STEM Tuesday Talk: “The Science of Craft”, Justin Fermann Chemistry

February 19, 2013
4:00 pm

Hasbrouck Hall

Room: 138

UMass Amherst Campus

Handicap access available
Free admission

STEM seminars are held at 4PM on the first and third Tuesdays of each month during the academic year in Hasbrouck 138. Everyone is welcome; no reservations are needed, and there is no charge. Parking is available in the Campus Center Garage.

Learning scientific principles and skills needed to understand and master the crafts of blacksmithing, ceramics, brewing, and glassblowing."  I'd like to talk about what motivated the development of a GenEd curriculum that was such a radical departure from what is traditionally offered in Chemistry, the design work we did leading up to the first offering of the class, the challenges we faced in running it, and some ideas from either successes or failures that we can take away.