SEPT 2012 Syllabus

Monday, June 25, 2012

• Introduction and Welcome - Eric Klopfer
• "Technologies for Understanding and Fixing Brain Computations" - Prof. Ed Boyden
• "Lifelong Kindergarten" - Prof. Mitch Resnick
• "Emergent Creativity in Computer Science: Iterative Design Through Code" - Jennifer Jacobs
• Global Climate Simulation - Prof. John Sterman

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

• Prof. Daniel Hastings
• Prof. Jeffrey Hoffman
• Mini Wind Tunnel - Chelse He
• Prof. Don Sadoway
• Prof. Dr. de Weck
• Biomedical Applications of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes - Bin Mu
• OpenCourse Ware - Joseph Pickett
• BLOSSOMS - Prof. Richard Larson

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

• "Hands on Physics" - Prof. Edward Moriarty
• Biology Modeling - Kathy Vandiver

Thursday, June 28, 2012

• "Understanding the Human Genome & Disease" - Prof. Manolis Kellis
• "Building Smarter Machines & Education Smarter People - Prof. Patrick Winston
• MITx - Anant Agarwal
• App Inventor - Shaileen Pokress, Center for Mobile Learning
• McNamara Awards
• "Bubble Up. Study the Stars! - John Steczak, SEPT '02
• Applied Electronics Ramping Robotics from 3rd to 12th grade - Tom Murphy, SEP'T '11
• Investigating the Nervous System - Susan Matthews, SEPT '95

Friday, June 29, 2012

NEST REUNION - Morning in Building 46, 3rd Floor
• Tour of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research - Charles Jennings, Dimitrios Pantazis & Steve Shannon
• Prof. Sebastian Seung
• Prof. Emile Bruneau
• Prof. Michael Cima - Held in Buliding 66 Room 110
• Tour of the Broad Institute - Megan Rokop
• Closing Dinner Reception
• Guest Speaker, Dean Michael Feuer from George Washington University
• Time: 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
• Place: E15 in the foyer of Bartos Theater

Saturday, June 30, 2012

HELD on the 6th Floor of E14
• 9:00 Breakfast
• 9:30 Introduction to the Network of Educators in Science & Technology
• 10:30 Presentations of CEU's & Awards
• 11:00 Q & A/Thoughts from the week