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Nicole Slowik

Join an asteroid mining adventure

2024 STEM Scholar
Birmingham, AL Liberty Park Middle School

Nicole’s Big Idea:

Students will become future astrogeologists on the hunt for a near-earth asteroid where they will establish a mining colony to retrieve valuable metals that are no longer abundant on Earth. They will complete a series of challenges to travel to the asteroid, collect samples, confirm the presence of valuable ore and establish a mining colony on the surface.

Interesting Facts:

In her former career, Nicole was an environmental engineer with a focus on stormwater and water distribution system modeling.