Science Club 2009

Advisor - Mr. Creamer

Science Club Lecturer, 11/30/09 

Dr. Jenny Smythe was invited by the Science Club and club advisor Mr. Creamer to address students in the Science Club and Classical's science classes. The Classical Science Club was reformatted this year to introduce students to scientific careers and current topics in science.

The student club officers and thirty members put together a survey of disciplines that the students wanted to have scientists address and the initial results showed an interest in physics and women in science. Science Club officer Maho Dzebic drafted an invitation letter to Physicist Dr. Jenny Smythe.

 A native of Huntsville, Alabama, home to the US rocket program, Dr. Smythe graduated from Princeton with a degree in Electrical Engineering and earned her PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard University at the age of 28. She now works as a research scientist for Schlumberger International in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In addition to science club members, students from Mr. Creamer's biology class, Ms. Lander's chemistry class, Mr. Spiers and Grove's physics classes and Mr. Winchester's marine biology class attended the Q&A. Topics covered included preparation for college, careers in physics and engineering, her current research interests, the current state of women in science, and some interesting tid bits about physical laws and phenomena including particle and wave duality, electromagnetic waves, and differences in quantum and Newtonian physics.

Photos below taken by Samantha Rossi