TORL participated in several outreach activities this spring.
- Invite-a-Scientist: The Invite-a-Scientist program is put on by the North Carolina Science Festival. It pairs scientists with local middle schools, where they spend the day teaching students about their research and why they chose to become a scientist. We went out to Apex Middle School to teach the kids a bit about biomedical engineering.
- CVM Open House: The vet school at NC State hosts a yearly outreach event to teach the public about some of the amazing research going on.
Helping folks learn about regenerative medicine and the Comparative Medicine Inst. #CVMOpenHouse @NCStateVetMed pic.twitter.com/Gk7Xn9su7M
— Matt Fisher (@mattbfish) April 1, 2017
- National Biomechanics Day: The second annual National Biomechanics Day took place in April and we showed roughly 50 high school students how amazing biomechanics is.
Learning about material properties, ACL injuries& scaffolds in the Translational Orthopaedic Research Lab #NationalBiomechanicsDay pic.twitter.com/yytkETChaN
— Stephanie Teeter (She/her) (@SeeStephScience) April 6, 2017