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USA Science and Engineering Festival

Photo courtesy of the USA Science and Engineering Festival

In October, Washington DC will be host to the USA Science and Engineering Festival, the country’s first national science festival. “The Festival promises to be the ultimate multi-cultural, multi-generational and multi-disciplinary celebration of science in the United States.” Two of the fifteen days of the Festival will be an Expo in which over 500 science and engineering organizations will come together to encourage and inspire future scientists and engineers.

With over 500 organizations participating, there will definitely be something for everyone! From building one’s own rocket to finding out if a dog can be smarter than a human, the festival seeks to accomplish it’s mission of re-igniting youths’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math.

There are many exciting ways to get involved with the festival before it begins. Contests to begin preparing for include a jingle contest, a Rubik’s Cube tournament, and a Kavli science video contest.

Stay up to date with the USA Science and Engineering Festival on their blog.

“Will you be there when science takes over the National Mall?”


“Rebuilding a Real Economy…” Forum Summary Published

“Americans feel prosperous based largely on the performance of three key economic indicators, said Ali Velshi, chief business correspondent for CNN. Are the values of their homes rising faster than inflation? Are their investments, whether for their children’s education or their own retirement, growing? And do their incomes equal or exceed increases in the cost of living?”

“Rebuilding a Real Economy: Unleashing Engineering Innovation: Summary of a Forum” has recently been published and is currently available online. This summary came from the 2009 Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Engineering, from a public forum with the same name, which highlights the main points brought about by seven leaders of the innovation system. These participants discussed why technological innovation is necessary for this nation to face the challenges of the 21st century.


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