Workshops from Past Conferences
Workshop Title: Concrete is Lean, Mean and Green
Presenter: Dr. Heather J. Brown
Concentration: Concrete Industry Management
Did you know that concrete is the second most used material next to water? Come to
this workshop to hear about all the famous concrete structures in the world and how
you can make and design concrete for everything from a driveway to a 90 story building.
We will even go to the lab and break concrete to see how strong it can be. There are
all types of jobs in concrete that uses your math and science skills.
Workshop Title: Flying High
Presenter: Dr. Wendy Beckman
Concentration: Aviation
In this workshop, participants were introduced to a variety of fields within the aviation
industry. These include professional pilot, maintenance management, air traffic controller,
airport and airline managers, dispatch personnel, and flight test engineer. Typical
responsibilities of each of these positions were briefly discussed. The girls then
participated in several hands-on activities. They built and flew balsa wood gliders
to learn about aircraft flight controls, explored the cockpit of a Boeing 727 procedures
trainer, and "flew" a PC-based flight simulator through both a takeoff and landing.
Workshop Title: Genes and Pedigrees
Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Seipelt
Concentration: Genetics
Do you want to have a career in Genetics? In "Genes and Pedigrees" the girls will
look at genetic traits and determine genes from those traits. Then the girls will
look at how to diagram how genes are inherited in a family (pedigree).