A Bioengineer Goes to Capitol Hill might be offered by Clarkson College Mechanical & Aeronautical Engineering Professor Laurel Kuxhaus on the subsequent Clarkson College Science Café at 7:15 p.m on Wednesday, January 27.
Insurance policies set by our federal authorities have an effect on our lives daily, from the roads we use to the air we breathe. Have you ever ever puzzled what occurs behind the scenes in Congress? In immediately’s quickly altering world, how do our elected officers collect the knowledge and proof wanted to information coverage selections on points starting from local weather change to synthetic intelligence? How do scientists and engineers, who search to make use of scientific data to deal with societal points, play a job on this course of? Professor Kuxhaus will share her experiences working because the 2018-19 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Congressional Fellow in Bioengineering and show how engineers may also help form science and know-how coverage.
Historically, Science Cafés have introduced collectively native college and school professors and townspeople in relaxed, casual settings, equivalent to coffeehouses and pubs. For the well being and security of all, we’ve got shifted to ZOOM, a digital platform for the spring 2021 talks. The speaker will make a brief presentation a couple of subject in his or her area and, as at all times, there might be loads of time for questions and dialogue.
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