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Speaker Series: Test tubes, tents, & town halls
Laura King Wildlife Preservation Canada As the 2016 ‘Canada’s New Noah’ scholarship winner, Laura worked on research and recovery projects with some of the world’s rarest wildlife in tropical Mauritius, often considered as a model for effective bird and reptile conservation. But how does research inform action to help recovered species like these, and vice […]
Crossing boundaries with Gloria Montano
Gloria Montano WinSETT, Board of Directors WISE NL, 2010-2014 past president From engineering student days in El Paso Texas, to a successful career with Silicon Valley companies big and small, to a national leadership role for women in engineering, what then led Gloria to direct an innovative program in the non-profit sector seeking to bring […]
Speaker Series: The green switch: A talk about green processing of natural resources
Kelly Hawboldt, PhD, P.Eng. Professor Process Engineering Memorial University Dr. Hawboldt is a Chemical Engineer with a particular interest in the sustainable processing and extraction of natural resources, from forestry residues to offshore oil and gas to the food industry. She studies the wastes and residues degenerated in forestry, fisheries, oil and gas, and mining, […]
Speaker Series: From Grains of Sand to a Map: Looking at the geologic past of the Avalon Peninsula
Robbie Hicks Earth Sciences Department Memorial University of Newfoundland The island of Newfoundland’s geology is world-class. Our rocks demonstrate grand tectonic movements, resulting in mountain chains to rival the Rockies and the opening and closing … and opening again … of vast oceans. But what is it that geologists do day-to-day to tease out the […]
Speaker Series: What Does “Smart” Mean? Applying Multiple Intelligences in an Engineering Setting
Katy Warren, MUN Fourth-year electrical engineering student Memorial University We often get in the bad habit of assuming that to be smart you have to be a major math whiz at the top of your class, but intelligence is a much more complex subject. Join Katy Warren for a discussion on the theory of multiple […]
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