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The third annual Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Day took place on Friday, February 20, 2009 at the University of Manitoba.  Over the past two years, more than 250 high school students and teachers have participated in SET Day. The day gives students an opportunity to see what the future may hold for them in the many life-changing fields of research conducted at the University of Manitoba. They will get a fast forward look at what they (our future scientists and engineers) might be doing in areas of science and engineering 25 years into the future.

The line-up for SET Day 2009 was:

      Patricia Martens, community health sciences, explained how mathematics helps us throughout life in a presentation titled, Mathemagic…the amazing power of math to help us understand life, health and the universe .    

      Feiyue Wang, environment & geography, discribed the climate change and environmental degradation we are facing today and how we may be able to confront these issues in the future in a presentation titled, WALL - E's Mission.

      Shane Yanke, graduate student, computer sciences, demonstrated the current state and future development of robotics and artificial intelligence in a presentation titled, R2D2 and Friends: The Future of Intelligent Robots .

4.   Jason Leboe, psychology, outlined how people remember and forget things in a presentation titled, Origins of Remembering and Forgetting.

      Nazim Cicek, biosystems engineering, explained the history of biofuels and how they are beneficial to society today in a presentation titled, Biofuels of Today and Tomorrow.    

      For a sampling of presentations and topics from previous years, please check out:

SET Day 2007

SET Day 2008

For further information regarding SET Day 2010 contact:

Janine Harasymchuk, Manager

Research Communications & Marketing Unit

Janine_Harasymchuk@umanitoba.ca

Phone (204)  474-7300