ABOUT US
OUR MISSION AND VISION
Our mission is to enrich young minds in a safe, fun, and supportive environment that fosters exploration of challenging educational experiences while having the opportunity to build on life skills and explore their intellectual and leadership abilities.
We have a goal to create more engineers by promoting STEM and providing exposure to and excitement of potential career fields through outreach, education, and hands-on experiences.
HOW WE WORK
IDEAS Lab is run by the University of Alabama in Huntsville’s Research Institute. Under IDEAS Lab, we have created programs like InSPIRESS, EXCITE, DETECTS, and more.
To learn more about each program, visit our homepage!
OUR TEAM
Michael P.J. Benfield, Ph.D.
IDEAS LAB Manager
256.824.2976
Matthew W. Turner, Ph.D
IDEAS LAB Associate Manager
256.824.4629
Hannah Edmonson
DETECTS, GEMINI, RAMP UP
256.824.7630
Abigail Williamson
DETECTS, GEMINI, RAMP UP
205.902.5681
Jacob Jones
DETECTS
256.975.1831
Sydney Sumners
InSPIRESS, FALCON
678.848.8592
Aubrey Savery
InSPIRESS, FALCON
205.616.6473
Kristin Brevik
VEA
701.899.1073
Andrew Davis
VEA
256.824.6435
Tejas Vidwans
FRONTIER
Phillip Kimball
FRONTIER