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Role Models in Science & Engineering: X-STEM & Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr....

The USA Science & Engineering Festival is thrilled to introduce our elite group of X-STEM and Nifty Fifty Speakers for the 3rd Festival! In today’s blog we feature Physicist and former NASA...

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Role Models in Science and Engineering: Clea Koff

Celebrating Women’s History Month with another STEM Role Model! Often rated among the top 10 forensic science experts today. Became internationally known for her work with the United Nations in...

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Role Models in Science and Engineering: Nifty Fifty Speaker Dr. Diandra...

Celebrating Women’s History Month with another STEM Role Model! In today’s blog we feature Nanomaterials Physicist Dr. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky. We are excited to announce that Dr. Leslie-Pelecky will be...

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Role Models in Science and Engineering: Ali Javan

Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement! Ali Javan’s important work is a major component of what you are doing right now- using the internet. To read his full biography and the...

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Role Models in Science and Engineering: Bonnie Dunbar

Celebrating another role model in science & engineering achievement! Bonnie Dunbar played a key role in building the Space Shuttle craft and developing its thermal protection system. A veteran of...

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Role Models in Science and Engineering: Les Paul

Celebrating another Role Model in Science & Engineering Achievement! Rock and roll as we know it today would not exist without his invention –the solid body electric guitar. Little wonder legends...

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In Praise of Unsung Heroes in Science at the USA Science & Engineering Festival

Heroes should never be forgotten, but unfortunately too many of them in the field of science go missing from our classroom textbooks. Equally disturbing is that a disproportionate number of these...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering: Karin Muraszko!

Karin Muraszko – Pediatric Neurosurgeon –The first and only female to head an academic  neurosurgery department in the U.S. –Successfully handles her demanding surgical schedule despite having spina...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Kalpana Chawla!

Kalpana Chawla — Aerospace Engineer, NASA Astronaut Born in the small town of Karnal, India, she became hooked on flight when she took her first plane ride in a small craft through the local flying...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Stephen Hawking!

Stephen Hawking: Theoretical Physicist and Bestselling Author Stephen Hawking is often regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein. He is best known for his compelling...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Clara Barton!

Clara Barton — Nurse, Educator Her work as a dedicated battlefield nurse during the Civil War, and her founding of the American Red Cross helped set the standards for emergency medical care and...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Peggy Whitson!

Peggy Whitson — NASA Astronaut and Biochemist We continue to recognize 50 Years of Women in Space with STEM Role Model Peggy Whitson. Peggy Whitson grew up on a farm in Iowa with big dreams of becoming...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Kristin Laidre

Kristin Laidre –Marine Mammal Biologist Kristin Laidre is one of the world’s foremost experts on the elusive, mysterious Narwhal whale. Her work with native communities in Arctic regions of Canada and...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Daniel Hale...

Daniel Hale Williams- Surgeon and Medical Educator Medical textbooks in the early 1890s said that operating on near the human heart was too dangerous. But on a hot summer’s night in Chicago in 1893,...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Nikola Tesla!

Nikola Tesla — Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, Inventor One of science’s most amazing visionaries of all time, Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla was considered a mathematical phenomenon since...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Vera Rubin!

Vera Rubin — Astronomer Often called one of the most gifted but underrated astronomers today, her work confirmed the presence of dark matter in the universe, and since 1978, she has researched and...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: C.V. Raman!

C.V. Raman – Physicist First Indian scientist to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. Known for his pioneering work in the scattering of light, now commonly called the “Raman Effect” In 1930, at a time of...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Chien Shiung Wu!

Chien Shiung-Wu — Experimental Physicist One of the foremost physicists of the twentieth century, this Chinese-born American researcher was often called the “First Lady of Physics” for her pioneering...

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Spotlight on X-STEM Speaker Dr. Michael Shermer!

X-STEM - presented by Northrop Grumman Foundation and MedImmune - is an Extreme STEM symposium for elementary through high school students featuring interactive presentations by an exclusive group of...

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Celebrating Role Models in Science & Engineering Achievement: Fred Kavli!

Fred Kavli – Physicist, innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist He made millions manufacturing high-tech sensors for aircraft, cars and appliances; donated much of his fortune to establish the Kavli...

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