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TECHFEST 2003 !!!
A Celebration of Technology in the Dayton Area !
Commemorating
Anniversaries of First Flight and Statehood
Everyone
Can Learn, Share and Have Fun with technology! |
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Friday,
Saturday,
Sunday, |
February
21 3pm-9pm
February
22 10am-5pm
February
23 12pm-4pm |
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 At Sinclair Community College, Dayton, Ohio
Ponitz Center (Blgd 12), 4th & Perry Sts.
FREE ADMISSION - FREE PARKING!
Kids Can have
a blast performing hands-on experiments, seeing wild science shows and meeting “famous”
scientists !
Students Can discuss careers in math, science,
engineering, computing or technology with professional scientists, engineers, and professors from local universities and colleges.
Adults Can explore career opportunities
and local technology, and expand their professional horizons through networking, technical and professional society membership, and education !
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 Featuring:
Al’s Pals – Kids visit hands-on and interactive displays of weird science and engineering
stuff and discover how much fun it is |
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 Magic Science Shows
– Chemistry and physics wizards shed new insights through fun and exciting demonstrations
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 Booming
Businesses –
Companies strut their technical stuff with demonstrations and info on careers and jobs! See the Delphi Indy Racing Car and the future Corvette |
 Blast From the Past
- Dayton inventions, inventors, and local technical history are brought to life! Interact with Wright brothers family impersonators and discover other surprise performers |
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 Let’s
Talk “Techie”
– Talk to professional scientists and engineers about their displays and your science projects |
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 Cool School – Question teachers from area
colleges, universities, and tech schools about their hands-on displays and degree programs - See the WSU electric race car (Friday)
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  Center
Stage -
Demonstrations, contests, games and DOOR PRIZES!!
FOOD COURT |
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A Community Service of the Affiliate Societies Council
and the Engineering & Science Foundation of Dayton |
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Fun for youth that could be glimpses into your future
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Designed for youth 5th through 12th Grade – Younger kids will have fun too. Older folks - Moms, Dads,
and college-age brothers and sisters strongly encouraged to come too
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Workshops and ideas for science, math, and computing teachers
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Ohio Bicentennial - 200 years of Science, Math, Engineering and Technology
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100th Anniversary of Powered Flight by our own Wright Brothers
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Explore demonstrations, exhibits and games prepared by
Miami Valley professional societies.
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Talk with practicing professionals. Find out what its’ like to work in science, engineering or technology careers. Learn what courses are needed for these careers.
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Establish contact with Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Education Outreach Office
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See “Wizards of Wright” (talk with engineers and scientists from Wright-Patterson AFB)
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Teacher Workshops
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Lego robot projects
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How to prepare for Science Day including how to borrow high-tech laboratory equipment
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Explore available outreach programs
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Visit the Wright-Patterson AFB
Tech Trek Bus (Saturday only)
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See the mobile high-tech research laboratory
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See objects magnified 50,000 times by the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
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Watch science magic shows
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Dr. Dave Willey, University of Pittsburgh (physics), from the Jay Leno Show
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Dr. John Fortman, Wright State University (Chemistry of Flight)
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Explore Indy Racing League (IRL) Race Car and a new
Corvette with the new “Ride and Handling” technologies – a car of the future - sponsored by Delphi
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Hear how Charlie Taylor developed the Wright Brothers’
Engine by Howard DuFour (Saturday)
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Listen to Katharine Wright talk
about Orv and Wil Wright, as presented by Betty Darst
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Visit the computer museum to
see how personal computers have evolved
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Explore hands-on scientific demonstrations and
learn about education opportunities
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Univ. of Dayton · Sinclair C C · Wright
State Univ. · Wilberforce
Univ.
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Participate in the ASC Wave Science Kit Demonstrations
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Youth – See how microwave ovens, antennas, cellular phones and FM radios work
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Teachers – See how these kits can assist you in the classroom
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Visit the Engineering and Science Hall of Fame, a
congressionally-chartered organization
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See Previews of
planned 2003 celebrations and educational opportunities
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Inventing Flight in July 2003
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Carillon Historical Park ·
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Meteorological Society (AMS) Wright Memorial Chapter, ASM International, American Society for Mechanical Engineers (ASME), American Society for Quality (ASQ), American
Society for Training & Development (ASTD), American Welding Society (AWS), Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Association of IT Professionals (AITP), Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA), Dayton Advocates for Computing Women (DACW), Institute of Electrical &
Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Institute of Environmental Sciences & Technology (IEST), Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), Inventors Council of Dayton (ICOD), Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society (ISA), Project Management Institute (PMI), SAFE Association -
Wright Brothers Chapter, Society for the Advancement of Material & Process Engineering, Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME), Southwestern Ohio Society for Technical Communication (STC), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), University of Dayton Chapter of Dayton Sigma XI -
The Research Society
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Sponsors: AFCEA, Delphi, NCR, UTC, Sinclair Community College, Vernay, Hobart, LOGTEC, Lockheed Martin, Shumsky Enterprises, YSI, ASM
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For additional information
contact Affiliate Societies Council, 937-224-8513 (12-4pm), Fax 937-224-0644,
Click THANKS! to see the list of Sponsors and Partners
Click PDF or MS Word for a better printable version.
Schedule of Events
Click Site Map for more info.
[ revised: 02/19/03 09:41 PM ]