Sally Ride Science Festival
at Rice University
Houston, TX • October 18, 2008
Workshops for Students
Many Discovery Workshops are offered! But there is only time for two. Choose the six workshops that interest you the most. We will try to assign you to two workshops from your six favorite! Please note: We can not guarantee your workshop choices.
| Wkshp ID | Title | Area of Discovery | Presenter/Affiliate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Working in Space: "It's About Time" and "Future Moon": Planetarium Shows in the Portable "Discovery Dome" | Space Science/Technology/Astronomy | Patricia Reiff Rice University |
| 2 | Building the Bionic Woman: Combining Bioengineering and Orthopedics | Engineering/Medicine | Catherine Ambrose & Gloria Gogola Department of Orthopedic Surgery UTHSC-Houston |
| 3 | Houston, We Have a Problem: The Importance of Good Communication Skills | Teamwork and Verbal Communication Skills | Sarah Shull NASA - Johnson Space Center |
| 4 | Shipwrecked! | Environmental / Computer Science | Keri Mays Deloitte Financial Advisory Services |
| 5 | Stroke: Brain Explosions | Biology-Neuroscience | Boyeon Lee Texas A & M |
| 6 | Wild Blue Yonder | Aviation | Trish Beckman The Boeing Company |
| 7 | Developmental Biology: Building Better Bugs | Biology | Sarah Bondos Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine |
| 8 | Lunar Outpost | Aerospace Engineering | Michele Brekke NASA - Johnson Space Center |
| 9 | The Effects of Space Flight on Our Sensory Systems | Neuroscience/Rehabilitation Science | Regina Buccello-Stout USRA/NASA JSC |
| 10 | A Vision for Space Exploration | Space Exploration | Tatiana A. Christian NASA - Johnson Space Center |
| 11 | International Polar Year | Space Science/Technology/Astronomy | Penny Morris-Smith University of Houston-Downtown |
| 12 | Is Architecture for You | Architecture | Cecilia Delgado Gensler |
| 13 | How to Fall without Hitting the Ground, and Weigh a Weightless Rat | Physics | Marianne Dyson |
| 14 | NASA Co-op Lunar Exploration | Exploratory Science | Baylee Carr, Phares Carroll & Lindsay Yaros NASA - Johnson Space Center |
| 15 | Unravel the Mystery as You Solve Fun Problems | Engineering | Andrea S. Kelly The Boeing Company |
| 16 | What's Ice Got to Do with It? | Oceanography/Environmental /Polar Science/Careers | Lollie Garay Polar TREC Expedition |
| 17 | Would You Go to Mars? | Human Physiology in Space | Dorit Donoviel National Space Biomedical Research Institute |
| 18 | Robotics in Education and Competition | Robotics and STEM | Jason Morrella Innovation First, Inc. |
| 19 | Making Pipes Smaller Than the Size of a Single Hair | Chemical Engineering | Lisa Biswal Rice University |
| 20 | Cryptography: Making and Breaking Codes | Mathematics | Elizabeth Dan-Cohen & Kelly McKinnie Rice University |
| 21 | Genes That Make Light | Molecular Biology | Nikki Delk Rice University |
| 22 | All Tied up in Knots | Mathematics | Danielle O'Donnol & Elena Pavelescu Rice University |
| 23 | Careers in Design | Math/Science | Karla Brandt Deloitte Financial Advisory Services |
| 24 | Nanotechnology is Now | Chemistry | Mary McHale & Carolyn Nichol Rice University |
| 25 | Seeing "Invisible" Magnetic Fields in Space | Magnetism | Elizabeth Jensen ACS Consulting/MMT Observatory/Rice Univ |
| 26 | Dynamic Planet | Geophysics | Elizabeth Vanacore Rice University |
| 27 | Don't Let Your Dreams Fly By | Aviation | Deon Beckford Continental Airlines |
| 28 | Up, Up and Away.....Weather Balloons Take Flight | Aviation | TBA |
| 29 | Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle: Ready, Set..........Go | TBA | TBA |
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