by Darlene Cavalier | Mar 7, 2012 | Blog, contests, Science Education
Pitch your ideas to artist will.i.am, inventor Dean Kamen and other guest judges. One grand prize winner will work with Fahrenheit 212, a leading innovation firm, to develop their idea. Wouldn’t It Be Cool If… is a new contest jointly presented by Time...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 28, 2012 | Blog, Events
Join me tomorrow in Washington, D.C. for a Capitol Hill briefing on Wind Energy. This is part of an ongoing series of Hill briefings I work on with Discover Magazine in partnership with the National Science Foundation, and the professional engineering associations,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Feb 28, 2012 | Blog, Events, Science Education
The Science Cheerleaders have partnered with the Hammond High Diamonds (a club for African American females who have earned a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and above). The goal of the Baltimore-area program is to provide young ladies with the resources and...
by Bart Leahy | Feb 8, 2012 | Blog, Science Education
Forwarded to us by our friends at the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE): [updated 2/10/12] The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness hosted a ceremony on February 8 with deans of engineering schools that have demonstrated high graduation and...
by Bart Leahy | Feb 3, 2012 | Blog, Civil Engineering, Environment, General - Engineering, New England Patriots, NFL, STEM Field, The Science Cheerleaders
Meet Trish, a Science Cheerleader who cheers for the Super Bowl-playing New England Patriots AND is an environmental engineer! Trish earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Check out...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 13, 2012 | Blog, Cavalier Speaking engagements, Citizen Science, Events
Darlene Cavalier will be a participant and featured speaker at this workshop designed to create a roadmap for a useful citizen science programs related to the microbiology of the built environment. Hosted by MicroBEnet, the online destination for resources related to...
