Sponsored by:
Amgen Foundation
Durham Public Schools
GlaxoSmithKline
North Carolina Central University
Texas Instruments, Incorporated
Duke University:
Pratt School of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Duke Institute of Brain Sciences
Cell Biology
University Program in Genetics and Genomics
Marjorie Lee Browne
Career Awareness Day
March 14, 2014
Nello Teer Engineering Building
Duke University
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:30 - 9:00
9:00 - 9:55
Nello Teer Building Lobby and Auditorium
Registration, Taylor Braxton,
Ashley Roberts
Continental Breakfast
203 Teer Building (Auditorium)
Welcome, Marjorie Lee Browne History
Dr. Laura Smith
UNC Physics Demo Show
JoEllen McBride and Team
10:05 - 10:55 Mentees: Rotation I
See session assignments sheet
Mentors: 203 Teer Building
Tina Ewing, Sally Medling
Discussion Moderators
11.00 - 11:50 Rotation II
See session assignments sheet
11:50 - 12:10 Panel Session
Questions and Answers with Mentors
12:15 - 1:15
LUNCH and COMPETITION
Teer Building Lobby and Auditorium
Jessica Barnwell and Marchia Jones
Math competitions, prizes awarded
1:15 - 1:35
CLOSING, 203 Teer Building
Presentation of Certificates
MLB DAY PROGRAM
Duke Pratt School of Engineering
March 14, 2014
Each student chooses two of the following four sessions for her
two rotations:
Session A.
Speaker:
Session B.
Speaker:
You Can Be an Enginer. Really, Someone Has to
Save the World.
Lindsey Genut & Kesha Entzminger
College of Engineering, NCSU
Hudson Hall Room 212
Generate! A Game to Make Electricity and Balance
Our Carbon Footprint
Dr. Rebecca Dodder
US Environmental Protection Agency
Hudson Hall Room 115 A
Session C.
Speaker:
Reach the Stars with Rocket Science
Christine Belledin & NCSSM WISE Students
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Hudson Hall Room 216
Session D.
Speaker:
Mini Me: The Person in Your Brain
Drs. Elizabeth Johnson & Karli Watson
Duke Institute for Brain Sciences
Hudson Hall Room 232