Approximately 2,500 Turn Out for Second Annual STEM-CON at College of DuPage 2017 130
An estimated 2,500 community members attended College of DuPage’s second annual STEM-CON event, an interactive conference celebrating the fields celebrating science, technology, engineering and math.The all-day event featured more than 50 booths offering interactive activities designed to inform, entertain and stimulate an interest in STEM, including a weather balloon launch, river system development, nanotechnology, the physics of flight and robotics. Featured speakers included Dr. Eugenia Cheng, Scientist in Residence at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute and author of “How to Bake Pi,” stuck bomb celebrity Andre Jefferson and Fermilab’s “Mr. Freeze” Jerry Zimmerman.
Approximately 2,500 Turn Out for Second Annual STEM-CON at College of DuPage 2017 130
An estimated 2,500 community members attended College of DuPage’s second annual STEM-CON event, an interactive conference celebrating the fields celebrating science, technology, engineering and math.The all-day event featured more than 50 booths offering interactive activities designed to inform, entertain and stimulate an interest in STEM, including a weather balloon launch, river system development, nanotechnology, the physics of flight and robotics. Featured speakers included Dr. Eugenia Cheng, Scientist in Residence at Chicago’s School of the Art Institute and author of “How to Bake Pi,” stuck bomb celebrity Andre Jefferson and Fermilab’s “Mr. Freeze” Jerry Zimmerman.