Engineering & Science for the Future – titles of papers for STEM’08
due Oct. 2nd
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics (STEM) Conference 2008
The
Lehigh Valley Engineering Council (LVEC) in collaboration with Academic
Outreach & Special Projects at Lehigh University are sponsoring a second
conference on Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) aimed at
further enhancing the technological vitality of the Lehigh Valley. This event
is being planned to provide an opportunity for students, engineers and
scientists of all ages to develop and present technical papers before their
peers. This represents a next step beyond posters, presentations before judges,
or class term papers; it is also an opportunity to have the work published on a
CD and discussed by other conference contributors. The first conference,
STEM’06, included papers from students in high school, undergraduates,
graduates and working engineers. The conference, with the theme “Engineering
and Science for the Future,” will be held Saturday,
15th November. Individuals interested in developing a paper are
invited to contact Keith Gardiner at kg03@lehigh.edu
; further details will also be available on the LVEC web site www.lvengineer.org .
Important dates:
October 2nd – Submission
deadline for title, abstract and bio. to kg03@lehigh.edu
October 16th – Acknowledgement,
confirmation, acceptance etc.
October 30th – Final
paper due – Word format per instructions on web site
November 10th – Conference
schedule available
November 15th – 8.00-5.00
This
event affords an opportunity for writing and presenting a technical paper
before a forum of peers. The event is cross-disciplinary and invites students
at all levels to contribute and learn from the experience collaboratively and
with minimal cost. Communicating, defending and discussing results forms an
important part of the engineering and scientific endeavor, builds confidence
and offers tremendous intellectual rewards. All scientists and engineers at any
stage in their careers benefit from opportunities to share their knowledge and
learn from others.
Why
such an age range? For our brightest youngsters there is a need for something
beyond preparing a science fair poster; writing a paper is a next step.
Undergraduates and graduate students have many courses where term papers or
independent research is a requirement. Frequently these papers rest in dusty
stacks in faculty offices and filing cabinets and are seldom disseminated,
their educational purpose has been accomplished and they are not widely shared.
Graduate students, engineers or scientists already working in industry may
undertake ‘continuous improvement’ and similar projects that are worthy of
reporting and sharing. None of these individuals may have access to the
resources or time that could take them to
Organizations or individuals interested in becoming
co-sponsors and/or assisting with this event are invited to contact Keith
Gardiner at 610-758-5070, e-mail above, or Dr. Henry Odi, 610-758-4802 or huo0@lehigh.edu
File: 080408Announcement/STEM08/ProfActivities/c KG 08/06/08