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STEM Expo

Information For Attendees

Wichita State University would like to welcome the general public and especially Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma students in grades 6th through 12th grade to join us on Friday May 19, 2023 to explore multiple aspects of STEM across the WSU campus. We will have events throughout the day from 8am to 3:30pm. We do not require you register your group to attend the STEM Expo; however if you know how many are attending from your group please let us know by filling out this quick form.

Please check in with us on the third floor of Rhatigan Student Center in the ballroom so we know you were here!

Meals

There are multiple locations to enjoy food around campus and the greater Wichita area. On campus we will offer pre purchase tickets for your convenience for multiple meals.
* The Retail location in the Rhatigan Student Center (RSC) tickets will be for a set menu which we will list in Spring 2023.
* Shocker Hall is the dining center in the ground floor of the Shocker Hall dorm. This is an all you care to eat location with multiple dining options.

There are also multiple restaurants in Braeburn Square on the East side of campus and we are planning continue the tradition of WSU to have food trucks around campus. In addition to early tickets, Shocker Hall and the retail location in RSC can be purchased on site, the retail locations will have options beyond the set menu for the meal tickets.

To purchase meal tickets for the retail locations or Shocker Hall please contact Jamie Kraisinger via jamie.kraisinger@compass-usa.com. You will need a school specific copy of your tax exempt status when you order if you are requesting your order be tax exempt.

Friday Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner- Shocker Dining Hall in Shocker Hall; Open 6:30am-7:30pm
* Teams can preorder tickets for a planned menu meal @ $11 per ticket (1 entrance per ticket)

Friday Lunch/Dinner – Retail locations in the RSC; Open 10am – 7pm
* Teams can preorder tickets for a planned menu meal @ $13 per ticket (1 meal per ticket)

Schedule of Events

TimeEventBuilding
all dayChemistry Equipment Exhibit RSC Cadman Art Gallery
all daySelf tour outside art with the Smartify appcampus wide
all dayVisit Corbin Education Center ; designed by Frank Lloyd WrightCorbin Education Center
8:00am – 3:30pm Exhibit Hall openRSC Ballrooms
9:00am-10:00amScience themed “minute to win it” w/ Chemistry Department RSC 301, 313, 314, 319
9:00am-10:30amForensics Lab Tours (open house) (ALS, bloodstain analysis, etc.)Law Enforcement Training Center
First Floor Lobby
9:00am-1:00pmCosmosphere Morse Code Activity RSC 266
9:00am – 3:45 pmSONT Trial Event Solar Power (SONT scheduled teams only)WO134 and WO135
9:00am – 5pm Pizza Hut Museum (self tour)Pizza Hut Museum 
9:30am-11:30amGAFL Flight SimulationBeggs Hall
9:30am-3:00pmGeneration STEAM: Paint the surround canvas for Generation STEAM’s shipping container JBC lobby
9:30am-3:00pmShipping Container Example from Sitebox Food Truck Plaza
9:30am-5pmGoCreate: Every 30 minutes GoCreate will have a tour of their facility JBC west side
10:00am-10:20amResearch talk titled: Big Data in Election Science by Brian AmosRSC 262
10:00a,-11:00amScience themed “minute to win it” w/ Chemistry Department RSC 301, 313, 314, 319
10:00am-11:30amCampus Walking TourAdmissions Table RSC Ballroom
10:00am-3:00pmAnthropology Museum (self tour) Neff Hall ground level 
10:00am “Infectious Disease Investigation” w/ Chemistry Department MC 224
10:00am – 10:45Textron Aviation Leadership Q & ARSC 265
10:00am – 3:30pm SONT Trial Event Robot Tour (viewers welcome)Woolsey Lobby/Atrium
10:30am – 3:00pm SONT Trial Event Ag Science B (SONT scheduled teams only)WO110A
10:30am – 3:00pm SONT Trial Event Ag Science C (SONT scheduled teams only)WO110B
11:00am-12:30pmForensics Lab Tours (open house) (ALS, bloodstain analysis, etc.)Law Enforcement Training Center
First Floor Lobby
11:00am – 3:00pm SONT Trial Event WICI B (SONT scheduled teams only)WO 220, 225, 226
11:00am – 5:00pm Ulrich Art Museum (self tour)Ulrich Museum of Art
NoonTextron Aviation K-12 presentationRSC  265
NoonLiquid Nitrogen party w/ Chemistry Department (w/ ice cream)front of MC
Noon – 3:00pmSONT Trial Event WICI C (SONT scheduled teams only)WO 319, 322, 323
1:00pm-1:25pmResearch talk titled: Mathematics in Cancer Treatment by Ehsan SalariRSC 262
1:00pm – 3:00pmGAFL Flight SimulationBeggs Hall
1:00pm – 3:00pmThe Spin Lab (Condensed Matter Lab) open house Jabara Hall 032
1:00pm – 3:00pmParticle Physics Lab open houseJabara Hall 040
1:00pm-3:30pmWind Tunnel Lab ToursBetween Beggs Hall and NIAR
1:00pm-3:30pmReverse Additive Manufacturing/Engineering Lab ToursJBC 159
1:00pm-3:30pmAdvanced Virtual Engineering & Testing Lab ToursJerry Moran Center 
1:30pm-3:00pmForensics Lab Tours (open house) (ALS, bloodstain analysis, etc.)Law Enforcement Training Center
First Floor Lobby
2:00pm – 3:00pmOpen DIY ChemisTRY lab w/ Chemistry Department MC 229
2:00pm-2:20pm Research talk titled: Big Data in Election Science by Brian AmosRSC 262
2:00pm-3:30pmCampus Walking TourAdmissions Table RSC Ballroom
2:00pm – 2:45pmTextron Aviation Career Q & ARSC 265