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James A. Flaten
Associate Director of the MN Space Grant Consortium and Contract Associate Professor

Presentations, Exhibits, and Events in 2018

(most, but not all, related to Space Grant)
  • Career visit to Life in Christ Preschool, Albertville, January 30, 2018
  • Hovercraft Astronauts at Space Extravaganza, Webster Elementary, Minneapolis, February 20, 2018
  • MN Space Grant Exhibit of student-built aerospace hardware, Minneapolis Public Schools STEM Expo (for middle school students), Minneapolis Convention Center, February 21, 2018
  • Panelist at Aviation Career Forum organized by MNDOT Office of Aeronautics, March 19, 2018
  • Straw rockets at STEAM Fair, Valley View Elementary, Bloomington, March 22, 2018
  • Rideable Hovercraft and Straw Rocket activities for Space Week, NE Middle School, Minneapolis, March 26-29, 2018
  • Recruitment for high-power rocketry videocon lessons, Concordia College and Moorhead State University, April 11, 2018
  • Career presentations, Eden Prairie High School, May 7, 2018
  • Recruitment for high-power rocketry videocon lessons, Bethel University, May 7, 2018
  • Host the Space Grant Midwest High-Power Rocket Competition, North Branch, May 19-20, 2018 (more details posted at Midwest Rocketry Competition webpage)
  • Stratospheric balloon flights with local schools on May 23 and June 5, 2018. (About 10 additional balloon flights with U of MN stratospheric ballooning students in 2018.)
  • Science Fair judge, Farnsworth Aerospace Magnet, St. Paul, May 30, 2018
  • Presentation and tour for teachers in MNDOT’s ACE Camp for Teachers workshop, U of MN, June 27, 2018
  • Presentations on Astronomy, Eclipse Ballooning, and Physics of Sound and Musical Instruments, Holden Village (Lutheran Retreat Center), Washington State, July 2-6, 2018
  • Ballooning presentation to Extreme Weather summer camp, Bell Museum, July 11, 2018
  • Hovercraft Astronauts, Eureka summer camp (8th grade), U of MN, July 11, 2018
  • Parachutes, Eureka summer camp (9th grade), U of MN, July 12, 2018
  • The Physics of Sound and Musical Instruments (presentation and demonstrations), Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphony summer camp, St. Paul, July 18, 2018
  • Astronomy visuals for “Holden Evening Prayer (Plus)”, Teaching Theologians Conference, Augsburg University, Minneapolis, July 30, 2018
  • High-Power Rocketry and Stratospheric Ballooning Exhibit with ME 4090 summer class, U of MN, August 9, 2018
  • MN Space Grant Consortium Exhibit for STEM Day at the MN State Fair, St. Paul, August 23, 2018
  • Introduction to MN Space Grant (and recruitment for high-power rocketry videocon lessons) at St. Cloud State, St. John’s University, St. Paul College, August 29-30, 2018
  • Organized exhibit to go along with public lecture on challenges of living in outer space for FIRST LEGO LEAGUE teams, October 1, 2018
  • Introduction to MN Space Grant (visits to 3 classes) at Century College, October 3-4, 2018
  • Eclipse Ballooning seminar, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, October 18, 2018
  • Presentations with students on the U of MN ballooning team at the Academic
    Presentations with students on the U of MN ballooning team at the Academic
    • Solar Panel Characterization of Stratospheric Balloon Flights - A High School Project, Akshay Naik, Raymond Richter, and James Flaten
    • Low-Cost, Off-the-Shelf Components for Stratospheric Ballooning, Jacob Meyer and James Flaten
  • Astronomy visuals for “Holden Evening Prayer (Plus)”, University Lutheran Church of Hope, Minneapolis, December 5, 2018
  • Lighter-Than-Air-Vehicle Exhibit with AEM 1301 freshman seminar class, U of MN, December 11, 2018
  • The Physics of Sound and Musical Instruments (presentation and demonstrations), Creek Valley Elementary School (3rd grade), Edina, December 13, 2018

    Last Modified: 2019-09-05 at 09:23:34 -- this is in International Standard Date and Time Notation