S.T.E.A.M. I 

Credit gained: 1 High School Credit

Prerequisites

None.

Course description

Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics 1 (S.T.E.A.M. 1) is a project-based course. It fosters problem-solving, as well as computational, analytical, critical and creative thinking. Course topics and themes include the 4th Industrial Revolution, the Internet of Things, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Architectural Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

Course Start/End Date:

  • Fall 2022: Starting week of October 3rd, 2022 to week of November 28th, 2022
  • Winter 2023: Starting week of Feb 13th , 2023 to week of April 3rd, 2023
  • Spring 2023: Starting week of April 17th 2023 to week of June 5th, 2023
Course Duration: 8 weeks

Fellow/Online Instructor: Karampelas, Antonis

Cost: 300 Euros

Fellow/Online Instructor(s)

Karampelas, Antonios, Fellow

Dr. Antonios Karampelas holds a B.Sc. in Physics, an M.Sc. in Astrophysics, and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics, from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He has been a post-graduate researcher at NKUA and the National Observatory of Athens, and he has contributed into the preparation of the European Space Agency's Gaia mission.

Dr. Karampelas is active in introducing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning education into K-12 curricula. He has also developed a design-centered S.TE.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) course. At ACS Athens he is teaching Physics and S.T.E.A.M. and has been teaching S.T.E.A.M. online and AI and S.T.E.A.M. for the Summer Scholar's Academy. His interests include AI education, S.T.E.A.M. education, educational innovation, game-based learning, education for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, learning designs fostering imagination and creativity, and data analytics.

Dr. Karampelas is the ACS Athens Artificial Intelligence Framework Coordinator, working with faculty to holistically integrate AI into the school's curriculum. Additionally, he has been an Accreditation Team Internal Coordinator and the Faculty Action Research Coordinator. Moreover, he has been the Lead Investigator of the spACS program that established a faculty-student collaboration to design autonomous microgravity scientific experiments and publish the relevant research. The experiments were conducted inside the Blue Origin's New Shepard capsule in two consecutive space flights in 2019, with both events been covered by media in Greece and the US.

Scholarly, Dr. Karampelas is a co-author of more than 60 articles and research contributions in the fields of education and astrophysics that have been published in, indicatively, the IGI Global, the European Distance and E-Learning Network Proceedings, the Hellenic Journal of STEM Education, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Dr. Karampelas is also an article reviewer and a member of professional associations.

email: karampelasa@theinstitute.gr