Exhibit
carlyo | April 4, 2016Nose picking is encouraged at the USA Science & Engineering Festival booth of AstraZeneca, and its biologics research and development arm, MedImmune. Visitors to the booth can “pick” a giant nose and learn how flu pandemics start. It's this type of hands-on science experience that inspires kids to pursue a STEM career.
AstraZeneca and MedImmune feel strongly that they can have the greatest community impact where they have the greatest expertise. As a leading biopharmaceutical company, they have chosen to invest significantly in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education.…
carlyo | January 24, 2012Last week marked the 100 day countdown for the 2nd Annual USA Science and Engineering Festival! The Festival is scheduled for the weekend of April 28th & 29th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. With less than 100 days to go we are gearing up for quite an extraordinary Expo this year!
The Expo is open to all ages and is free of charge! The Festival will feature over 2000 fun, interactive exhibits, more than 100 stage shows and 33 Author Presentations. Major Science Celebrities including Bill Nye the Science Guy and Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman from the…
kcollins | October 20, 2010Thanks AT&T for being a Sponsor for the USA Science and Engineering Festival!
Find the full press release here on prnewswire.
Festival will feature AT&T Eco Booth and 50 satellite events around the nation to motivate kids to take interest in science, technology, engineering and math
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- To motivate kids to take interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), AT&T* will sponsor the USA Science and Engineering Festival on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on October 23rd and 24th. According to a new report by the President's…
kcollins | October 20, 2010Thanks to one of our sponsors, Office of Naval Research, for getting the word out about the USA Science and Engineering Festival and coming to the festival! It sounds like a fun exhibit that you will have. See the full article here.
By Susan Nelson
Office of Naval Research / Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers
Some people find it amazing that PVC pipes and joints, wire, wax, film canisters, polyethylene mesh, football-shaped foam, a couple of plastic propellers, and some small motors and switches can become an underwater robot that you can drive with a handheld control box.
I…
kcollins | 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 learn how virtual reality is shaping the practice of medicine and try your hand at brain surgery...on a computer generated replica of a real patient! Finally, you'll take a trip into the TRON digital grid through an incredible…
kcollins | October 9, 2010This is a bit amazing. Check out the original post here.
It's a method of art reminiscent of Jackson Pollack's abstract drip paintings. Just more suited to the less squeamish.
Erin Watson uses blow fly larvae -- maggots -- to get kids excited about painting. Judging by her upcoming educational demonstration project on the National Mall, it's working.
"Maggot art," the brainchild of Southeastern Louisiana University biologist Watson, works like this. With kids watching her, Watson drops diluted water-based poster paint onto paper. She then places the maggots into the paint drops. Next, the…
kcollins | September 6, 2010
On Wednesday, October 6, 2010, the third annual 4-H National Youth Science Day will bring together hundreds of thousands of youth around the nation to complete a single science experiment. This year, the National Science Experiment, 4-H2O, focuses on water quality and climate change - two critical issues facing our global community today.
4-H2O Experiment Kit: Order by Sept. 20 to Receive in Time for NYSD!
Visit the 4-H Mall to purchase your 4-H2O experiment kits today! To receive your kits in time for 4-H National Youth Science Day on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, make sure to place your…
kcollins | July 19, 2010Join Illumina in its quest to discover "What makes you... you?" And to discern why even though people are genetically 99.9 % similar, we look and act so incredibly different!
IlStudents and adults are encouragedto participate in Illumina's interactive Expo exhibit at the USA Science & Engineering Festival to answer for themselves these tricky but intriguing questions in genetics, using tools of gene-based science and technology, including series of tests involving eye color, taste and more!
Discover how genetic researchers use genetic markers to study disease and to help improve the…
kcollins | June 30, 2010
Agilent is excited to host an exhibit featuring a "mystery solving" theme. This is your chance to don a lab coat, examine evidence and use hands-on testing techniques to solve a mystery. Support for events that engage and inspire students in science is one of the ways that we at Agilent invest in everyone's future.
Darlene Soloman
"Excellence in science education is crucial to worldwide progress and continual improvement in quality of life," said Darlene Solomon, Ph.D., Agilent chief technology officer. "By highlighting what's cool about science and engineering, the USA Science &…