Upcoming Event: EurekaFest: Celebrate the Inventive Spirit at MIT

Submitted by Michael Weston-... on June 19, 2012

The Lemelson-MIT Program will be celebrating the sixth-annual EurekaFest at MIT this weekend. Join world-renowned scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs – including Stephen Quake, the 2012 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize winner – and hundreds of teen inventors (InvenTeams) to experience the power of invention. The Lemelson-MIT Program was founded in 1994 at MIT by Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson to inspire and encourage innovative inventors to find sustainable solutions to real-world problems. With EurekaFest, Lemelson-MIT hopes to encourage creativity and innovation in young people through activities, challenges, and awards.

Thursday, June 21st

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Attend presentations and demonstrations by the winners of the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Student Prizes at MIT, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as four high school InvenTeams. The Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams presenting will include Bishop Kelly High School, ID, Lynden High School, WA Williamston High School, MI and Eastern Regional High School, NJ

6:00 – 7:30 p.m.

The 2012 InvenTeams and Collegiate Student Prize winners and finalists will exhibit their invention prototypes

7:30 – 8:15 p.m.

Ashok Gadgil, 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation winner will elaborate on his inventive process and explain his inventions, including the Berkeley-Darfur stove and UV Waterworks

Friday, June 22nd

5:30 -- 6:30 p.m.

The 2012 InvenTeams and Collegiate Student Prize winners and finalists will exhibit their invention prototypes

6:30 -- 8:30 p.m.

This public ceremony will honor the work of inventors improving our world. The 2012 Lemelson-MIT Award Winners will be recognized, including a special presentation by Stephen Quake, the 2012 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize Winner

Saturday, June 23rd

10:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Watch high school inventors tackle this year’s design challenge and engage in hands-on invention activities

11:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Meet an Inventor. Inventors from Continuum, a Newton, MA-based innovation design consultancy, discuss their work one-on- one with museum visitors

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.

The finale to the design challenge reveals the best-executed ideas