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Presented by
Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers
in collaboration with Carnegie Science Center and with support from the Pennsylvania Department of Energy - Office for Environment/Ecology, Dr. Patricia Vathis, Advisor
The STEM series is designed to help K-12 teachers better understand STEM career tracks and to experience applications/results of these careers. Everyone interested in STEM education at the K-12 levels is welcome. Teachers may earn Act 48 professional development hours.
Carnegie Science Center
One Allegheny Avenue
Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012
FREE program, cash dinner
| 4:30 pm | Light Refreshments |
| 5:00 pm | Keynote: Transdisciplinary Research and Sustainability: The Story of John Snow Keynote Speaker: Bernard Goldstein, MD – Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. |
| 5:20 pm | STEM Careers Panel Moderated by John Radzilowicz – Director of Science and Education Carnegie Science Center Science: John Murphy – Executive Director McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine Engineering: Mike Nowak – Senior Management and Technical Advisor Office of Research & Development, National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Mathematics: Jill Jones – Director, Marketing and Product Management Fisher Scientific Engineering, data collection and analysis: Bill Bertrand – Advisor Pennsylvania Department of Energy Office for Technology Education |
| 5:40 pm | STEM in Action Panel Moderated by Justin Driscoll – Director, STEM Talent Acquisition Pittsburgh Technology Council Workplace networks Leah Smith – Regional Coordinator, PASA – Agriculture Practices Sustainability Robin Shoop – Director, Robotics Academy Carnegie Mellon University Joan Schanck – Director of Education and Workforce Development Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Patricia Vathis – Advisor, Pennsylvania Department of Energy Office for Environment/Ecology – Academic Standards |
| 6:00 pm | Growing Scientists in the Salad Bowl of the US Featured Speaker: Carolee Bull, PhD, Research Plant Pathologist, Salinas, Cal. USDA-ARS plant pathologist, leader of a team of scientists working on a CLGRB-funded project screening resistant cultivars in the field and in the greenhouse as a defense against BLS. |
| 6:30 pm | Dinner with the Speakers – Cash dinner |
Register by emailing Jane Konrad at konrad@pitt.edu. Registration is free. Deadline for registration is February 24, 2012.
For more information about the STEM Education Series, visit Pittsburgh Regional Center for Science Teachers.
