Events

Exploring Ethics
the science and ethics forum
http://www.ethicscenter.net/Events/FleetProgram/RoboWarfare.html

An ongoing series of free, public events jointly sponsored by the Ethics Center and the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center. Go to the full schedule of events at the Fleet

RoboWarfare. Is the world a better place when robots fight our wars for us?

Date: September 2, 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Location: Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
Organizers: Mike Kalichman, Lawrence Hinman, & Stuart Henry, The Ethics Center

Lincoln High School's Center for Science & Engineering (Building 400) and Public Safety (Building 300) are holding their 2nd Annual Senior Exhibition. For this event we need representatives from the Science & Engineering and Public Safety community to serve as panel members. Panel members will evaluate a 5-7 minute oral presentation given by S & E and PS graduating seniors. All presentations will be held in designated Science & Engineering and Public Safety classrooms. There will be an orientation for all panel members in the Center for Public Safety penthouse.

Bob Taylor, President of Taylor Guitars, invites you to join him for an evening of live music in support of the industrial arts programs of East County schools. This year’s event will take place at the Communication Arts Center on the campus of Cuyamaca College and will be followed by a courtyard reception. Friday, May 8, 2009, 6:30 p.m. Cuyamaca College Communication Arts Building 900 Rancho San Diego Parkway El Cajon, CA 92019

Sixth Annual Space Day, May 9, 2009 Space Day Activities are Free to kids 11 and under with a paid adult admission. Click here to download a discount coupon for this event. 2009 Space Day Information:

The Chapter’s STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – Committee sponsored a tour of the United Launch Alliance facility in Old Town. Co-located with SPAWAR headquarters, the ULA builds Centaur rocket motors for the nation’s space program. As part of the Chapter’s commitment to increased awareness of the nation’s need for scientists and engineers, the STEM Committee, with the support of Lockheed Martin, arranged for a tour of the ULA facility for educators, members, and engineering students on February 24th.

I (Jim Rohr at SSC Pacific aka SSC San Diego) have taken the liberty of inviting you and any middle school girl's that you know to an outreach event at UCSD (Jan10th) or at SDSU (Feb 21st)called Girl's Day Out. The event (10:30 - 1:30) starts with short talks by women STEM professionals from the community. Then there are short tours of the university as well as a bunch (8-12 depending on the number of volunteers we have) of table top demonstrations for the girls to engage in.

The San Diego Unified School District's Office of College, Career & Technical Education (CCTE) will be hosting its Business and Education Direct Connect Annual Event 15 January 1600-1800 at the NTC Promenade. See attached flyer.

I (Jim Rohr at SSC Pacific aka SSC San Diego) have taken the liberty of inviting you and any middle school girl's that you know to an outreach event at UCSD (Jan10th) or at SDSU (Feb 21st)called Girl's Day Out. The event (10:30 - 1:30) starts with short talks by women STEM professionals from the community. Then there are short tours of the university as well as a bunch (8-12 depending on the number of volunteers we have) of table top demonstrations for the girls to engage in.

Please visit the USD Engineering Fall Open House and see the latest student projects.  See the attached flyer for details. 

San Diego High Tech High Students Nick Estorga and Adrian Feral participate in a recent Cyber Defense Challenge competition at SAIC. Joint sponsored by SAIC, UCSD and the Chapter, the Cyber Defense Challenge leverages an SAIC simulation for training network administrators to recognize and respond to attacks on a network. In the Challenge, teams of students from local high schools act to neutralize network attacks under the guidance of SAIC trainers.