2019-2020 Westinghouse Science Honors Institute Schedule

DATE SPEAKER TOPIC
1. October 19, 2019 Arielle Konig
Westinghouse
Nuclear Power
October 26, 2019 OPTIONAL TRIP TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
2. November 9, 2019 Bryan A. Palaszewski
NASA John H. Glenn
Research Center
Future Human Exploration of the Solar System
3. November 16, 2019 Benjamin R. Campbell
Robert Morris University
Adventures in Engineering: Lasers and Mechatronics
4. November 23, 2019 Lauren E. Kokai
University of Pittsburgh and McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine
The Potential of Adipose Tissue and Adipose-Derived Stem Cells
5. December 14, 2019 Harvey Borovetz
University of Pittsburgh
Mechanical Circulatory Support for the Failing Heart
6. January 11, 2020 Andrew R. Zentner
Pittsburgh Particle Physics, Astrophysics and Cosmology Center, University of Pittsburgh
Searching for the Missing 96% of the Universe
7. January 25, 2020 Matthew C. Lamanna
Carnegie Museum of Natural History
The End of the Age of Dinosaurs in Antarctica
February 1, 2020 OPTIONAL TRIP TO PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
8. February 8, 2020 Michelle Pirtle
FBI
Crime Scenes: Science and Engineering
9. February 15, 2020 George Kantor
Carnegie Mellon University
AI and Robotics for Agriculture
10. February 29, 2020 Traci Thomas
BCG Platinion-Maya
TBD
11. March 7, 2020 Freddie Fu
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Anatomic ACL Reconstruction – A Changing Paradigm