Saturday Morning Science - Past Presentations:
"Project prairie: Rethinking Urban Landscaping on School Campuses in NW Ohio"
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April 20, 2024
Mitchell Magdich, Curator of Education
The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
"Archaeological Chemistry: Investigating the Dyes of Ancient Peru"
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April 6, 2024
Department of Chemistry
Eastern Michigan University
"Transparent Conductive Oxides: Applications in Energy Efficiency"
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March 23, 2024
Dr. David Strickler
Retired Manager of Thin Film Technology, NSG North America Technical Center (formerly Pilkington)
"Disability and Outer Space: How Would Blind Aliens Do Science?"
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March 16, 2024
English Department
Bowling Green State University
"Cooling with Bubbles"
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February 24, 2024
Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
The University of Toledo
"The science of jams, preserves and marmalade"
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April 22, 2023
Tara Grey, Jam Maker and Owner
Detroit, Mich.
"A new look at handedness: from the laboratory to the nation"
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April 1, 2023
Department of Psychology
The University of Toledo
"observing the birth of stars with the james webb space telescope: a toledo odyssey"
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March 25, 2023
Department of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Toledo
"Bon Bon Bon and the Chemistry of Chocolate"
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February 29, 2020
Alexandra Clark, Chocolatier and Owner
Bon Bon Bon, Hamtramck, Mich.
"Glass is a verb, and so are you"
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February 22, 2020
Jane Cook, Ph.D., Director, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Museum & Art Gallery
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pa.
"Gene Editing with CRISPS/Cas9"
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March 16, 2019
Dr. Ron Conlon, Associate Professor
Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
"Archaeology and Shipwrecks"
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February 23, 2019
Carrie Sowden, Archaeology Director
National Museum of the Great Lakes
"And Then There Was Light"
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February 16, 2019
Dr. Ajith Karunarathne
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
"Regional Water Resources Management: A Great Lakes Prospective"
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February 2, 2019
Dr. Andrew Gronewold, Associate Professor
School for Environment and Sustainability
University of Michigan
"The Physics of Baseball"
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April 28, 2018
Dr. Alan Nathan, Professor Emeritus
Department of Physics
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
"The Great Green Goo of Lake Erie: Harmful Algal Blooms and Your Drinking Water"
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April 21, 2018
Dr. Thomas Bridgeman, Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences and the UToledo Lake Erie Center
The University of Toledo
"Talking Trees and Babbling Bushes: How Plants Communicate with Each Other"
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March 17, 2018
Dr. Jack C. Schultz
Senior Executive Director of Research Development
The University of Toledo
"From Fork to Fauna: Unlocking The Secrets of Nutrition to Optimize Our Health"
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February 24, 2018
Sally Itawi and Manish Karamchandani
Medical Students
The University of Toledo, College of Medicine and Life Sciences
"Bio-Inspired, Bio-Hybrid and Organic Robots: The Many Roles of Nature in Robotic Development"
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February 17, 2018
Dr. Roger Quinn and Dr. Victoria Webster-Wood
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
"A Brief History of Twisty Puzzles"
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February 3, 2018
Dr. Nathaniel Iverson
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, UToledo
"From the Stone Age to Today: Why do Humans Love Music and what Has Physics Got to do With It?"
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April 29, 2017
Dr. Steven Errede
Emeritus Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, UToledo
"From Science Labs to Your Home: Be Citizen Scientists during the Solar Eclipse (08/21/2017)"
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February 25, 2017
Dr. Kevin Czajkowski
Lead Director for GLOBE Mission EARTH
Department of Geography and Planning, UToledo
"From the River to Our Taps: The Poisoning of a City"
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February 18, 2017
Monique Wilhelm
Laboratory Manager and Lecturer, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Michigan-Flint
"From Scorpion Skin to Photonic Devices: New Technology Inspired by Nature"
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February 4, 2017
Bruno Ullrich
Owner, Ullrich Photonics LLC, Wayne, Oh.