Johnson STEM Activity Center

10/09/2026

Dr. Lonnie Johnson is a keynote speaker at ’s 25th Anniversary and 17th annual Teaching with a Purpose The Future of STEM, Culture, and Energy Conference being held today in Portland, Oregon at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry!

10/05/2026

Congratulations to JSAC's 2026 Innovator Awardees (left to right) Smith Mariolis, Fletcher, MBA, and . Rosa Bell honored at our second annual Sneaker Ball!

Smith is a former JSAC student turned engineer. Mariolis is a JSAC robotics program graduate now pursuing a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Fletcher's is former CEO LifeBrite Laboratories, which offers unique specialized approaches to lab testing. Dr. Bell is a neurologist in Montgomery with over 30 years of experience.

JSAC thanks these change makers for their work and their inspiration to others!

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08/26/2026

Join JSAC for our second annual Innovator Awards Sneaker Ball on September 12 at JSAC!

will host an evening celebrating and honoring STEM superstars. Dress to impress and enjoy dinner, dancing, and awards while supporting JSAC, a 501(c)3.

A Huge thank you to our Gold sponsors




Silver sponsor

Patron Ms. Georgette Kiser

Sponsorship info and tickets available at Johnsonstem.org. See you there!

07/27/2026

This summer Dr. Barney Graham, inventor of the Covid vaccine, demonstrated 3D printed models of different viruses to students attending summer camp at the Johnson STEM Activity Center!

07/22/2026

07/20/2026

These STEM, sports, and entertainment powerhouses align in their work to empower students with skills and resources to pursue their goals!

Inventor Dr. Lonnie G. Johnson welcomed All-Star Jaylen Brown Rapper/Actor Ludacris, and students from Brown's 7uice FoundationBridge Program to the Johnson STEM Activity Center (JSAC). Brown founded the 7uice Foundation to increase student access to education, extracurricular opportunities, arts, and digital literacy; and its Bridge Program immerses students in STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Arts and Mathematics). Ludacris collaborated with Brown and made an appearance as Bridge students spent a day at JSAC!

We love collaborations that build with and for the youth, and we especially love to see the innovation and creativity brought by the youth! A huge thank you to Jaylen Brown, the 7uice Foundation, and Ludacris!

07/11/2026

Johnson STEM Activity Center and the Foundation will host The Innovators Table Gathering Spot Retreat, at intimate fundraising dinner and thought leadership experience featuring National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Jaylen Brown alongside renowned inventor, engineer, entrepreneur, and founder of the Johnson STEM Activity Center Dr. Lonnie Johnson.

The evening will bring together a highly curated audience of about 100 influential leaders from across business, technology, sports, philanthropy, government, and culture for cocktails, dinner and a featured fireside conversation. Themed The Innovator's Playbook: How Visionaries Engineer Impact, the discussion will explore innovation, ownership, resilience, leadership, artificial intelligence, and the power of unconventional thinking to shape the future.

06/08/2026

Rising 6th to 8th graders are invited to attend a free one-week robotics camp, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. June 22-26 at JSAC! Limited spaces will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

05/25/2026

Congratulations to Majazz Hanif, a JSAC alumnus turned Founder and Director and Coach of A.T.O.M. Robotics! While teaching JSAC students engineering skills, design thinking, and offering them organizational and homework help, Majazz was earning a Master of Science in Intelligent Robotics Systems! A great role model and mentor to JSAC students! Salute, Coach Majazz! # robotics

04/14/2026

A JSAC record! This year FIVE JSAC-sponsored FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) teams advanced to the Peachtree District Championship held at Mercer University this past weekend. Each year, JSAC has had multiple teams advance to state but five is a JSAC record.

One of the teams, G3 Robotics of Midtown High School (Henry W. Grady High School) has advanced to the World championship in Houston!

Congratulations to G3 Robotics, FIRST Team 1648, 100 Scholars Robotics Alliance, TeknoSquadRobotics #5219, Georgia Cyber Academy Champions #8577, and Neo Engineering League of America's Discbots #6023.

JSAC sponsors multiple robotics teams providing practice pits, a maker's space, computer lab, competition practice fields for robotics teams housed at and visiting JSAC, and additional support.

A huge congratulations to all of our robotics coaches and their teams for an FRC season well played!