The Center for STEM Research, Education & Outreach invites you to attend the 2019 Research Experience for Undergraduates Symposium. 1-3 p.m. Thursday, July 25 Morris University Center, Mississippi/Illinois Room Funded by the National Science Foundation,10 students from throughout the United States gained interdisciplinary research experience this summer at SIUE. At the symposium, they will present…
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Karletta Chief
Karletta Chief is of the Navajo people, and is a hydrologist who at a young age decided to pursue environmental engineering. After attending Stanford University for her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering, Chief later returned to school. She obtained a doctorate from the University of Arizona in hydrology and water resources.…
STEM Center Item of the Week
This week’s Item of the Week is “The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe” by Theodore Gray. This book uses photographs and stories to showcase the 118 elements of the periodic table. Each element has a photograph of the element, as well as examples of how it is used and…
Walter Lincoln Hopkins
Walter Lincoln Hawkins was an African-American chemist and engineer who was a pioneer of polymer chemistry. Hawkins graduated with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Rensselar Polytechnic Institute before going on to Howard University for a master’s degree in chemistry. He continued his education at McGill University in Canada where he earned a doctoral…
STEM Center Item of the Week
Students from Kindergarten through High School can use these lizard-shaped foam tessellation tiles to make designs of varying complexity. Students use their creativity and problem-solving skills to discover the various patterns and shapes the tiles make when connected. Using these tiles is also a good activity to help younger students learn spatial-reasoning and as an…