Fall 2020 Short Talks
“Inspiring the Next Generation of Astronauts”
A NASA-Navy STEM Partnership:
“Exploring the SEA (Science, Engineering, and Art)”
“An Analysis of Hydraulic Geometry
for Unstable Stream Channels”
Fall 2019 Short Talks
Thursday, November 14, 2019
Flier (with abstracts for all three short talks): available here
YouTube channel with three short talks: Space Grant Midwest Region Short Talks
Title: Make to Innovate: Use of hands-on learning in STEM Education
Speaker: Matthew Nelson mnelson@iastate.edu, IA State University
Link to video: Matthew Nelson Short Talk
Slides: contact speaker directly about availability
Title: SmallSat Swarm Proximity Operations: Herding Cats Might be Easier!
Speaker: Hank Pernicka pernicka@mst.edu, Missouri S&T
Link to video: Hank Pernicka Short Talk
Slides: contact speaker directly about availability
Title: Measuring Light Pollution
Speaker: Bryan Boulanger b-boulanger@onu.edu, Ohio Northern University
Link to video: Bryan Boulanger Video
Slides: contact speaker directly about availability
Spring 2019 Short Talks
Friday, April 19, 2019
Flier (with abstracts for all three short talks): available here
YouTube channel with 1st and 3rd short talks (2nd one to be posted later, pending publication): Space Grant Midwest Region Short Talks
Title: Helping students fly high: how to teach physics (and a whole lot more) using high-power rockets
Speaker: Tonnis ter Veldhuis, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3x3SdT24dRo
Slides: available here
Title: Analysis of RNAseq and Root System Architecture of Arabidopsis Grown on the International Space Station
Speaker: Richard Barker, UW Madison
Elected not to post video yet, pending publication – see this even shorter video clip instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd7SIrV2bOo
Elected not to post slides yet, pending publication – see this article instead: http://www.biochemist.org/bio/03906/0010/039060010.pdf
Title: “Astronaut Training” with Rideable Hoverboards: An Educational & Memorable Activity For All Ages
Speaker: James Flaten, MnSGC, U of MN – Twin Cities
Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70ADzmpQ3Hc
Slides: available here