Building a STEM Future from LA’s Oil History

Professor Jha first visited Mr. Barbu’s classes to discuss the fundamentals of electric energy production based on the extraction of fossil fuels and our society’s dependence on natural resources such as oil and coal. The Professor then joined Mr. Barbu's Physical Science labs, helping students to better understand how to design experiments, to measure  properties of materials, including rocks similar to those studied in Jha's research lab. Next, the students visited USC to learn firsthand about the types of analyses performed by Dr. Jha and his group of postdoctoral researchers and his Ph.D. students. JAMS students also had the opportunity to present their own projects in a full multimedia USC auditorium in front of the Professor, his collaborators, and their peers, thereby having a real college experience.