Derick MORENO

Drone Cadets Youth Employment Program.

Work conducted at Longwood High School.

Sponsored by Stony Brook University and Haugland Energy

• Working three hours a day, four days a week, for 20 weeks after school, learning the safe operation of drones, including flight, mechanics, image capturing, and data interpretation for large-scale infrastructure, energy, and utility projects.

Summer Youth Employment Program: A Taste of the Trades.

Work conducted at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and Suffolk County Community College.

Sponsored by Stony Brook University and Haugland Energy.

Earned a Stony Brook University Digital Badge.

• During the summer of 2024, this seven-week program ran for six hours a day, four days a week, to teach hands-on lessons in renewable energy, advanced manufacturing, and the basics of electronics.