November 13th, two members of our team and Ms. Brooks were invited to represent the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam Program at a booth at the 10th annual Massachusetts STEM Summit. The Massachusetts STEM Summit is an event that brings together each year over 1,200 educators, students, business leaders and government officials to network, collaborate, and discuss the progress of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in Massachusetts.
Our team was given a booth at the resource room, which featured 40 exhibits and demonstrations of STEM-based projects across Massachusetts. We shared the booth with NCIIA, sister grantee of the Lemelson-MIT Program. The two representatives for NCIIA were students from University of Massachusetts Lowell. They are part of Nonspec, a start-up company determined to design, develop, and deliver, low-cost, durable prosthetics to developing nations. They generously offered to help us with any 3D printing we may need this year. Karen and Lauren presented and explained the team’s invention and answered any questions about the Lemelson-MIT program and our project specifically. It was a fantastic opportunity to share our progress with the Massachusetts STEM community.
We were also able to hear two very inspiring speeches by Deval Patrick, Governor of Massachusetts, and Congressman Joe Kennedy. Both praised Massachusetts’s accomplishments in STEM within the last year and looked optimistically towards the state’s future in STEM fields.
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Some photos taken by The UMass Donahue Institute.
