USA Science & Engineering Festival volunteer Stacy Jannis honored as part of NSF 2009 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge

Stacy Jannis, who has been working tirelessly for the Festival to get the Kavli Science Video Contest up and running, was recently honored by AAAS and the National Science Foundation 2009 International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge for her video "Inside the Brain: Unraveling the Mystery of Alzheimer's Disease". Stacy and her team produced the video for the National Institute on Aging to depict scientists' most current understanding of what happens inside cells during Alzheimer's disease.

To view the video, click here.
To view all 2009 winners, click here.
To learn more about the annual Challenge, click here.
To learn more about Stacy's amazing work, visit www.jannisproductions.com

Congratulations to Stacy! And thank you for your hard work on the Kavli Science Video Contest!

From Aerospace Engineering to Forensic Anthropology:

These Nifty Fifty presenters have been confirmed since the last issue of the Newsletter, adding to the impressive array of speakers the USA Science & Engineering Festival has assembled.


Andrew Berry, evolutionary biologist at Harvard University,
takes young learners on an odyssey of his travels studying origins of species - from researching giant rats in New Guinea to butterflies and ants in Australia.

Franklin Damann, anatomical curator at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, gives students insight into the exciting world of a forensic anthropologist.

Chris Linthwaite, vice president and general manager of BioProduction Systems at Life Technologies, tells how business and marketing expertise is helping bioscientists speed the development of lifesaving drugs and other therapy.

Matthew Bobrowsky, astrophysicist at the University of Maryland, talks about the exciting studies and discoveries of the galaxy he has made using the Hubble Space Telescope.

Paul Gueye, physicist at Hampton University's Center for Advanced Medical Instrumentation, speaks of how his childhood curiosity about how things work while growing up in Senegal (West Africa) expanded into a career developing lifesaving radiation therapy for cancer.

James Rohr, engineering physicist at the Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Command, will tell students how dolphins and other fish are helping engineers design better surface and underwater vessels and devices.

Aprille Ericsson, aerospace engineer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, tells kids what it's like to test and design future spacecraft to handle such aerodynamic factors as altitude and gravitational forces.

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