Waves of Engineering: Using a mini-wave flume to foster engineering literacy

Abstract

Ms. Lyman-Holt has been the Education and Outreach Coordinator at the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory since 2005. She manages and leads the diverse outreach and education programing at the laboratory which serves over 5000 visitors per year, including K-12 students, undergraduate, graduate students, media outlets and the general public. She also takes the mini-flume "on the road" to large public events, such as Smithsonian Folklife Festival and Engineering Week Family day , both in Washington DC, training and working with volunteers to broaden the reach of the programing about coastal engineering outreach, particularly tsunamis. She is dedicated to increasing engineering literacy among the general public, and interest in STEM among K-12 students. She holds a BS in from Whitman College, and MS from Oregon State University. Ms. Laia Cari Robichaux, Oregon State University Ms. Robichaux is a doctoral student at Oregon State University in the Environmental Sciences program. Her research focus is how free-choice learning venues such as science centers present sociallycontroversial science. She holds a B.S. in Marine Biology from Texas A&M University at Galveston, and a M.S. in Science Education from Oregon State University.