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PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Monday marks National STEM Day as the United States celebrates the importance of science, technology, engineering and math education for today’s students .
FBI STEM professionals have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies to address unique investigative and intelligence challenges not found in the private sector. Their expertise applies to forensic science, computer technology, cybersecurity, electronic surveillance, biometrics, encryption and more.
Here are some ways to celebrate STEM Day with us!
Travel the world with a Portland forensic examiner
Supervisory Special Agent Betsy Bartko has traveled from Africa to the Arctic, using her STEM skills to deal with everything from child exploitation cases to computer intrusions. SSA Bartko is currently the Director of Northwestern Regional Computer Forensics Laboratory. Learn more about Betsy’s story here.
Explore STEM careers at the office
Ready for a challenge? Check out some of the careers STEM students could have at the FBI:
- Cryptologist / Cryptanalyst
- Data communications systems analyst
- Document analyst
- Electronic enginner
- Explosives / Incendiary Device Analyst
- Forensic pathologist (DNA, hair, latent fingerprints, firearms, tool marks, questioned documents, etc.)
- Hazardous materials expert
- Mathematician
- Mechanical engineer
- Photographic technologist
- Physical scientist
- Software engineer
You can read more about FBI STEM careers on our FBI Jobs Site!
Dive Deep into the Dark Web
As the coronavirus pandemic spread across the United States, the existing epidemic of drug addiction has accelerated in parallel. In its preliminary data, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that overdose deaths reached a record high with nearly 100,000 fatal overdoses recorded from March 2020 to March 2021.
Learn more about how FBI agents and analysts are joining partner agencies to dive deep into the dark web and encrypted applications as drug trafficking becomes high tech.
FBI Evidence Response Teams – The Real Crime scene investigators
Dash to a crime scene and you risk destroying the traces left by the suspect in the dirt. Handle a glass carelessly and you can mark the fingerprints left on it. Seal a blood-soaked sock in a plastic bag and your evidence may mold before it reaches the crime lab. Learn more about how the FBI trains its evidence-gathering teams to be the best in the world.
Also, look in the Evidence Response Team Toolkit to see how everyday objects like super glue and tape measures as well as specialized tools, light sources and chemicals help the team process a scene.
X-Files? No. UFO files? Yes!
Flying discs. Saucers. Flapjacks. Has the FBI Really Opened UFO Files? Yes! Listen to a recent episode of our In the FBI podcast to hear a discussion with the Bureau historian to find out the truth about some of our notable cases involving unidentified flying objects, or UFOs.
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