Outreach

December 2022. Klausen Group members Dr. Kelsie Wentz, Sophie Melvin, and Herb Wakefield lead an outreach activity at the Baltimore Public Library (White Marsh Branch) on Mechanophores and music. Contact Bekka for a kit containing a copy of the activity instructions and support materials.

See here for a pdf poster presented by Sophie describing the development of the Outreach kit.

September 2022. The "Art of Polymers" Concert in Cambridge, MA. Featuring Sophie Melvin (Klausen group), our collaborators in MONET, and the Multiverse Concert Series. Check out this Youtube link to the whole concert: link

Sophie and audience volunteers demonstrate a human tensile test.

Spring and Fall 2017. Pathways to Your Career Seminar Series.

Date	Speaker	Institution	Time	Location
April 27, 2017	Dr. Shawn Walsh	Merck Discovery Chemistry	12 noon	Remsen 233
November 10, 2017	Dr. Sai Konda	ACS Journals, Senior Managing Editor	12 noon	Remsen 233
April 17, 2018	Dr. Christopher Cahill	GWU and U.S. State Department	12 noon	Remsen 233

Fall 2016. Pathways to Your Career Seminar Series.

Date	Speaker	Institution	Time	Location
Tuesday, October 11	Dr. Stephen Quirk	Kimberley-Clark, Global Director of Life Sciences	12 noon	Remsen 233
Friday, November 4	Dr. Vince Kalish	Cardioxyl Pharmaceuticals, co-Founder	11:30 am	Remsen 233
Monday, November 28	Dr. Wendy Cornell	IBM Watson Lab	4:30 pm	Remsen 233

October 2019. Chem DNA and Klausen Group Member Sophie volunteer at the USO STEM Harry Potter event in Arlington, VA.

June 2019. Bekka, holding a 3-D printed model of silicon, presents at Hopkins on the Hill in the U. S. Congress Rayburn Office Building. Hopkins on the Hill is a showcase of federally funded research across Johns Hopkins University.

May 2019. ChemDNA & Klausen Group member Sophie demonstrate chemistry in action with baking soda and vinergar-powered cars at the SABES (STEM Achievement in Baltimore Area Schools) Science Fair! ChemDNA is a student group focusing on Chemistry Diversity, Networking, and Advancement.

Fall 2019. Safety Officer Carlton represents the Klausen Group in the Student Safety Committee.

January, 2018. Bekka takes part in the Women Serious About Science (WSAS) Seminar Series at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute.

May, 2017. The Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering (ADSE) at the University of Maryland, College Park names Dr. Klausen the inaugural ADSE-invited seminar speaker.

January, 2015. Heidi and Eric volunteer with the JHU chapter of the National Organization for the Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) as judges at a local science fair.

Eric watches a video of a student's experiment.

April, 2014. The Klausen and Bragg groups host Overlea High School juniors and seniors for an event on the "Chemistry of Color"!