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Featured Speaker: Jenna Gorlewicz, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation, & Technology, Saint Louis University

Mechanical engineer, Jenna Gorlewicz, Ph.D., talks about the human-technology frontier and how engineering can be, and is being, used to design numerous applications of the next generation of technologies, including education, medicine, and consumer tech, that serve people of all abilities.

FREE and OPEN to ALL. Junior Academy members, middle and high school students welcome and encouraged to attend. Space is limited. Registration required. Click Find Out More to register!

Featured Speaker: Paul J. Bracher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, Saint Louis University

Chemistry professor and Bracher Lab group leader, Dr. Paul Bracher, talks about what we know regarding the early Earth and explores research that tests ideas for the chemistry that might have jump-started the conversion of a mixture of non-living chemicals into living systems capable of evolving into life as we know it. Included is a look at Bracher's NSF-funded research on what life might look like here on Earth and on other planets, if it began in oil.

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Featured Speaker: Brian Stofiel, Propulsion Engineer; CEO, Stofiel Aerospace LLC

Want to learn how to quickly prototype and design experiments to produce results in an efficient and affordable way? Then this fascinating talk includes information on cubesats, hobby rockets, and large scale rocketry. And demos!