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Science in Society
WHAT: FIREtalks presenters explore the cutting edge of research, with the cutting edge being literal when the stingers of mosquitos are used to explore a better design for needles. And what could be more cutting edge than a machine that replicates the big bang and produces antimatter? What are the properties of this antimatter? Arguably, it is the joy of answering questions like these that drive science, but what if high school students never taste this joy? Luckily, a new initiative is connecting students to scientists working in the field. And students who don't have access to a machine replicating the big bang can still do interesting science: the surprisingly irrational decision-making of humans are easy to observe, with this field expanding to include the study of decisions around search results.
WHEN: Wednesday, November 25, 2015, 4-6pm
WHERE: Koerner Library, Room 216
Presenters
- Hollow microneedles for painless vaccination - Sahan Ranamukhaarachchi (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
- Making Cold Antimatter - Nathan Evetts (Experimental Physics)
- Rational vs Irrational Decision Making - Mehdi Piltan (Industrial Engineering Research Group)
- Making academic research applicable to K-12 students - Laura Super (Ecology and Biology)
- USER: understanding search engine results - Alamir Novin (School of Library, Archival, and Information Studies)
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