Now Recruiting Family Science Night Presenters!

Family Science Night at MES Event Details

Save the date! Family Science Night 2024 will take place over two nights, on Tuesday, February 13th and Thursday, February 15th, 2024.

You've Never Seen Science Like This Before

MES Family Science Night is an entertaining and informative science event hosted by volunteer professionals from the community. Family Science Night sessions are an opportunity for the entire family to have hands-on exposure to science TOGETHER. We look forward to offering MES another fun experience of diverse scientific explorations to engage budding learners of all types!

Curious about the types of sessions we've featured in the past? You can review our 2023 Session Line Up here.

Family Science Night Needs You!

Volunteer to Present at Family Science Night

We are now scheduling presenters for Family Science Night 2024, and MES parents are often some of our best and most passionate presenters! 

If you are a professional scientist or a passionate hobbyist, please share your knowledge with our students by volunteering to be a presenter at Family Science Night. And please help us spread the word to others in the community who may be interested in presenting!

• So you want to present, but want to know more about what it's like? Get all the details here.
• To get a feel for the types of sessions we've had in the past, take a peak at last year's session line up.

Here are a few new topics that we think would round out our list of presenters, but we're open to anything you can think of:

• Astronomer
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Aerospace
• Wearable computing
• Software developing
• Forensic scientist
• Biotechnology
• Engineering/Design/3D Printing
• Geneology

For questions, recommendations, or offers to present, please contact us at mesfamilysciencenight@gmail.com.

We look forward to offering MES another fun night of diverse scientific topics to engage our budding learners!

Contacts

PTA Family Science Night Chairs: Aurelie de Malibran & Matt Porter 

PTA Family Science Night Speaker Coordinators: Melissa Kemp & Thea Jack

Sign Up to Volunteer!

Volunteers are a key part of ensuring this event runs smoothly and is a wonderful experience. Please consider signing up to participate as a committee member or to volunteer in a different capacity. If interested, please reach out to the Family Science Night Committee.

Become a Business Sponsor or Family Patron

Is your business or family interested in making an in-kind contribution (presenter, goods, or services) or monetary donation to MES Family Science Night? Contact us at mesfamilysciencenight@gmail.com or visit our Dolphin Donors page to learn more.

About Last Year's Event

Spring 2023 Family Science Night

Over the course of two action-packed nights in mid-February 2023, the halls of MES @ Inman were alive with science of all kinds! Each night kicked off with a bang (literally!) as Jeff Knight took the stage to present the Professor STEM Science Show to all attendees. Families then split up to attend three different sessions where they were able to experience science up close and hands on. From slithery snakes and robotic dogs to cool casts and rocking rocks, it was a great night to celebrate all things STEM with our MES Dolphin Pod!

To relive all of the fun, please review the Family Science Night 2023 Session Line-Up. We'd also like to extend our gratitude to all of our 2023 sponsors and presenters:

• Dan Margalit, Georgia Tech School of Mathematics

• Melissa Kemp - Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech

• Loren Williams - Georgia Tech School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

• Christina Fournier, Emory University

• Steve Glickauf, Forest Ecologist

• Pegah Zamani - Research Center for Sustainable Communities (RCSC), Kennesaw State University

• Hang Lu - The Lu Fluidics Lab, Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

• Aimee Smith, Delta Air Lines

• Elaissa Hardy - BME HealthReach, Georgia Tech

• Stephanie Sherman - Department of Human Genetics at Emory University

• Brian Ferrell - Waymo

• Michelle Spady - Children’s Healthcare Of Atlanta (CHOA)

• Ryan Murphy - Solvay Materials

• Bryan Hampton - Atlanta Kick

• Charlie Kemp - Georgia Tech

• Madeleine Hackney - Emory School of Medicine

• Meredith Wells - Emory School of Medicine

• Matt Lamsey - Georgia Tech

• Rory McNaughton - Disney

• Kirsten Warnock - Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (CHOA), Orthopedics

• G3 Robotics

• Yuanzhi Tang - Georgia Tech

• Jonathan Low - Georgia Tech

• Ece Erdogmus - Georgia Tech School of Building Construction

• Derek Van Dam - CNN

• Mike Schoenfeld

• Anita Haynes-Ball - Piedmont Healthcare

• Emily Allen - Department of Human Genetics, Emory University

Thank you to these additional university organizations:

• Emory University Genetics

• Bioengineering and Bioscience Unified Graduate Students (BBUGS), Georgia Tech

• Women in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech

And thank you to these community businesses: 

• Morningside Pediatric Dentistry

• Children’s Orthopaedics of Atlanta

• Chattahoochee Nature Center

• Blue Heron Nature Preserve

• Fernbank Museum

• Atlanta Kick

For questions about Family Science Night, please reach out to the FSN Committee.