{"id":48391,"date":"2017-08-25T16:59:44","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T23:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=48391"},"modified":"2017-08-28T16:49:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T23:49:42","slug":"science-engineering-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/science-engineering-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Got an engineering solution to a problem? Share it at NAU\u2019s Science and Engineering Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The annual Flagstaff Festival of Science<\/a> is approaching, and with it is a chance for Northern Arizona University faculty, staff and students to share their love of science and engineering with community members.<\/p>\n

The NAU Science and Engineering Day<\/a> runs from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, and there are still spaces available for people who are interested in sharing their exciting and hands-on science projects.<\/p>\n

The theme for this year\u2019s event is Engineering Solutions. Booths include Cline Library\u2019s Maker Lab<\/a>, where visitors can experience 3-D printing; the scanning electronic microscope, providing a close-up look at ugly bugs and more from the natural world; and a booth for young children and tired parents to learn how play can help teach children vocabulary and be an indicator of possible communication disorders.<\/p>\n

Individuals or groups who are interested in participating can fill out the\u00a0participation form<\/a> and email it to presidentialevents@nau.edu<\/a> or send it to P.O. Box 4030 by Sept. 8. Call (844) 778-7487 with questions.<\/p>\n

Also at the festival<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Looking to learn more about science and engineering? The eight-day festival offers a number of classes and activities for people to learn more about their world. NAU will host Eli M. Wallace, the chief scientific officer of Peloton Therapeutics, who will speak from 3-4 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Science and Health Building, 700 S. Osborne Drive. His work focuses on novel therapeutic for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.<\/p>\n

NAU also is hosting a Vice President for Research Innovation Series. The speaker series will take place at the Cline Library Auditorium.<\/p>\n

6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 25: Emi Isaki<\/strong>, associate professor of communication sciences and disorders<\/a>, will speak on typical concussion symptoms and how those symptoms can affect school, work and social activities.<\/p>\n

6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 27: Bruce Hungate<\/strong>, Regents Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and director of the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society<\/a>, will speak on how people affect the climate and ways people may be able to manage the climate, from energy to engineering to ecology.<\/p>\n

6:30-8 p.m. Sept. 28: Christopher Edwards<\/strong>, assistant professor of physics and astronomy<\/a>, will talk about what the robots scientists are sending to Mars are teaching us about the complex nature of the Red Planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The annual Flagstaff Festival of Science is approaching, and with it is a chance for Northern Arizona University faculty, staff and students to share their love of science and engineering with community members. The NAU Science and Engineering Day runs from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 23, and there are still spaces available for people who…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":48394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}