USA Science and Engineering Festival
USA Science and Engineering Festival
USA Science & Engineering Festival is a science festival deemed the country’s first national science festival[1] by founder Larry Bock and will take place in Washington D.C. The inaugural event will be held from October 10, 2010 through October 24, 2010 and is planned to be a yearly event. The two week festival will culminate with a two-day Expo on the National Mall that will give over 500 science & engineering organizations from all over the United States the opportunity to present an interactive hands-on, science activity with the goal of engaging the general public and generating scientific excitement and awareness[2].
Nifty Fifty
The Nifty Fifty program is a group of fifty nominated professionals in various areas of science and engineering who will interact and speak about their work and careers to middle and high school students across Washington DC in the fall of 2010. Speakers backgrounds are varied and span from Chemistry, Biotechnology, Engineering, Math, Computer Science, Medicine, Green Technology, Nanotechnology, Business, Physics, Astronomy, and Energy[3].
Lunch With a Laureate
The Lunch with a Laureate program is focused on a small group of middle and high school students across the Greater Washington D.C., Northern Virginia and Maryland areas. The purpose of the program is to engage students in informal conversations with a Nobel Prize winning Scientist over a brown bag lunch. The twelve different Laureates that will be participating in this program are: Dr.Leon M. Lederman, Dr.John C. Mather, Dr.William Daniel Phillips, Dr.Robert H. Grubbs, Dr.Alan J. Heeger, Dr.Dudley R. Herschbach, Dr.Phillip A. Sharp, Dr.Kary B. Mullis, Dr.Kurt Wuthrich, Dr.Douglas D. Osheroff, Dr. Baruch Samuel Blumberg and Sir Dr. Harry Kroto.[4]
Two Day Expo
The two week Festival will end with a two-day Expo on the National Mall that will feature over 500 science organizations from all over the United States. The list of exhibitors includes universities, colleges, high school science clubs, student organizations, research institutes, informal science outreach organizations, community organizations, professional science & engineering societies, life science and high tech companies, and other types of science organizations.[5]
Satellite Festivals
Satellite Festivals are being planned in the following cities: Austin, TX; Berkeley, CA; Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America;Champaign, IL;Chapel Hill, NC;Columbus, OH;DeKalb, IL;Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY;Houston, Texas;Middle River, MD;New Jersey;Oceanside, CA;Pocatello, ID;Pondicherry, India;Raleigh, NC;Ruskin, FL;Santa Ana, CA;Sewell, New Jersey (South Jersey);Stamford, CT;Tucson, AZ;Vancouver, WA/Portland, OR;Wichita, KS[6]
References
- ^ http://www.xconomy.com/san-diego/2009/10/05/making-science-cool-inspiring-students-and-giving-society-something-to-celebrate/ retrieved 2010-15-02
- ^ http://usasciencefestival.org/ retrieved 2010-15-02
- ^ http://usasciencefestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74&Itemid=95 retrieved 2010-17-02
- ^ http://usasciencefestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=81:lunchlaureate&catid=43 retrieved 2010-17-02
- ^ http://usasciencefestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=58&Itemid=86 retrieved 2010-28-02
- ^ http://www.usasciencefestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=73&Itemid=76 retrieved 2010-08-03