Award winners will be displayed at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton from April 10 to May 11. The grand opening will be at the museum’s Science and Engineering Evening set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 10.
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Award winners will be displayed at the Carnegie Museum in Houghton from April 10 to May 11. The grand opening will be at the museum’s Science and Engineering Evening set for 6:30 to 8 p.m. April 10.
About 350 students demonstrated their pursuit of scientific knowledge at the 14th annual Western Upper Peninsula Science Fair Tuesday night. Fourth- through eighth-graders from 16 schools in Houghton, Baraga, Ontonagon and Gogebic counties participated in the fair, held in the Memorial Union Building at Michigan Technological University. “We had the most students and the most projects this year,” said Shawn Oppliger, director of the Western U.P. Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education, which sponsored the event along with the Michigan Tech Chapter of American Society for Engineering Education and the Carnegie Museum.
“Here we have examples, role models, college students who are passionate about their career choices, learning about the various STEM fields, and here they are to have fun with the younger students and show them why this is a great career to consider,” said event coordinator Joan Chadde.
Assistant Professor Ranjana Mehta (CLS/KIP) will present “Neuroergonomics Applications to Occupational Health Research” at 2 p.m., Friday, March 16, in Chem Sci 101.
Michigan Tech faculty, staff members and students received awards tallying $101,875 through the Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC), sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which includes 11 university members.
Among the faculty members receiving $5,000 seed grants was Ranjana Mehta (Cognitive & Learning Sciences): “Interactive effects of physical and mental fatigue on task performance during orthostatic challenge.”
Among the faculty and staff members receiving $5,000 or more for pre-college, public outreach, teacher training, and/or augmentation programs was Joan Chadde (Center for Science and Environmental Outreach): “Great Lakes Teacher Institute.”
After earning a bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Michigan Technological University in 2008, Sarah Weinreis made it her mission to teach science at the high school level. Weinreis began talking to people she knew at Tech who quickly referred her to the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship.
Stacey Frankenstein-Markon is serving in Uganda as part of Michigan Tech’s Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) program in applied science education. Brad Baltensperger, chair of the Department of Cognitive and Learning Sciences and program director of the PCMI Applied Science Education Program, and Casey Huckins, an associate professor of biological sciences who heads the University’s new PCMI in biological sciences, spent a week in Uganda to discuss the graduate students’ research.
The Center for Pre-College Outreach and the Center for Science and Environmental Outreach will collaboarte on a Lunch and Learn, “Grant Writing: Easy K-12 Outreach Options with a Big Impact,” from noon to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 4, in Memorial Union Ballroom A2. Presenters will be Steve Patchin, director of Pre-College Outreach and Youth Programs, and Joan Chadde, education coordinator for the Western UP Center for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education and Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Outreach.
Eight members of the Michigan Tech student chapter of the NSBE will visit six middle schools and one high school to talk with students. They will also conduct Family Engineering events at three schools. Family Engineering is designed to address the nation’s need for an increased number–as well as a greater diversity–of students skilled in math, science, technology, and engineering (STEM disciplines). For more information about Family Engineering, contact Joan Chadde, K-12 program coordinator, at 487-3341 or at jchadde@mtu.edu.