The Southeast Iowa STEM Hub, along with local community businesses and organizations, invite you to participate in our STEM Fair. This farmer's market-style fair features numerous booths hosted by local community businesses and organizations. Each booth will feature a STEM activity targeting K-12 grades, in which you can participate. All activities are free and open to the public. Please bring all your friends and family and take a stroll through our inspiring STEM booths.

In addition, we will have the following food trucks on site from 9am-1pm (selling breakfast and lunch options):
Caribbean Kitchen
Keeping up with the Jones
Smiley's Soup and Sandwiches
That's So Cheesy
Stillwater Coffee
Kona Ice (available 11am-1pm)

Pre-Registration Link for the STEM FAIR: STEM Day Registration

Pre-registration for STEM Workshops is now closed. 

While most workshops are full, a waitlist for each workshop will be maintained on the day of the event, If you are interested in a STEM Workshop, we highly encourage you to stop by the STEM Fair and sign up on the waitlist!

The waitlist will be located at the STEM Workshop check- in booth and open spots will be filled 20 minutes prior to workshop time.

Light Up Musical Card (recommended age range: 14+):
Greeting cards have changed greatly over the years. What once use to be a simple piece of printed paper is now evolved into sounds and lights. Join us as we explore electrical engineering by building greeting cards from scratch that contains LED lights and sound. One workshop is available and starts at 9am, running for 45 minutes.

Light Up Card (recommended age range: 7+):
This activity is a scaled down version of the Light Up Musical Card above, but geared to the younger crowd. Same experience without the sound. Three workshops are available starting at 10:15am, 11am, and 12:30pm, running for 30 minutes each.

Line Following Robot (recommended age range: 13+):
Ever wonder how a roomba works? How does it know to where to go? How does it know not to fall down stairs? This activity will demonstrate electrical engineering as you construct a line following robot with only the use of basic circuitry. Two workshops are available starting at 9am and 10am, running 45 minutes each.

Prosthetic Hand (recommended age range: 14+):
We use our hands for so many things. Can you imagine what life would be like without a hand? Help us give back to those in need by exploring mechanical engineering and building a real prosthetic hand which will be donated to a child who was born without one. See this video for more information about the Helping Hands program. One workshop is available starting at 11:30am, running for 90 minutes

Drones (recommended age range: 12+):
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No.....It's a Drone! Explore software engineering by building a graphical interface which will be used to send commands to a mini-drone. Participants will learn how to program a drone to takeoff, land, and even perform aerial maneuvers. Three workshops available starting at 9am, 10:30am, and 12pm, running for 45 minutes each.

Pre-registration for lab tours is now closed. 

While most tours are full, a waitlist for each lab tour will be maintained on the day of the event, If you are interested in a lab tour, we highly encourage you to stop by the STEM Fair and sign up on the waitlist!

The waitlist will be located at the lab tour check- in booth and open spots will be filled 20 minutes prior to tour time.

Customer Experience Center - Fusion Flight Deck
The Pro Line Fusion® integrated avionics system has features, such as the industry’s first touch-control primary flight displays, integrated head-up vision systems and powerful weather threat detection, help pilots fly with precision anywhere, anytime. The Customer Experience Center allows us to show you our current offerings along with new features and concepts that have not yet made it to the market in a full featured flight simulator. (20 min tour. Runs- 9:15am, 9:45am, 10:15am, 10:45am, 11:15am, 12:15am)

Advanced Flight Deck (CFD Lab)
This concept flight deck was developed to integrate and evaluate new Collins' technology. These capabilities include Vision Systems (Synthetic, Enhanced, and Combined Vision), Pilot Support Systems that monitor the pilot's fatigue level through eye tracking, as well as haptic seats that can be used to alert the pilot in new and novel ways. (20 min tour. Runs- 9:20am, 9:50am, 10:20am, 10:50am, 11:20am, 12:20am)

SIM Lab
Collins Aerospace uses virtual reality and video gaming technology to evaluate new products for manufacturing and perform early training. As part of this, the Simulation Lab provides a space where everyone can experience designs of new products in 3D as well as interact with them using a virtual reality headset and controllers. (20 min tour. Runs- 9:25am, 9:55am, 10:25am, 10:55am, 11:55am, 12:22pm)

EEE Lab
The Environmental Effects Engineering test labs can replicate virtually every hostile environmental condition that Collins Aerospace products will encounter in the course of their working life. This includes weather effects, vibration, and radio frequency interference. So check out how we shake, rattle and roll our products into production! (20 min tour. Runs- 9:15am, 9:45am, 10:15am, 10:45am, 11:15am, 12:15am)

CAMEL Lab (US citizens only)
In CAMEL (Component and Material Evaluation Lab) you will see the microscopic worlds that exist in everyday objects using our Scanning Electron Microscope, explore the fascinating internal workings of common electronic devises with our 3D CT X-Ray, and witness the beautiful kaleidoscope of color that helps prevent counterfeiting, viewed through our high-power microscopes. (20 min tour. Runs- 9:20am, 9:50am, 10:20am, 10:50am, 11:20am, 12:20am)

Displays Lab
The Display Products Demo Room showcases both current and future state Avionics Display Technology. Stop in to see our head down flight displays that can be seen on commercial airliners, military helicopters and business jets! Other highlights include LED backlights, optical bonding, 3D, touch screens, and emissive displays. (20 min tour. Runs- 9:25am, 9:55am, 10:25am, 10:55am, 11:25am, 12:22pm)

On July 13th, we will have a STEM Fair (farmer’s market style event) full of STEM activities from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the Collins Aerospace C Ave Complex in front of the Building 112 entrance. Set up will be from 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM.

We are looking for businesses and organizations to help us support STEM in our Community!

There is no cost to participate as an exhibitor at this event. We would provide you with a 10’x10’ space in the Building 112 parking lot to utilize how you would like! Additionally, we will provide each exhibitor with an 8' x 30" table and chair. Electrical access will be limited. If you require power, please include your request on the registration form below. You are welcome to advertise and market your company or organization; we only ask you not to sell anything during this event.

Oh yeah, and we want you to have a STEM activity for ages K-12! You get to pick what it is. If you are unsure of the possibilities, here are some ideas(DIY STEM). You are not required to pick an activity from this list; these are just examples to get you started.

If this interests you, or you have friends interested, please click the link below to sign up to become an exhibitor!

Exhibitor Registration

We will have STEM activities from businesses and organizations around the area and food trucks for lunch!

If you have any questions, please reach out to us at: [email protected]

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: June 30th

Please reach out to us at: [email protected]