| Start Date: | 2/16/2015 | Start Time: | 10:00 AM |
| End Date: | 2/16/2015 | End Time: | 4:00 PM |
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Event Description
Academic and industry leaders alike have called for graduates entering the workforce to be creative, innovative, and able to work collaboratively. STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Design, and Mathematics) is a growing national movement in response to this call, arguing for a broader approach to learning and research that emphasizes the creativity, prototyping, and iteration common to both the Arts & Design and the STEM fields. Interest in STEAM is growing rapidly, including the formation of the Congressional STEAM Caucus, a bipartisan group advocating for an integrated approach to education.
The Drexel ExCITe Center, focusing on creative technologies for human expression, employs the STEAM framework to develop best practices for multidisciplinary research and pedagogy, incorporating the latest technology and innovations for learning. The Center will be hosting a STEAM workshop on Monday, February 16th, 2015, featuring a keynote presentation by Dr. Gaël McGill, Director of Molecular Visualization at the Center for Molecular and Cellular Dynamics (Harvard Medical School), co-founder and CEO of Digizyme, Inc., and co-author with E.O. Wilson of the acclaimed Life on Earth interactive textbook (Apple iBook) [http://eowilsonfoundation.org/e-o-wilson-s-life-on-earth/]. The program will also highlight novel education efforts in the region integrating STEM with the Arts & Design, incorporating small group discussions, and hands-on demonstrations of STEAM programs in action.
The workshop is open to the entire Drexel community and select external education partners. For more information, the program agenda, and to register online, please visit: http://drexel.edu/excite/news/events/2015/February/STEAMworkshop/
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Gaël McGill is Director of Molecular Visualization at the Center for Molecular and Cellular Dynamics at Harvard Medical School where he also teaches scientific visualization. He is the founder and CEO of Digizyme, Inc. a firm dedicated to the visualization and communication of science through advanced technology applications. Dr. McGill is the creator of the online portal molecularmovies.org and the Molecular Maya software toolkit. He is also a technical editor for Wiley/SYBEX Publishing where he has contributed to leading Maya and ZBrush textbooks. Dr. McGill is also currently the Digital Media Director for E.O. Wilson’s ‘Life on Earth’ next-generation digital biology textbook. He has served as a scientific and communications consultant for the Boston Scientific Corporation and is also a scientific advisory board member of Vast Scientific, Sage Science and a board member of the Vesalius Trust. After working at Dupont-Merck Pharmaceuticals and INSERM/Cochin Hospital in Paris, he completed his PhD at Harvard Medical School in the Division of Medical Sciences (Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology) and postdoctoral fellowship at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. His research on the mechanisms of tumor cell death/apoptosis was supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Sandoz Pharmaceuticals fellowships. He received his B.A. summa cum laude in Biology, Music, and Art History from Swarthmore College. |
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Location:
The ExCITe Center
3401 Market Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19104 |
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