Mon (3-Feb-2025) Schedule
Time: 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Room: CEPSR 750
Event Type: Health & Accessibility Track Talk (Speaker: Kristin M. Myers, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering @ Columbia University)
Event Name: Engineering Innovation in Maternal and Fetal Health: The Biomechanics of High-Risk Pregnancies
Description: Discover the hidden mechanics of pregnancy in this eye-opening talk. Learn how extreme tissue remodeling—and the forces acting on the uterus, fetal membranes, and cervix—may regulate labor timing and spark preterm birth. Backed by computational models and real cervical stiffness data, this session offers fresh insights that could reshape our understanding of maternal health.
Time: 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Room: CEPSR 750
Event Type: Workshop led by Nigel and David
Event Name: Tooling + Github
Description: Supercharge your development workflow in this hands-on Tooling + GitHub workshop! Come and learn some of the basics! Learn how to use Git for version control to collaborate on software projects. We’ll also recommend tools that can help you develop your hackathon or personal project.