The SIUE Center for STEM Research, Education and Outreach celebrated its new temporary home in the Vadalabene Center Tuesday, March 4 with an open house. The Center recently moved from its previous home in the School of Engineering’s original building, which is undergoing renovations.
A wide variety of visitors included students, faculty, staff, visitors from the community and simply the curious stopped in throughout the afternoon.
Visitors saw hands-on demonstrations, received tours of the Resource Center and heard about the STEM Center’s outreach, professional development and research.
Two of the intriguing displays were the Spectrum Tube Carousel, which allows scientists to determine gases inside stars and in the atmosphere, and the Star Lab Inflatable Planetarium, which is a traveling teaching tool for astronomy.
Visit the STEM Center at stemideas.org.
Photo: (Upper Right) Sue Wiediger, Trisha Simmons and Dave Gray look at the Spectrum Tube Carousel.
(Lower Right) Research Assistant Nicole Gugliucci inside the Star Lab Inflatable Planetarium.