International Women’s Day
7th March 2012
Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures
University of Northampton, Newton Building
International Women’s Day workshops
Programming Mobile phones: Focus Computing
Rashmi Dravid
Division of Computing and Immersive Technologies,
University of Northampton
International Women’s Day workshops
Exploring Leather Workshop: Focus Materials Technology
Rachel Garwood,
Division of Environment and Material Sciences,
University of Northampton
International Women’s Day workshops
NVision: 3D Simulation and Demonstration
Kelly Savage,
NVision,
University of Northampton
International Women’s Day workshops
Problem Solving using Lego Robots: Focus Engineering
Huijuan Su,
Division of Engineering and Technology,
University of Northampton
International Women’s Day workshops
Building Space Telescopes for Astronomy: Focus Physics
Sarah Beardsley,
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
International Women’s Day workshops
Invention and Innovation: Focus General STEM
Rick Hall & Hasmita Chavda,
Ignite, UK
International Women’s Day workshops
Sustainable Engineering: Focus Engineering
Sophie Jones,
Ignite, UK
International Women’s Day workshops
Engineers –are they civil?: Focus Engineering
Tanya Preston,
Civil Engineer,
A-one+
International Women’s Day workshops
Supersonic Cars: Focus General STEM
Cathy Brown,
STEM Co-ordinator
International Women’s Day workshops
BioSensing: Focus Computing
Julie Greensmith,
Senior Lecturer,
University of Nottingham
Northamptonshire Engineering Week 2012 (NEW2012)
‘On the Move’
Monday 12th March: Morning
FESTO Innovation in Engineering Day
•Provide 2nd year engineering students with industry exposure, particularly looking at Mechatronics, innovation and R&D, manufacturing and environment and sustainability
•Enhance student experience
•Partners: FESTO
Monday 12th March: Afternoon
• Narrow Boat Project - ‘Dragons Den’
• Develop student commercial pitching and employability skills.
• Partners: Stoke Bruerne Museum Association
Tuesday 13th March
Move forward with Engineering Day
•Promote STEM (Engineering) to Schools.
•Promote engineering careers and their diversity and explain educational routes.
•Showcase the opportunities for HE education and employment within Northamptonshire
Tuesday 13th March
Move forward with Engineering Day
•Partners
NETP
BINDT
NEP
Schools and Colleges
UoN Dept. Engineering and Dept. Media students
UoN Engineering Society - ambassadors
Wednesday 14th March
Engineering on the Road
•Provide 1st year engineering students with industry exposure
•Enhance student experience
•Promote engineering career opportunities within Northamptonshire
Wednesday 14th March
Rotary Technology Tournament
•Promote science and Engineering to school children
•Partners: Northampton Rotary Club
Thursday 15th March
Northamptonshire on the Move – Engineering Industry Symposium
Partners:
NETP
BINDT
NEP
NVision
STEMNET
Industry Partners
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