STEM EXPO – Wisconsin Science Olympiad, Friday, April 7th, 2017
TeamRegistration,startingat12pm(noon)inStudentUnionConcourse
Lecture Visits (for high-school students only)
12:00-12:50pm
ComputerProgrammingLab(EMSE270)
(limit12)
12:00-12:50pm
GeneralChemistryII(CHM180)
(limit20)
1:00-1:50pm GeneralChemistryI(CHM190)
(limit20)
2:00-2:50pm ChemicalScience(CHM180)
(limit10)
Hands-on Interactive STEM activities/workshops and demonstrations
12:00-1:00pm
PuzzlesandProblems-ComputationalLinguisticswithNACLO,EMSE225,upto
10students
12:30-1:00pm GlassblowingDemonstration(CHMB1)(limit15)
1:15-1:45pm GlassblowingDemonstration(CHMB1)(limit15)
2:00-2:30pm
GlassblowingDemonstration((CHMB1)(limit15)
2:45-3:15pm GlassblowingDemonstration(CHMB1))(limit15)
12:30-1:30pm GlowingChemistry–ChemoluminescenceinAction(CHM385)(limit20)
12:30-1:30pm
1:30-2:30pm ColorsofChemistry–ExperienceMysteriousColorChangesinChemical
Reactions(CHM398)(limit20)
1:30-2:30pm
GlowingChemistryChemoluminescenceinAction(CHM385)(limit20)
ColorsofChemistry–ExperienceMysteriousColorChangesinChemical
Reactions(CHM398)(limit20)
1:00-2:50pm WaterSystemDesignwithEngineersWithoutBorders,EMSE225,(limit30)
1:00-1:50pm ElectrifyingTimeswithIEEE,EMSW270,(limit15,highschoolstudentsonly)
2:00-2:50pm ElectrifyingTimeswithIEEE,EMSW270,(limit15,highschoolstudentsonly)
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1:00-1:50pm
ScanningElectronMicroscopywithMaterialsAdvantage,EMS1162,(limit15,
highschoolstudentsonly)
2:00-2:50pm NaoRobotswithUWM'sWomeninComputingClub,EMSE237,(limit24)
1:00-1:50pm IntheDriver’sSeatwithTrafficEngineering,EMSE237(limit30)
Campus and Specialty STEM Tours
CampusToursstartingeveryfullhourintheUnionConcourse-nolimit
1:00pm
EMS(EngineeringandMathematicalSciences)Tour,EMSE386,(limit15)
2:00pm
EMS(EngineeringandMathematicalSciences)Tour,EMSE386,(limit15)
12:30pm
TourtheThomasGreeneGeologicalGallery,LAP168(limit25)
TheThomasA.GreeneGeologicalMuseumcontainsthefossilandmineral
collectionofThomasA.Greene,anamateurgeologistthatlivedinMilwaukeein
thelate1800’s.Atthetimeofhisdeathin1894,Greene’sfossilandmineral
collectionwasconsideredthemostvaluableofitskindwestofPhiladelphia.
1:15pm
TourtheThomasGreeneGeologicalGallery,LAP168(limit25)
2:00pm
TourtheThomasGreeneGeologicalGallery,LAP168(limit25)
2:45pm
TourtheThomasGreeneGeologicalGallery,LAP168(limit25)
2:00-3:00pm
UWMGreenhouseTour–TheUWDepartmentofBiologicalSciencesmaintains
a9,200squarefootstate-of-the-artgreenhousesituatedontheroofofthe
NWQBuildingComplex.(limit20)
2:45-3:25pm
TouroftheShimadzuAppliedChemistryCenterwhichhousesstate-of-the-art
labspaceandanalyticalequipment(KIRC2ndfloor,limit20)
1:00-1:50pm
UWMPlanetariumShow:“NorthernLights/NightSky”(limit75)
2:00-2:50pm
UWMPlanetariumShow:“NorthernLights/NightSky”(limit75)
Special Research Presentations and Shows
UWMDiscoveryTalks:STEMResearchShowcase
All30minpresentationswillbeinLaphamHall160(roomcapacity130)
12:00pm
JeanCreighton–“MyadventureintheStratosphere”
NASAselectedJeanCreighton,DirectoroftheUWMPlanetarium,tobeoneofthe24Airborne
AstronomyAmbassadorstoflyontheStratosphericObservatoryforInfraredAstronomy
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(SOFIA).Shewilldescribeherexperiencesduringthe20hoursshespentonthelargestmoving
observatoryintheworldat45,000feet
12:30pm
Dr.RaminPashaie(ElectricalEngineering)–“ElectricityandtheBrain”
Doweneededucationorcanweinventmethodstouploadinformationtoourbrain?Realityor
justanothersciencefiction?
1:00pm
Dr.AlexanderArnold(Chemistry&Biochemistry)–“VitaminDResearch-fromthepasttotoday”
ThispresentationwilldiscussthediscoveryofVitaminD,itsbiologicalfunctions,andits
connectionstorickets. 1:30pm
KateNelson–"ItTakesaVillage"-CampusasaSustainableLivingLaboratoryIntertwiningthe
Disciplines
UW-Milwaukee'sOfficeofSustainabilityworkstoimprovecampusoperationsbyengagingthe
studiesandresearchacrosscampus.Thistalkwillexplorethesechangesthroughthelensof
disciplinesthathaveworkedwiththeoffice.
2:00pm
Dr.MarissaJablonski–“EngineeringforPeople:DyeTreatmentforSmallIndustriesinIndia”
Dr.Jablonskicreatedalow-costdecolorizationmethodtotreatchemicaldyewastewaterusing
Photo-FentonOxidationandsandfiltration.Theproblemis,nooneusesit!Thispresentation
willtalkaboutthecomplexityofsustainableengineeringandhowpeoplearethemost
importantvariableinallengineeredprojects.
2:30pm
Dr.MarkMcBride(BiologicalSciences)–“MicrobesinMotion”
Bacteriauseelaboratemachinestoswimthroughliquidsandtocrawloversurfaces.Movement
isimportantforbacteriathatcausedisease.Thispresentationwillexplorehowbacteriausethe
world'ssmallestmotorstomove.
3:00-3:30pm
AmeralysCorreaandTrishikaSantebennur–“StudentResearchinStructuralHealthMonitoring
andSelf-HealingMaterials”
Meettwosophomoreresearcherswhoinvestigateself-healingmaterialsanddamagedetection
signalsinUWM’sAdvancedStructuresLab.LearnhowaMaterialsScience&EngineeringMajor
AndanElectricalEngineermajorarejoiningforcesinresearch.
4:00 -5:30 pm
Opening Ceremony
Wisconsin Room/Student Union
KeynotePresentation:BartAdrian
(UWM,AtmosphericScience&Mathematics,formerMeteorologistatFOX6NewsMilwaukee)
“ScientistsWhoTurnedtheWorldUpsideDown”
Someofthegreatestscientistsofalltimewillbeintroduced—Galileo,Torricelli,Newton,Nobel,
andRichardson.Learnabouttheirdiscoveries,andlearnwhatinterestingpeopletheywere!
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LUB
LAP
KIRC
EMS
CHM
NWQ
LubarHall
LaphamHall
KenwoodIRC
EngineeringandMathematicalSciences
Chemistry
NorthwestQuadrant
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