UMass Lowell Event Will Share Work of Students, Researchers

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The work of UMass Lowell students and researchers will come alive for the public during "Invitation to Innovation" on Friday, April 28 from noon to 5 p.m. at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell.

04/27/2017

Media contacts: Nancy Cicco, 978-934-4944 or Nancy_Cicco@uml.edu and Christine Gillette, 978-934-2209 or Christine_Gillette@uml.edu

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Friday, April 28, Noon to 1:30 p.m.

WHAT: UMass Lowell’s first-ever “Invitation to Innovation” will allow the public and school groups to witness the creativity that’s put to work every day by UMass Lowell students and researchers in laboratories, makerspaces and classrooms.

A NASA satellite, a Formula 1-style race car and a rainwater collection system for the military – all built by UMass Lowell students – will be demonstrated. Attendees can also participate in a Tinker Toy contest to build a vehicle that must navigate a series of challenges. Outside the venue, the UMass Lowell School of Nursing mobile lab – which gives visitors a look inside the profession – will be available for tours.

Inside the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, more than 100 exhibits that feature robotics, “smart” technology and sustainable design will bring to life the work of students in UMass Lowell’s College of Engineering, Kennedy College of Sciences and College of Health Sciences. Many of the exhibitors are seniors who will display their capstone projects.

The event will also shine a light on research conducted by UMass Lowell faculty, products made by startups based at the UMass Lowell Innovation Hub business incubator and work by students in all majors who are participating in the DifferenceMaker Program, which teaches entrepreneurial skills they can use to solve problems in business and the community, and even launch their own ventures.

“Invitation to Innovation” also looks to inspire students in middle and high school who will be attending individually and in groups. They will get a sense of what they can achieve with an education in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Speakers are expected to include UMass Lowell College of Engineering Dean Joseph Hartman, College of Sciences Dean Noureddine Melikechi and College of Health Science Dean Shortie McKinney.

WHERE: Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell, 300 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Lowell.

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