Cafe Scientifique Arlington March 1 March 1, 2011

CAFÉ SCIENTIFIQUE ARLINGTON

WHAT: “Our Future Scientists”
WHEN: Tuesday, March 1 program begins at 6:15 PM. Come early to order food and drinks.

WHERE: The Front Page Restaurant, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, located near Ballston Metro on the ground floor of the NSF building. Parking is available under the NSF Building or at Ballston Common Mall.

WHO: Ezra Awumey, and Yosyp Shvab, Class of 2011 with introduction provided by Shawn Lowe, Science Research Teacher, T.C. Williams High School, Alexandria, Virginia.

HOW: 5:30 p.m. Special half price burgers; please come early to order table service and socialize. Presentation begins at 6:15 p.m. followed by Q&A
No science background required, only interest!
Free and open to the public Registration requested www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta
ABOUT THE TOPIC: High school seniors Ezra Awumey and Yosyp Shvab are building nanoscale transistors and redesigning solar cells. They investigate shrinking electrical circuits and transistors for computer chips and building conductive polymer solar cells as part of an independent science research class at T.C. Williams High School. Mr. Awumey will discuss his research and the differences between conventional silicon solar cells and the prospects for conductive polymer solar cells. Mr. Shvab will present his experiments related to the quest for smaller computer chips and the role of carbon nanotubes and other nanotechnology advancements.
SUPPORT THIS CAFE: The Ballston Science and Technology Alliance, a nonprofit organization, is the sponsor of Café Scientifique Arlington. Since April 2006, the goal of Café Scientifique has been to make science more accessible and accountable by featuring speakers whose expertise spans the sciences and who can talk in plain English. Café is held each month on first Tuesdays at the Front Page in Arlington. Please go to www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta and contribute. Help keep Café open and free to all!

COMING NEXT MONTH: April 5, 2011, Dr. Shuhai Xiao, Professor of Geobiology, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech.

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