![Students watch as their tall building design is tested on the shake table. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_559.jpg)
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![Christine Wittich, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, explains why the pointed top of the building designed by Moe McCall, center, and Bella Thomas did better than the building without a top. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_518.jpg)
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![Christine Wittich, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, explains why the pointed top of the building designed by Moe McCall, center, and Bella Thomas did better than the building without a top. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_486.jpg)
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![Zach Abourezk, center and Mike Cayou, Jr., watch water slowly drip through a filter to improve its quality during a group’s environmental lab experiment. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_350.jpg)
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![Mida DeAnda builds her tower to be tested on the shake table. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_330.jpg)
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![Mida DeAnda builds her tower to be tested on the shake table. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_305.jpg)
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![Christine Wittich, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, helps Eve Chavez build a tower to be tested on the shake table. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_248.jpg)
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![Eden Freemont watches water slowly drip through a filter to improve its quality during a group’s Environmental Lab experiment. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_192.jpg)
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![While Chira Khudhur, left, and Bella Thomas swing pendulums, Christine Wittich, Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, explains how various height buildings can sway differently during earthquakes. Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy sponsored by MATC. June 24, 2024. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication and Marketing.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/240624_MATC_STEM_095.jpg)
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![Gabe Brugier’s office in the Prem S. Paul Research Center at Whittier School overflows with supplies for the after-school program he runs in several middle schools. Bruguier, Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Mid-America Transportation Center, leads the MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. Gabriel is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. November 11, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/221111_Bruguier_030.jpg)
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![Gabe Bruguier, Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Mid-America Transportation Center, leads the MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. Gabriel is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe. November 11, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/221111_Bruguier_020.jpg)
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![Alana Denney holds up her design which was laser cut out of a piece of fabric. 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. June 30, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220630_Native_STEM_412.jpg)
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![Max Wheeler with Nebraska Innovation Studio explains how the laser cutter works. 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. June 30, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220630_Native_STEM_321.jpg)
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![Tracen Runnels’s design. 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. June 30, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220630_Native_STEM_139.jpg)
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![Max Wheeler with Nebraska Innovation Studio discusses how to make the student’s designs work well with the laser cutter. 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. June 30, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220630_Native_STEM_090.jpg)
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![Alana Denney laughs while looking at images for her design with academy mentor Shiloh King. 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. June 30, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220630_Native_STEM_072.jpg)
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![Academy mentor Shiloh King talks about the designs with the students. 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. June 30, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220630_Native_STEM_020.jpg)
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![Jayquin LaPlante works on his design. 2022 MATC/NCIA Sovereign Native Youth STEM Leadership Academy. June 30, 2022. Photo by Craig Chandler / University Communication.](styles/square_thumbnail/public/photos/220630_Native_STEM_015.jpg)
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