The symposium’s afternoon panel, from left: Moderator Rob Zizt, SVP for the National Security Sector, Leidos, Pooja Chandrashekar, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, former astronaut Ken Cameron and Eric Schierling, former Naval F18 Top Gun pilot were on hand to talk about the career paths that are open to STEM-field students, in the section titled: “Making STEM Cool to K-12 Kids.”