DAY 1:

• Welcome & Orientation 
  • Welcome and Introduction, Dr. Cynthia Tomovic, College of Education
  • Welcome from Dr. Bryan Payne, Vice Provost of Academic Affairs, ODU
  • Welcome from Ms. Joyce Kuberek, BLAST Administrator, VSGC
• Welcome and Introduction of “Four Tops” Panel, Dr. Cynthia Tomovic, Professor, STEM
  • Dr. Austin Agho, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Old Dominion University
  • Dr. Jane Bray, Dean, College of Education
  • Dr. Gail Dodge, Dean, College of Science
  • Dr. Stephanie Adams, Dean, College of Engineering and Technology
• CLIMATE CHANGE: What? Why? How?
  • Climate Change: What is it? Why is it important? How can we build resilience to it? The what, why, and how of climate change and sea level rise are introduced.
  • Dr. Michelle Covi, Assistant Professor, Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences College of Science
  • Dr. Michal Allen, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Geography
  • Professor Carol Considine, Assistant Dean, College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
• Communicating and Developing Leadership to Build Community Resilience to Climate Change and Sea Level Rise:
  “Art” of Communicating Climate Change and Sea Level Rise.
  • Professor Alison Stinely, Assistant Professor of Art, College of Arts and Letters.
• Community Leadership.
  • Dr. Cynthia Tomovic, Professor, STEM Education, College of Education.

DAY 2:

STEM Concurrent Workshops

• Our Home Planet and Its Place in the Cosmos
  • OCNPS 142
  • Dr. Balsa Terzic, Assistant Professor, Physics, College of Sciences
• Water Water Everywhere and No Place to Go
  • ESB 113
  • Dr. Mujde Erten-Unal, Interim Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology
• Robots in Hazardous Environments
  • KH 125
  • Dr. Vukica Jovanovic, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Technology, College of Engineering and Technology
• Satellites, Lasers, and Drones: From Sci-Fi to Studying the Impacts of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise
  • MGB 342
  • Mr. George McLeod, Director, Information Technology Services, Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences
• ODU Campus Tour, Future Monarchs Presentation Room, Webb Center
• Picture at outside Center Stairs, Webb Center
• Dinner: Broderick Dining Hall
• The Magic of SCIENCE/STEM,
  • OCPNS 200
  • Welcome – Dr. Gail Dodge, Dean, College of Sciences
  • ODU’s Planetarium Director, Justin Mason
  • Dr. Petros Katsioloudis, Industrial Technology
  • Dr. James Blando, Environmental Health

DAY 3:

Evening Program:

• Impact of Climate Change on Transportation – Introduction to Drones to the Rescue!
  • Chesapeake/Portsmouth/Virginia Beach Rooms, Webb Center
  • Dr. Wie Yusf, Associate Professor, Policy and Public Service, College of Business
• Dinner: Broderick Dining Hall
• Drones to the Rescue!!!  
  • Using drones as a way to combat the impacts of climate change on transportation are explored.
  • Welcome – Dr. Stephanie Adams, College of Engineering and Technology
  • Building Drones
    • Dr. Thomas Alberts, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Technology, and the ODU Drone Club
    • Students will be divided into Group 1 and Group 2 (40 students each). While Group 1 flies drones, Group 2 will participate in an interactive ODU BLAST assessment, and then switch.
    • Flying Drones, Dr. Thomas Alberts and the ODU Drone Club.
• So What Did you Learn?
  • Dr. Michelle Covi, Assistant Professor, Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences