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CHECK OUT THIS BOOTH! Turning Dreams into Reality: TRON Legacy with National Academy of Engineering and Disney
Posted by Joanna Pool on October 14, 2010 Check out this booth at the Expo! Get Transported into the visually stunning digital world of Disney’s upcoming theatrical release TRON: Legacy and examine where movie fantasy and the 21st century’s real Grand Challenges for Engineering intersect. You’ll see how 3-dimensional scanning and printing are bringing the real and the virtual worlds closer together. You’ll…
Mendenhall Glacier Berg headed your way!
Posted by Joanna Pool on October 12, 2010 Wow…A 1500lb glacial berg is on its way to the Expo! The amazing things that will be seen at the Expo. Listen to the journey of the Ice Berg to the USA Science And Engineering Festival! Check out more pictures of the iceberg here. Read about the Iceberg from Juneau Empire By Sarah Day |…
Main Sponsor Lockheed Martin CTO discusses innovation, invention, and their involvement with education.
Posted by Joanna Pool on August 20, 2010 Check out this great video of Ray O Johnson the CTO of our host sponsor, Lockheed Martin, being interviewed by Forbes Editor of the monthly Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report and Nifty Fifty speaker Josh Wolfe. They discuss material science, the need for more science and innovation in the US and even mentions the USA Science…
A Perfect Partner: From the Civil War to Modern Day – NMHM Takes Festival Goers on an Insightful Journey into Medical History
Posted by Joanna Pool on July 22, 2010 Trauma surgery…emergency medicine…forensic anthropology. We know them today as invaluable fields in medicine and science – fields that save lives or provide important insight into the circumstances behind a traumatic death. What you may not know is that these professions, in many ways, were literally born under fire on the battlefields of war – from…
The Planetary Society Exhibit: Learn the Rudiments of Solar Sailing; Meet Bill Nye The Science Guy!
Posted by Joanna Pool on July 12, 2010 Bill Nye the Science Guy “We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars.” –Carl Sagan Carl Sagan’s dream that one day spacecraft would “sail” in space, powered only by light from the sun, is reaching fruition at The Planetary Society,…
4-H Program to Wow Students With its ‘National Science Experiment’ at Festival
Posted by Joanna Pool on June 7, 2010 We are proud to welcome 4-H – a long-time national youth development program which engages students in science, technology and other life skill experiences through “learning by doing” – as a partner in the USA Science and Engineering Festival. As part of their commitment to STEM programs for youth, 4-H will be exhibiting at the…