Participant Schedule - ODU BLAST: June 18-21, 2017

DAY 1 – Sunday Evening, June 18, 2017
3:00 - 4:00 / Check-In: Students arrive and check-in at France Hall lobby. Teacher-Chaperones meet, greet, and assist students with locating rooms
4:00 - 5:00 / Teacher-Chaperone Meeting with Assigned 10 Students: Welcome; Pre-VSGC Survey
5:30 - 6:45 / Dinner (Broderick Dining Hall)
7:00-10:00
7:00- 7:15
7:15 - 8:15
8:15 - 8:45
8:45-10:00 / Evening Program: STEM IT at ODU! (North Cafeteria, Webb Center)
Welcome & Orientation
  • Dr. Cynthia Tomovic, Director, ODU BLAST, Professor, STEM Education and Professional Studies, College of Education
  • Dr. Brian Payne, Associate Provost, Office of the Provost
  • Dr. Tysha Sanford, BLAST Program Director, Virginia Space Grant Consortium
STEM: Building Resilience to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
  • What is climate change and sea level rise? What are the impacts of climate change and sea level rise? What careers lead to building resilience to climate change and sea level rise? Dr. Michele Covi and Dr. David Burdige, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences
  • Leading Resilience Begins with You! Dr. Cynthia Tomovic, Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, College of Education
  • Pulling Together: Paddle for Life Prof. Alison Stinely, Department of Art, College of Arts and Letters

10:15 / In Dorms
DAY 2 – Monday, June 19, 2017
7:00 - 8:15 / Breakfast (Broderick Dining Hall)
8:30 - 11:30
G5/G6 (F)
G3/G4 (M)
G1/G2 (M)
G7/G8 (F) / Concurrent Workshops
  • Our Home Planet and Its Place in the Cosmos, Dr. Balsa Terzic and Mr. Justin Mason, Department of Physics,College of Sciences, OCNPS 142
  • Water Water Everywhere and No Place to Go, Dr. Mujde Erten-Unal, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,College of Engineering and Technology, ESB 113
  • Changing Oceans: Exploring Acidification and Albedo, Dr. Victoria Hill, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, OCNPS 328
  • Satellites, Lasers, and Drones: From Sci-Fi to Studying the Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, , Prof. George McLeod, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Letters, MGB 342

11:45 - 12:45 / Lunch (Broderick Dining Halls)
1:00 - 4:00
G7/G8 (F)
G5/G6 (F)
G3/G4 (M)
G1/G2 (M) / Concurrent Workshops
  • Our Home Planet and Its Place in the Cosmos, Dr. Balsa Terzic and Mr. Justin Mason, Department of Physics,College of Sciences, OCNPS 142
  • Water Water Everywhere and No Place to Go, Dr. Mujde Erten-Unal, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,College of Engineering and Technology, ESB 113
  • Changing Oceans: Exploring Acidification and Albedo, Dr. Victoria Hill, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, OCNPS 328
  • Satellites, Lasers, and Drones: From Sci-Fi to Studying the Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, , Prof. George McLeod, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Letters, MGB 342

4:15 - 5:15 / ODU Tour, Lisa LitWeller, Future Monarchs Presentation Room, Webb Center
5:30 - 6:45 / Dinner (Broderick Dinning Hall)
7:00 - 10:00
7:00 -7:15
7:15 - 8:15 / Evening Program: From High School, to College, and Beyond (OCNPS 200)
  • Welcome - Dean Jane Bray, Darden College of Education
  • From High School to College: Preparing for College STEM Career – Ms. Adrienne Giles, Student Success Center
  • Undergraduate STEM Panel, Ms. Adrienne Giles, Student Success Center, Moderator

8:15-10:00
8:15 - 9:00
9:00 - 10:00 / STEM Careers: Part I (OCNPS 200)
  • Air, Water, Soil: Environmental Sciences and its Impacts on the Quality of Our Health, Dr. James Blando, Environmental Health, College of Health Sciences
  • Work, Life, and Play in the Frozen North, Dr. Victoria Hill, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences and Dr. Petros Katsioloudis, Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies, Industrial Technology, College of Education

10:00 / Cookie Time! OCNPS Lobby
10:15 / In Dorm
DAY 3 – Tuesday, June 20, 2017
7:00 - 8:15 / Breakfast (Broderick Dining Hall)
8:30 - 11:30
G1/G2 (M)
G7/G8 (F)
G5/G6 (F)
G3/G4 (M) / Concurrent Workshops
  • Our Home Planet and Its Place in the Cosmos, Dr. Balsa Terzic and Mr. Justin Mason, Department of Physics,College of Sciences, OCNPS 142
  • Water Water Everywhere and No Place to Go, Dr. Mujde Erten-Unal, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,College of Engineering and Technology, ESB 113
  • Changing Oceans: Exploring Acidification and Albedo, Dr. Victoria Hill, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, OCNPS 328
  • Satellites, Lasers, and Drones: From Sci-Fi to Studying the Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, , Prof. George McLeod, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Letters, MGB 342

11:45 - 12:45 / Lunch (Broderick Dining Hall)
1:00 - 4:00
G3/G4 (M)
G1/G2 (M)
G7/G8 (F)
G5/G6 (F) / Concurrent Workshops
  • Our Home Planet and Its Place in the Cosmos, Dr. Balsa Terzic and Mr. Justin Mason, Department of Physics,College of Sciences, OCNPS 142
  • Water Water Everywhere and No Place to Go, Dr. Mujde Erten-Unal, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,College of Engineering and Technology, ESB 113
  • Changing Oceans: Exploring Acidification and Albedo, Dr. Victoria Hill, Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, OCNPS 328
  • Satellites, Lasers, and Drones: From Sci-Fi to Studying the Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise, , Prof. George McLeod, Department of Geography, College of Arts and Letters, MGB 342

4:15 – 5:15 / Post ODU BLAST Wrap-Up, Dr. Michele Covi and Dr. David Burdige, Department of Oceanography, College of Sciences, 102 Mills Godwin Life Sciences Building
5:15 - 5:30 / Group Picture: ODU BLAST, 2017, 102 Mills Godwin Life Sciences Building
5:45-6:45 / Dinner (Broderick Dining Hall)
7:00 - 10:00
7:00 - 7:15
7:15 - 8:00
8:00 - 10:30 / Evening Program: STEM Careers: Part II (1000 G1-G4; 1002 G5-G8, Student Recreation Center)
  • Welcome - Dr. Rafael Landaeta, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Batten College of Engineering and Technology
  • From Here to There: Transportation Logistics, Dr. Wie Yusuf, Public Administration and Public Policy, College of Business
  • Drones to the Rescue, Dr. Thomas Alberts, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering

10:45 / In Dorms: Post-VSGC Survey
DAY 4 – Wednesday Morning, June 21
7:00 - 8:15 / Breakfast (Broderick Dinning Hall)
  • Presentation of Certificates of Completion, Dr. Cynthia Tomovic, Director, ODU BLAST, Professor, STEM Education and Professional Studies, College of Education; Dr. Tysha Sanford, BLAST Program Director, Virginia Space Grant Consortium

8:30 - 9:30 / Check-Out: France Hall lobby
  • Pack, clean-up, check out, depart

Workshop Rotation Matrix

Our Home Planet
OCNPS 142 / Water, Water Everywhere
ESB 113 / changing oceans Exploration
OCNPS 328 / Satellites, LASers
and drones
MGB 342
Monday morning / Groups 5 & 6
(Female) / Groups 3 & 4
(Male) / Groups 1 & 2
(Male) / Groups 7 & 8
(Female)
Monday afternoon / Groups 7 & 8
(Female) / Groups 56
(Female) / Groups 3 & 4
(Male) / Groups 12
(Male)
Tuesday morning / Groups 12
(Male) / Groups 78
(Female) / Groups 56
(Female) / Groups 3& 4
(Male)
Tuesday afternoon / Groups 3 & 4
(Male) / Groups 1 & 2
(Male) / Groups 78
(Female) / Groups 56
(Female)

Contacts:

Dr. Cynthia Tomovic (757) 469-5403

Dr. Vukica Jovanovic (765) 237-8594

Dr. Tysha Sanford (757) 478-2066

Ms. Joyce Kuberek (757) 870-9602