Combining mediocre game play and professional science, our Ask_a_Scientist_Gaming Twitch stream brings you experts in various scientific disciplines playing games, drinking, and answering questions from chat. Every other Wednesday night from 8-11 pm EST we invite a new scientist to play their favorite game and talk science on stream. You can think of it as a interactive pod-cast with videogames as the background. While the gameplay may be amateur, the science will always be discussed by professional researchers in their respective disciplines. We will also accept questions via our AaS Gaming twitter profile and share a video of the streams on YouTube for those that cannot view it live. See the links below for more information.
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We have established an outreach activity called ‘Ask A Scientist’ which is held at Tallahassee's once-a-month, community-wide First Friday event. First Friday is an eclectic mix of artist, musicians, hobbyists, chefs, and—for the last year—scientists who set up tents and exhibits in Railroad Square park on the first Friday of every month. Every First Friday we gather 4-5 scientists–predominantly FSU faculty—from across disciplines like chemistry, physics, engineering, psychology, medicine and biology and stand by a tent with a sign proclaiming Ask a Scientist. What follows is ~3 hours each month spent drinking and talking science with people passing by. Above is a time-lapse of our August 2014 AaS event. The evening featured the following scientists: David Meckes (virology and biomedical sciences), Brian Miller (biochemistry), Tom Albrecht-Schmitt (nuclear chemistry), and myself (Ken Hanson, energy/material chemistry). We try to rotate a new batch of scientists every month.
The Hanson research group has been and will continue to partner with MoLab, Inc. to perform ‘build your own dye-sensitized solar cell’ activity as part of their ongoing educational program. During these events Hanson Research Group members guide middle to high school age students as they construct, from raspberry juice, and test their own dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). A photo collage of our involvement in the "Earth Savers Program" held at the Oliver Hill Sr. Community Center is shown above.
@HansonFSU on Instagram.
The Hanson Group YouTube Page.
HansonFSU on reddit.com/r/chemistry.
Kens contributions to chemistry-blog.com.