CET 2011 CONFERENCE - SHANGHAI

Staff and students from the Chemistry Department of MSU Faculty of Science attended the three day World Congress on Engineering and Technology (CET 2011) between October 28 and 30 in Shanghai, China. MSU was well represented at the conference with six faculty members presenting research papers.

CET 2011 comprises of fifteen separate conferences facilitated towards the global development of engineering and technology. Presenters are given the opportunity to promote their research through CET 2011 and possibly gain funding from one of the large number of representatives of governments, academic and private enterprise organisations in attendance.

CET conference proceedings will be published by IEEE and accepted papers will be indexed by EI Compendex and ISTP.

THREE DAY MSU SCIENCE FAIR ASTRONOMICALLY SUCCESSFUL

MSU Faculty of Science held its annual three day Science Fair from August 17- 19. The Science Fair gives students a bit of a break after having completed their mid-term exams and also to let them create exhibits to showcase some of their work to the general public and other students.

Many students from surrounding primary and secondary schools come to MSU to visit the Science Fair and have a lot of fun. The students also got to visit the MSU Natural Medicinal Mushroom Museum and this year also had the bonus of seeing the Jewels of the Sea exhibition before it moves on to Chiang Mai later this year.

There were many exhibits of interest to people of all ages and the students manning the exhibitions were always very helpful and patient explaining their exhibits to anybody stopping to look.

A poster competition, mathematics school, solar power, large telescopes, glass blowing, chemistry demonstrations, physics demonstrations, recycling products, mushroom and silk products developed from MSU, robotics, were among some of the too many to mention exhibits.

So many of the demonstrations would have prompted the question; ’Why Is It So?’ from people visiting the fair. The Faculty of Science and their students are to be congratulated on putting on such an interesting and exciting Science Fair, especially for their willingness and ability to answer why it IS so.

If you want to see more pictures from the Science Fair please click here.