March 2012 outreach activites University of Northampton, Newton Building

1. International Women’s Day
7th March 2012
Connecting Girls, Inspiring Futures
University of Northampton, Newton
Building

2. International Women’s Day workshops
Programming Mobile phones:
Focus Computing
Rashmi Dravid
Division of Computing and Immersive
Technologies,
University of Northampton

3. International Women’s Day workshops
Exploring Leather Workshop:
Focus Materials Technology
Rachel Garwood,
Division of Environment and Material Sciences,
University of Northampton

4. International Women’s Day workshops
NVision: 3D Simulation and
Demonstration
Kelly Savage,
NVision,
University of Northampton

5. International Women’s Day workshops
Problem Solving using Lego
Robots: Focus Engineering
Huijuan Su,
Division of Engineering and Technology,
University of Northampton

6. International Women’s Day workshops
Building Space Telescopes for
Astronomy: Focus Physics
Sarah Beardsley,
Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

7. International Women’s Day workshops
Invention and Innovation:
Focus General STEM
Rick Hall & Hasmita Chavda,
Ignite, UK

8. International Women’s Day workshops
Sustainable Engineering:
Focus Engineering
Sophie Jones,
Ignite, UK

9. International Women’s Day workshops
Engineers –are they civil?:
Focus Engineering
Tanya Preston,
Civil Engineer,
A-one+

10. International Women’s Day workshops
Supersonic Cars: Focus
General STEM
Cathy Brown,
STEM Co-ordinator

11. International Women’s Day workshops
BioSensing: Focus Computing
Julie Greensmith,
Senior Lecturer,
University of Nottingham

12. Northamptonshire Engineering Week
2012 (NEW2012)
‘On the Move’

13. Monday 12th March: Morning
FESTO Innovation in Engineering Day
•Provide 2nd year engineering students with industry
exposure, particularly looking at Mechatronics, innovation and
R&D, manufacturing and environment and sustainability
•Enhance student experience
•Partners: FESTO

14. Monday 12th March: Afternoon
• Narrow Boat Project - ‘Dragons Den’
• Develop student commercial pitching and employability
skills.
• Partners: Stoke Bruerne Museum Association

15. Tuesday 13th March
Move forward with Engineering Day
•Promote STEM (Engineering) to Schools.
•Promote engineering careers and their diversity and explain
educational routes.
•Showcase the opportunities for HE education and
employment within Northamptonshire

16. Tuesday 13th March
Move forward with Engineering Day
•Partners
NETP
BINDT
NEP
Schools and Colleges
UoN Dept. Engineering and Dept. Media students
UoN Engineering Society - ambassadors

17. Wednesday 14th March
Engineering on the Road
•Provide 1st year engineering students with industry exposure
•Enhance student experience
•Promote engineering career opportunities within
Northamptonshire

18. Wednesday 14th March
Rotary Technology Tournament
•Promote science and Engineering to school children
•Partners: Northampton Rotary Club

19. Thursday 15th March
Northamptonshire on the Move – Engineering
Industry Symposium
Partners:
NETP
BINDT
NEP
NVision
STEMNET
Industry Partners