URWISE Events
2009 Events
- SWE's Science Saturday
- Saturday, February 28, 2009
- Rochester Museum and Science Center
- There are two shifts: 10:30 - 1:45 pm and 1:15 - 4:30 pm
- There are two hands on events and an educational display. The two activities are a structure and bridge building competition. The two activities use spaghetti, pretzels and marshmallows for building material. The two hands on activities are building tall structures (towers) and long structures (bridges) using the 'building materials.' The goal is to build either the tallest tower or longest bridge in the 10 minute timeframe. The tower must stand up on its own for at least 60 seconds after building is complete, and the bridge has to span between two supports, and the kids choose how far apart to put the supports. The structures are measured when they are finished building to track the tallest/longest.
- The other part of the event is a display that shows famous bridges and towers along with a really cool interactive demo that is on the PBS website about the strength of different shapes and things to consider when building a bridge/tower.
- Engineering Week
- Gender Differences and Obesity as Risks for Knee Osteoarthritis
- 6:30pm - 8:00pm, Wednesday, February 18, 2009
- Georgen 101 (Sloan Auditorium)
- In light of Engineering Week, the Women In Science and Engineering Program is hosting a talk by Amy Lerner, a faculty member in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. She will lecturing about obesity, its risks specific to knee joints and how women are more at risk for certain complications over men. There will be a reception before the talk. It is sure to be a very interesting and informational lecture and there will be free food! We hope to see you there!
- SWE’s Making it Matter Badge Workshop for Junior Girl Scouts
- Saturday, February 7 (10 am-1 pm)
- The Society of Women Engineers’ (SWE) Girl Scout Computer Fun Badge Workshop was a really fun and rewarding day. Volunteers from SWE and other science and engineering disciplines came to work with Junior Girl Scouts to help them earn their badges.
