Kids’ Tech University is a semester-long event! In January, February, March, and April there is an all-day event that consists of an interactive session, which is centered on answering a question about the world around us, and a hands-on component, which features the Virginia Tech professors, students, clubs, and community. Kids can take part in the virtual labs and forum after the all-day event to continue to cultivate their interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.
2012 Program of Events
January 28, 2012
"How Can Mathematics and Computers Help Us Understand Why Cancer Cells Misbehave?"
An interactive session led by Dr. Suzanne Weekes
Associate Professor and Associate Head of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
Director for the Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics at WPI.
Co-director of the MSRI-UP program in Berkeley, California.
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Jan 2012
February 25, 2012
“Will Computers Replace Humans?”
An interactive session led by Dr. Wu Feng
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Director of the Synergy Laboratory and site co-director of the NSF Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing.
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology and Translational Science Institute at Wake Forest University and at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech.
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Feb 2012
March 24, 2012
“How Much Work Could a Network Net if a Network Could Net Work?”
An interactive session led by Dr. Stephen Eubank
Deputy Director of the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and a Virginia Tech Adjunct Professor of Physics
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Mar 2012
April 7, 2012
“Why Doesn’t My Banana Get the ‘Flu?”
An interactive session led by Dr. Brett Tyler
Director of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Stewart Professor of Genome Research at Oregon State University
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Apr 2012
January 28, 2012
"How Can Mathematics and Computers Help Us Understand Why Cancer Cells Misbehave?"
An interactive session led by Dr. Suzanne Weekes
Associate Professor and Associate Head of Mathematical Sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
Director for the Center for Industrial Mathematics and Statistics at WPI.
Co-director of the MSRI-UP program in Berkeley, California.
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Jan 2012
February 25, 2012
“Will Computers Replace Humans?”
An interactive session led by Dr. Wu Feng
Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Director of the Synergy Laboratory and site co-director of the NSF Center for High-Performance Reconfigurable Computing.
Adjunct Professor in the Department of Cancer Biology and Translational Science Institute at Wake Forest University and at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech.
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Feb 2012
March 24, 2012
“How Much Work Could a Network Net if a Network Could Net Work?”
An interactive session led by Dr. Stephen Eubank
Deputy Director of the Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute and a Virginia Tech Adjunct Professor of Physics
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Mar 2012
April 7, 2012
“Why Doesn’t My Banana Get the ‘Flu?”
An interactive session led by Dr. Brett Tyler
Director of the Center for Genome Research and Biocomputing and Stewart Professor of Genome Research at Oregon State University
Click here to view the hands-on exhibits planned for Apr 2012
