<span itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InformAction"><span style="display:none" itemprop="about" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><meta itemprop="description" content="Invitation from swvasteamntdsync@swvastemnextthreedayssync.iam.gserviceaccount.com"/></span><span itemprop="object" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Event"><div style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" border="0" summary="" style="width:100%;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;border:1px Solid #ccc;border-width:1px 2px 2px 1px;background-color:#fff;"><tr><td><meta itemprop="eventStatus" content="http://schema.org/EventScheduled"/><h4 style="padding:6px 0;margin:0 0 4px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:1.4;border:1px Solid #fff;background:#fff;color:#090;font-weight:normal"><strong>You have been invited to the following event.</strong></h4><div style="padding:2px"><span itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"><meta itemprop="name" content="Google Calendar"/></span><meta itemprop="eventId/googleCalendar" content="tifm1lss9koa4bu6o35h1og9nk"/><h3 style="padding:0 0 6px 0;margin:0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:bold;color:#222"><span itemprop="name">2019 Virginia Tech Science Festival</span></h3><table style="display:inline-table" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" summary="Event details"><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">When</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><time itemprop="startDate" datetime="20191116T150000Z"></time><time itemprop="endDate" datetime="20191116T210000Z"></time>Sat Nov 16, 2019 3pm – 9pm <span style="color:#888">Coordinated Universal Time</span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Where</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><span itemprop="location" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Place"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">Virginia Tech
118 North Main Street
Blacksburg, VA 24061</span><span dir="ltr"> (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/Virginia+Tech%0D%0A118+North+Main+Street%0D%0ABlacksburg,+VA+24061?hl=en" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" target="_blank" itemprop="map">map</a>)</span></span></div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Calendar</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><div style="text-indent:-1px">stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech</div></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 1em 10px 0;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#888;white-space:nowrap;width:90px" valign="top"><div><i style="font-style:normal">Who</i></div></td><td style="padding-bottom:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222" valign="top"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222;width:10px"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><span style="font-family:Courier New,monospace">&#x2022;</span></div></td><td style="padding-right:10px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222"><div style="text-indent:-1px"><div><div style="margin:0 0 0.3em 0"><span itemprop="attendee" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><span itemprop="name" class="notranslate">RBTC STEM Event Announcer</span><meta itemprop="email" content="stem-announce@lists.rbtc.tech"/></span></div></div></div></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><div style="float:right;font-weight:bold;font-size:13px"> <a href="https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=dGlmbTFsc3M5a29hNGJ1Nm8zNWgxb2c5bmsgc3RlbS1hbm5vdW5jZUBsaXN0cy5yYnRjLnRlY2g&tok=NTIjdG1yODdhbzc0N2IwNG0wajhxdnY0dnYya2tAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbTRiMDc3ZDc1MzViYmU5MjRjNTdmOTM2N2FjYzZlMTBkNzA5Mjk4MDg&ctz=UTC&hl=en&es=0" style="color:#20c;white-space:nowrap" itemprop="url">more details »</a><br></div><div style="padding-bottom:15px;font-family:Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:#222;white-space:pre-wrap!important;white-space:-moz-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-pre-wrap!important;white-space:-o-pre-wrap!important;white-space:pre;word-wrap:break-word"><span>Virginia Tech presents the 6th Annual Virginia Tech Science Festival at multiple locations across Virginia Tech's campus including the Moss Arts Center, Newman Library, Torgersen Hall and along Alumni Mall on Saturday, November 16, 2019.<p>Enjoy more than 100 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university including physics, space, engineering, communication, geology, health and medicine, history, transportation, computers, chemistry, and more. </p><p>Appearing for the day will be Virginia Tech alumna Camille Schrier who was crowned 2019 Miss Virginia. Schrier will host a booth and carry out a science demonstration during the festival at 10:30 am on the Moss Arts Center lawn.</p><p>Last year, more than 4,000 people attended the event, which includes STEM-focused booths such as building an earth wall, wildlife conservation efforts, various robotics labs, virtual reality, ancient fossils from the Virginia Tech Paleontology Research Group, rockets, volcano demonstrations and a teddy bear clinic and an EXO-Skeleton.</p><p>The festival also will again host exhibits that are autism-friendly in coordination with the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research, an effort with the center’s SAFE: Supporting Autism Friendly Environments program.</p><p>Exhibits include:<br>• 3D Printed Prosthetics<br>• Augmented Reality Interface for Future Spacesuits<br>• Bugs in 3D<br>• Cybersecurity: Hacking and Defense<br>• Dancing Plants<br>• Electric Racing Motorcyles<br>• Engineering Earthquake-resistant Buildings<br>• Finding Bigfoot<br>• Going Bananas for DNA<br>• Let's Make a Robot Parade<br>• Rocketry<br>• Women Scientists from the NRV<br>and many more!</p><p>The Virginia Tech Science Festival has a goal of making science and research accessible to all ages. Most exhibits are designed for elementary and middle school students. Younger children will find plenty to do as well.</p><p>All festival events are free and all are welcome.</p><p>The main festival closing at 4:00 pm, but later evening events will be offered for audiences interested in all things science. For more information on the 2019 Nutshell Games, visit: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nextthreedays.com%2FFeaturedEventDetails.cfm%3FE%3D529557&sa=D&ust=1573918641151000&usg=AFQjCNGwV9Qymh65QHi__-GApJGWkXwhZA" target="_blank">http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=529557</a>.</p><p>Parking will be free at Virginia Tech's North End Center parking deck and other campus locations.</p><p>To view the festival program with the full list of activities and locations, visit: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Ficat.vt.edu%2Fsciencefestival%2Fplan.html&sa=D&ust=1573918641151000&usg=AFQjCNEBm-Fhgw-CvngCSYNhgN4Dqc_lzg" target="_blank">http://icat.vt.edu/sciencefestival/plan.html</a>.</p><p>For more information, visit: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cpe.vt.edu%2Fsciencefestival%2Findex.html&sa=D&ust=1573918641152000&usg=AFQjCNGzXbV7TXyCiFgIcBzl5GgNJkQ-MA" target="_blank">http://www.cpe.vt.edu/sciencefestival/index.html</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fvtnews.vt.edu%2Farticles%2F2019%2F11%2Fscience-virginia_tech_science_festival_2019.html&sa=D&ust=1573918641152000&usg=AFQjCNEktfNezs_cOFbBJDQGqKu-nOnr1g" target="_blank">https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/science-virginia_tech_science_festival_2019.html</a> or <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FVTSciFest%2F&sa=D&ust=1573918641152000&usg=AFQjCNH6AObnOqswXKPuHQcYNvz1ae3aHw" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/VTSciFest/</a>.</p><p>Cost: See Description</p></span><meta itemprop="description" content="Virginia Tech presents the 6th Annual Virginia Tech Science Festival at multiple locations across Virginia Tech's campus including the Moss Arts Center, Newman Library, Torgersen Hall and along Alumni Mall on Saturday, November 16, 2019.

Enjoy more than 100 free hands-on, minds-on learning interactive booths and activities that showcase dozens of science education and research programs throughout the university including physics, space, engineering, communication, geology, health and medicine, history, transportation, computers, chemistry, and more. 

Appearing for the day will be Virginia Tech alumna Camille Schrier who was crowned 2019 Miss Virginia. Schrier will host a booth and carry out a science demonstration during the festival at 10:30 am on the Moss Arts Center lawn.

Last year, more than 4,000 people attended the event, which includes STEM-focused booths such as building an earth wall, wildlife conservation efforts, various robotics labs, virtual reality, ancient fossils from the Virginia Tech Paleontology Research Group, rockets, volcano demonstrations and a teddy bear clinic and an EXO-Skeleton.

The festival also will again host exhibits that are autism-friendly in coordination with the Virginia Tech Center for Autism Research, an effort with the center’s SAFE: Supporting Autism Friendly Environments program.

Exhibits include:
• 3D Printed Prosthetics
• Augmented Reality Interface for Future Spacesuits
• Bugs in 3D
• Cybersecurity: Hacking and Defense
• Dancing Plants
• Electric Racing Motorcyles
• Engineering Earthquake-resistant Buildings
• Finding Bigfoot
• Going Bananas for DNA
• Let's Make a Robot Parade
• Rocketry
• Women Scientists from the NRV
and many more!

The Virginia Tech Science Festival has a goal of making science and research accessible to all ages. Most exhibits are designed for elementary and middle school students. Younger children will find plenty to do as well.

All festival events are free and all are welcome.

The main festival closing at 4:00 pm, but later evening events will be offered for audiences interested in all things science. For more information on the 2019 Nutshell Games, visit: http://www.nextthreedays.com/FeaturedEventDetails.cfm?E=529557.

Parking will be free at Virginia Tech's North End Center parking deck and other campus locations.

To view the festival program with the full list of activities and locations, visit: http://icat.vt.edu/sciencefestival/plan.html.

For more information, visit: http://www.cpe.vt.edu/sciencefestival/index.html or https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/11/science-virginia_tech_science_festival_2019.html or https://www.facebook.com/VTSciFest/.

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