Ogden Calendar

Every 30 minutes by appt. with Ms. Kunkel.

Speaker:  Peter Lindeman, Edinboro University

Topic: Turtle Evolution/Ecology

The Department of Engineering is conducting the 15^th annual Kentucky Bluegrass Robotics Competition on Saturday, November 8, 2014.  This is the Engineering Department’s primary high school outreach effort.  The competition provides secondary school students with a challenging engineering design experience and secondary school teachers with guidance in teaching engineering topics.

Approximately 15 teams from a dozen schools have signed up for the competition and will be coming to the WKU Engineering and Biological Sciences building to participate.   Teams build a robot using construction materials provided by WKU; the robots will compete against each other in a competition called “Robots for Relief” to build a device capable of helping in a natural disaster scenario.  

Engineering faculty member Kevin Schmaltz is coordinating the department’s efforts, with faculty and staff Robert Choate, Julie Ellis, Ron Rizzo and Troy Robertson providing major support for this effort.  Current WKU engineering students support the set up and execution of the event, including the Engineering Honors society student section of Tau Beta Pi.

Join WKU Floral as they celebrate the holiday season.  Fresh flowers, Christmas ornaments, garland, wreaths, silk arrangements, jewelry, wind chimes, candles and more.  Door prizes!

Join WKU Floral as they celebrate the Holiday Season.  Fresh flowers, Christmas ornaments, garland, wreaths, silk arrangements, jewelry, wind chimes, candles and more.  Door prizes!

Speaker:  ­ Oliver Beckers, Murray State University

Topic: Insect communication

This year's theme is: WORLD CLASS, LEARNING UNLEASHED.  The teams will be judged on Core Values, their project and their robot design.  Winning teams advance to the State Championship which will be held at Northern Kentucky University.  For more information go to www.firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2014fllworldclass

Neuroscience is an interdisciplinary field, requiring knowledge in many areas of science and engineering.  Dr. Lora Becker, Associate Professor at the University of Evansville, will introduce you to the characteristics of the nervous system that make the field so diverse.  Highlights include transormative inventions that allow us to understand hidden secrets of the nervous system and better our lives.