UNLV's annual Science, Engineering, and Technology Day, an outreach program for high school students sponsored by the College of Sciences and the Howard R. Hughes College of Engineering, will be held Nov. 17.
More than 130 students from 22 high schools in Southern Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and California have been invited to participate in the day's activities. Hands-on labs will be presented by 45 UNLV scientists in 31 labs in the colleges of Sciences, Engineering, and Liberal Arts, as well as the Division of Health Sciences and the Harry Reid Center.
Presentations will include:
* How Fit Are You: Cardiovascular Physiology.
* Painting with Chemistry.
* High Pressures and Powerful Lasers.
* Hardness Testing of Untreated and Treated Las Vegas Tap Water.
* DNA Analysis.
* Earthquakes and Faults.
* Magics of Mathematics.
* Creative Electro/Mechanical Design -- Invasion of the Spaz-Bots.
* Archaeology and Physical Anthropology Lab.
Since 1987, this outreach event has brought high school juniors and seniors to campus to participate in hand-on activities with UNLV professors and graduate assistants. The student-participants select the labs to attend according to their interests and career ambitions. The event is funded by the College of Sciences, the College of Engineering, and the UNLV Alumni Association.
