STEAM Education & Research
Wetlands and Water Purity
Team: Serena Fleming-Dittenber, Midland High; Callen Herst, Bullock Creek; Nicole Seiler, Bullock Creek; and Ris Agrwal, Great Lakes Bay Early College Mentor: Daniel Henton, Ph.D., with additional consulting provided by Greg Martin of Dow. The purpose of the project is to acquire data to help define the extent of the chemical plume (in part from activities on the base using perfluorinated compounds…
Saving Honey Bees from Varroa Mites with Controlled-Release Miticides
Team: Jason Harnick, Bullock Creek HS; Kaitlin Gandy, Midland HS; and Yuen Azo, Saginaw Arts & Science Academy (not pictured) Mentor: Edmund Stark, PhD The US beekeeping industry is in crisis, and with it those parts of the agriculture industry that are partly or entirely dependent upon honey bees for pollination. Honey bees are being lost at an alarming rate due to…
Developing New Chemistries and Materials for Redox Flow Batteries
Intern research participation makes an impact.
2016 Summer Interns Present Research Findings
Parents, mentors and members of the community were treated to an evening of science when 12 summer interns presented their research project findings on August 18, 2016. Students had applied for the internship positions in April, and were selected from a very competitive pool of Midland area high school juniors. After matching their experience and interests to the available projects, students were…
Dow, MSU, Local Foundations Collaborate on New STEM Center
New center to engage youth, families and teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning.
