MACNY Future Women in STEM
Explore careers in engineering, manufacturing, and science with amazing local women that work in these industries!
This free series for girls in 6th-8th grades brings female professionals from local companies to lead students in a fun, hands-on activity together to spark interest in high-tech careers.
Program includes FREE admission to the MOST (student and their family) and light snacks.
All programs are the 2nd Saturday of the month (October through May), 10:00–11:00am at the MOST. (500 S. Franklin St. Syracuse NY 13202)
2024-25 Program Schedule
| October 12 How Stable is your Table? with Feldmeier Equipment Using their STEM skills, creativity, and an assortment of marshmallows and toothpicks, groups will work with Feldmeier engineers to design and build the strongest platform possible. Structures will be ‘put to the test’ to determine how much load they’re able to support versus the amount of material used. Scores will be displayed in real time while groups evaluate, modify, and improve their designs. Click to Register |
| November 9 Design & Build: The Manufacturing Experience with TTM Technologies & Micron Technology Ever wonder how your favorite products are made? Discover the world of manufacturing, where everything around us is brought to life! In this session, you’ll explore “lean manufacturing,” a process companies use to minimize waste and boost efficiency. Get ready for hands-on activities that bring these concepts to life, letting you use teamwork and creativity to solve real-world challenges just like the pros do. Click to Register |
| December 14 Mix & Mold: Making Everyday Plastic Products with Tessy Students will make their own keychain using pre-packaged resin, molds, and hot water. They will learn about quality assurance and how Tessy uses this to make unique plastic products. Click to Register |
| January 11 Fun-Sized Floorplans with King + King Architects Design professionals from King + King Architects will lead students in an activity to design their dream apartment or tiny home. This activity will combine creative and artistic thinking with math and technical design as students draw and color their own floor plans. Click to Register |
| February 8 What to do about that critter?!? Using STEM in pest management with Perimetek Pest Management Ewww! What’s that critter!?! Are you curious about the kinds of insects and rodents that invade our homes? Are they harmful? What can be done about it? What information do professionals need to solve pest issues? Explore how science answers these questions and more through hands-on activities with the Perimetek Pest Management team! Click to Register |
| March 8 From Raindrops to Roots: The Science of Weather and Farming with Cornell Cooperative Extension Madison County and NewsChannel 9 Students will engage in hands-on activities to learn about the weather cycle and how weather affects agriculture and food systems in CNY, and even get to try their hand at being a meteorologist! Click to Register |
| April 12 A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Lab and Critical Care Nursing with Crouse & Laboratory Alliance of Central New York Have you wanted to be a healthcare professional but never had the chance to try? This session will give students the opportunity to try hands-on skills used in a clinical laboratory—microscopes, artificial urine dip-stick testing, using tests for diagnosis, and drawing blood from a model phlebotomy arm. Also see how being an intensive care unit nurse takes advanced skills—nasogastric tube placement, how ventilation equipment works, intraosseous drills on bone models, and more! Click to Register |
| May 10 Using Food Science to Make Dairy Products with Byrne Ever wonder how milk products are made? Byrne’s research & development team will do a hands-on activity about the development process. This includes the source of the idea, research, experiment design and analysis, scaling up, launch, customer feedback, and product manufacturing process improvement. Click to Register |
Thank you to our presenting sponsor:
Thank you to our supporting sponsors:
Amanda
Russell-Brown
