USA Science and Engineering Festival: The Blog
Role Models In Science and Engineering: Dr. Sylvester James Gates
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on March 1, 2013 
Celebrating Black History Month with another Role Model in Science & Engineering! “Born to be a mathematician and physicist” we are thrilled that Dr. Sylvester James Gates returns to the Festival as a Nifty Fifty Speaker. Growing up, his father brought him an Encyclopedia Britannica and he came across Schroedinger’s equation, which is one of…
Role Models in Science and Engineering: Dr. Herman White
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 28, 2013 
Celebrating Black History Month with another Role Model in Science & Engineering! Festival Nifty Fifty Speaker & Physicist Dr. Herman White smashes atoms for a living and he loves it! We are honored to have Dr. White as a key speaker for the Festival! To read the full biography of this distinguished scientist click here.
Role Models in Science and Engineering: George Washington Carver
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 23, 2013 
Celebrating Black History Month with another Role Model in Science & Engineering! The story of George Washington Carver is fascinating! This Botanist and Inventor possessed a “burning zeal to know everything” about nature from an early age. He used botany and other sciences to create products that would benefit the economic and agricultural productivity of…
Role Models in Science and Engineering: Marie M. Daly-Chemist
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 15, 2013 
Celebrating Black History Month with another Role Model in Science and Engineering: Marie M. Daly was a Chemist and the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in Chemistry in the U.S. She became known for her groundbreaking work investigating how diet, cigarettes and other factors affect the heart and the circulatory system. Her…
USA Science & Engineering Festival X-STEM & Nifty Fifty Speakers Guests of the First Lady at the State of Union!
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 12, 2013 TONIGHT- special guests of the First Lady at the State of the Union include USA Science & Engineering Festival X-STEM speaker Bobak Ferdowsi and Nifty Fifty Speaker Jack Andraka! Bobak Ferdowsi- referred to as NASA’s “Mohawk Guy” is a flight director at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In addition to his inspiring day-to-day work on the Mars Curiosity…
Guest Blogger USA Science & Engineering Festival Fan Dr. Jessica Carilli Offers Humorous Insight into Why One SHOULD Go to Grad School
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on February 4, 2013 In today’s blog USA Science & Engineering Festival Fan Dr. Jessica Carilli offers a little advice to those that are pursuing graduate school. Blog post from “Jessica’s Blog of Bad Advice” Go To Graduate School by Dr. Jessica Carilli This could be the worst piece of advice you will get from this blog, because there is…
USA Science and Engineering Festival Mascot Contest
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on January 30, 2013 Are you a talented artist that loves science? The USA Science & Engineering Festival is looking for a Mascot and we need YOUR help to design the new face of the largest celebration of science and engineering! We are looking for a mascot design that captures the spirit of the USA Science & Engineering Festival!…
Fifty Thousand Facebook Fans and Counting!
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on January 28, 2013 We are so excited to share the news that the USA Science & Engineering Festival Facebook page now has over 50,000 fans! Facebook serves as a wonderful medium for us to reach a population of STEM enthusiasts! Facebook is a platform for us to connect with our fans using humor and intellect to spread the…
Women Who Changed the World Through Science & Engineering: Ellen Swallow Richards — American Chemist and Ecologist
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on January 26, 2013 
–Through her studies of air, water and food quality in the Industrial Age, she introduced the word “ecology” to the U.S. lexicon as early as 1892 –First woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and first American woman to earn a degree in chemistry Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911), who introduced the word ecology…
Announcing X-STEM! Extreme STEM Symposium!
Posted by carlyo of USA Science & Engineering Festival on January 25, 2013 
The Festival will be unveiling a new program called X-STEM on Thursday, April 24, 2014. X-STEM is a special “Extreme” symposium for middle and high school students featuring interactive presentations by an exclusive group of visionaries who aim to empower and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). These STEM role…
