SAMSAT inspires innovative minds through exploration of the past, present and future of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
January 2020, in Aviation Week
Tackling Workforce Needs in Texas:
Port San Antonio pursues STEM and innovation growth
September 27, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Boeing $100,000 award extends SAHA Geekbus STEM Club into 2020
About SAMSAT
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SAMSAT for Schools
SAMSAT and SASTEMIC have merged. We are working together to bring STEM to your school, and we're ready for your students to visit our Preview Center.
is our mobile STEM
space that travels to schools and other organizations to provide STEM educational experiences through 18 curricula including drones, cyber, wind energy, robotics, forensics and more.
See all curriculum, or book the Geekbus.
SAMSAT Explore™ Tour
Bring up to 25 students and spend an hour or more learning the history of electricity, computers, communications, and cyber, delving into the mindset of some of history's greatest inventors and entrepreneurs.
SAMSAT Explore-And-Do™
Bring up to 50 students for a SAMSAT Explore™ tour, and then students experience invention through STEM curricula and activities. A three- to four-hour activity.
The SA Smart Mayor's K-12 Smart City Challenge
Bring teams of 4-6 students, grades 7-12, create an idea around San Antonio's SA Tomorrow plan, do technical research, do market research, receive training and mentorship, and pitch your idea. Win the Mayor's Smart City Cup!
And More
The SAMSAT Preview Center is open every Saturday for Family Day, and it's free! And SAMSAT is a great place for your meeting, celebration or event.
Families
Join us between 10 am and 5 pm at the Preview Center. There is no cost for admission, but your donations are always welcome.
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We're at 102 Mabry Drive, San Antonio.
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On the campus of Port San Antonio (formerly Kelly Air Force Base).
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Here's a map.
Adults
Meetings and Events
Hold your business meeting, training session, celebration or other event at SAMSAT.
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Located at Port San Antonio.
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Preview Center: Up to 100 people.
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Activity Center: Up to 100 people.
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Executive Conference room: Up to 12.
Office Space
Inquire about individual offices on the Port San Antonio campus, within five minutes of large aerospace companies and defense contractors.
Visit the SAMSAT Preview Center
The SAMSAT Preview Center is located on the Port San Antonio campus near Lackland Air Force Base. See highlights of the SAMSAT collection pending our move into Port San Antonio's Innovation Center.
Things to see at the Preview Center
The capture of an Enigma Coding Machine by the Allies was a major event of WWII. See one of very few remaining.
Datapoint Corporation was a 10,000-employee company in San Antonio with a claim to creating the first microcomputer. See the Datapoint collection.
Phototelesis, a spin-off of Datapoint, created a phone that can send and receive pictures. The world's first cameraphone!
Inside a typical phone, there are 350 billion transistors that do the same job as each one of the vacuum tubes you see in this picture.
Visit the Preview Center
Open every Saturday, 10 am to 5 pm
FREE (donations welcome)
102 Mabry Drive, San Antonio, Texas, 78226
Paste a map link into your phone's browser:
Google Maps: tinyurl.com/samsat-map-google
Apple Maps: tinyurl.com/samsat-map-apple
The Edison collection includes a light bulb made of horse hair, and a 1900s dynamo (below) for energy distribution.
Learn who Nikola Tesla was, how a Tesla coil works, and why the Tesla coil sends energy through the air that turns on the lights. We'll fire up the coil for you!
IMPACT
2018 Results
SASTEMIC's 2018 results include all SAMSAT education activities.
Read our full 2018 Impact report.
PDF, 14 MB
Total Served
13,718
STEM Events
42
Schools/Centers
60
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CURRENT SPONSORS
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EH Concepts LTD.
Dr. David Crouch and
Cactus Communications
Chris Cheever
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIPS
FOUNDING SPONSORS
Other Partners & Friends:
