2008 SCIENCE & ENGINEERING EXPO

Schedule of Events

Friday, March 14, 2008:

6 – 8 p.m. Early Drop-off of Exhibits (optional) CCM Circle

7 p.m.  National Geographic Explorer Mireya Mayor Presentation          Room 450, Richard E. Lindner Center (Varsity Village)

Saturday, March 15, 2008:

7 – 8:30 a.m. Drop-off of posters                          CCM and McMicken Circles

7 – 8:30 a.m. Registration                                   Lobby Area, 4^th floor TUC

7 – 7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast for judges       MainStreet Cinema,TUC

8 – 9 a.m. Judges training                                   MainStreet Cinema ,TUC

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. NASA’s WrightSim                     TUC Atrium, 3^rd floor

9:30 a.m. First Showing of “The Last Mimzy”        MainStreet Cinema

9 – 12:30 p.m. Exhibit hall judging                       Great Hall TUC

10 a.m. – 2 p.m. “COSI on Wheels”                    TUC

12:30 – 1 p.m. Lunch for workers and judges        Mick and Mack's

1 – 2:30 p.m. Exhibit hall open to the public         Great Hall TUC

1 – 2 p.m.  Chemistry Show — Rudy Thomas    525, Old Chem

1 p.m. Second Showing of “The Last Mimzy”        MainStreet Cinema

1 – 3 p.m.  Engineers seminar                             500 Swift Hall

2 – 2:45 p.m. “Cincinnati Zoo Comes to You”            TUC Study Lounge, 3^rd floor

2:30 – 3 p.m. Removal of posters from Great Hall  TUC

Activities Taking Place at the Fifth Third Arena at Myrl H. Shoemaker Multipurpose Center

3 p.m. Keynote Speaker: Nation Geographic Explorer Mireya Mayor

4 – 5:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony — Emcee Thane Maynard

5:30 p.m. Fair concludes

5:30 p.m. Judges’ Score Sheets and Certificates Handed Out

Other Activities throughout the day:

Experience Hands-on Physics: Float bubbles filled with helium, test Einstein's "General Theory of Relativity" and smash roses frozen in liquid nitrogen — TUC atrium, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 

Split a geode and see the crystals inside — TUC atrium, 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. 

Ride the Hovercraft, sponsored by LyondellBasell Industries — TUC, 3rd floor, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 

Take Segway rides, courtesy of the UC Police Department, MainStreet, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

See UC's Solar House! Open for guided tours on McMicken Commons, 9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. 

Take tours of the Oesper Chemistry Museum and Rare Book Library, 520 Rieveschl Hall (Inquire at Connections Center, 3rd Floor in TUC)

Take tours of the Campus Recreation Center (CRC) — stop by the membership desk in the CRC lobby.