curiosity, critical thinking, and engineering design skills.
The Foundation ad a great time showcasing and letting students pilot SEATIGER II. The students were very excited and where able to learn and develop intrest in the subsea industry