STEM Student Summit

STEM Student Summit - Metropolitan State University - Friday, September 25th

If you are a student interested in science, technology, engineering or math, you won't want to miss the STEM Student Summit on Friday, September 25th. It will be a filled with interesting presentations and activities. At 9:30, Liesl Chatman from the Minnesota Science Museum will speak, at 11:00 there will be hands on activities, at 12:45 a free lunch will be provided while Amy Lindgren, author of the St. Paul Pioneer Press career column speaks, at 2:00 there will be break out presentations on everything from fractals or robots to genetics, and at 3:00 there will be a bomb show featuring exciting experiments. If you plan to attend, be one of the first 250 students to email diana.reichel@metrostate.edu before 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 23rd. This event is sponsored by a grant from MnSCU CTL and will begin in the Founder Hall Auditorium on the St. Paul Campus. STEM students and faculty at Century College and St. Paul College have also been invited.

Schedule:

9:00 Registration in the Great Hall

9:30 Liesl Chatman, Director of Professional Development, Minnesota Science Museum

"The Importance of STEM Knowledge and Professions" (Auditorium)

(break and room change)

11:00 Breakout Activity Sessions:

Wind Turbines - Julie Maxson (Ecolab)

Work/Energy - Ramin Daghigh (Great Hall)

Earthquake Detection and Monitoring - Randy Stobel (New Main LL )

IT Panel - Kate Southwick

(break and room change)

12:45 Lunch:

Great Hall - Amy Lindgren, Prototype Career Services and author of the St. Paul Pioneer Press

Career Column -- "Career Planning and Securing STEM Positions"

(Ecolab - if more space is needed, and yes we do have a great event for that room as well)

(break and room change)

2:00 Breakout Speaker Sessions:

Programming Robots - KuoDi Jian (Auditorium)

The Genetics of Cancer - John Schneider (Ecolab)

Factals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension - Ben Weng (New Main LL)

[Sustainability - possible last minute addition]

(break and room change)

3:15 Bomb Show - Impressive Experiments that Shouldn’t Be Done at Home

(Julie Maxson is working on getting the group from UMN or organizing our own)