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MySDscience Joins the Best of American Science at the USA Science & Engineering Festival
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MySDscience and its sister sites, collectively called MyLocalScience, Joins the Best of American Science at the USA Science & Engineering Festival this October in D.C. · Two weeks of free events in the Washington, D.C. area leading up to a two-day Science Expo on the National Mall, October 23-24, 2010. Learn more at www.usasciencefestival.org. · MySDscience will join more than 350 of the nation’s leading science and engineering organizations including colleges and universities, corporations, federal agencies, museums and science centers, and professional engineering and science societies. · MySDscience will represent San Diego science by promoting and communicating the exciting science that occurs here. More than 750 exhibits spanning aerospace, green energy, medicine, biotechnology, climatology, robotics, nanotechnology, botany, neuroscience, genetics, and many other scientific disciplines will be free to all. San Diego, CA - Imagine chatting with Albert Einstein, building an underwater robot, lunching with a Nobel Laureate, or managing cargo in the space shuttle within a virtual reality environment. These are just a few of the many activities planned for the first USA Science & Engineering Festival. Satellite events will be held across the country by universities, student science clubs, national laboratories, and a wide array of other organizations. Scientists will visit local schools, and many scientific organizations will open their doors to the general public. The Festival will offer more than 40 performances by science comedians, bands, magicians, and many others. Festival organizers hope to have a million people join in across the nation, and the best part—it’s all free. Inspiring the next generation of scientists and engineers is a big reason for hosting a giant science party on America’s front lawn. A new report by the National Science Board (NSB), says that in 2007 foreign students on temporary visas earned 50 percent or more of all doctoral degrees awarded in engineering, physics, mathematics and the computer sciences. Global security company Lockheed Martin, which employs approximately 71,000 engineers, is the festival host and has a strategic purpose for its support. “MySDscience is deeply committed in showcasing the science that occurs in San Diego and to help connect scientists with each other,” says Dr. Jose Morachis, co-Founder and CEO at MyLocalScience. “The U.S. needs to leverage the potential we have and continue to drive forward with to inspire and innovate.” Another reason to get the nation’s families excited and engaged in science and engineering right now, is because that’s where many of today’s and tomorrow’s jobs will be. The U.S. science and engineering workforce is now at more than 5.5 million and averages a 3.2% growth rate, about double that of the American workforce as a whole, reports the NSB. The festival is hosted by Lockheed Martin and sponsors include Life Technologies Foundation, Clean Technology and Sustainability Industries Organization (CTSI), Larry and Diane Bock, ResMed Foundation, Farrell Family Foundation, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Agilent Technologies, Amgen, Celgene Corporation, The Dow Chemical Company, National Institutes of Health, Illumina, You Can Do the Rubik's Cube, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Genentech Inc., MedImmune, Sandia National Laboratories, Project Lead The Way (PLTW), K&L Gates, NuVasive Inc., FEI Company, Case Western Reserve University, Silicon Valley Bank, Bechtel Corporation, SpaceX and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory. Current media partners include Popular Science and Science Illustrated, New Scientist, EE Times Group, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, POPULAR MECHANICS, Forbes Wolfe Emerging Tech Report, FAMILY Magazine and SciVee, Inc. For a complete list of sponsors, partners and exhibitors go to -http://www.usasciencefestival.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52&Itemid=57 The USA Science & Engineering Festival’s creator, life science and high technology entrepreneur Larry Bock, was the inspiration and organizer of the highly successful inaugural San Diego Science FestivalSM . For a preview of the types of exhibits planned for the National Expo, view a short video of what happened in San Diego at http://www.scivee.tv/node/12528. Related Links Web Site: www.usasciencefestival.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/USAScienceFest San Diego’s Online Science Community |
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