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Gurley, MD, PhD -- Assistant Professor of Medicine</h3> <p>Dr. Susan Gurley is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at Duke University Medical Center. She is also a staff physician at the Durham VA Medical Center, where she sees patients with kidney disease. She grew up in Mississippi, where she went to college and graduate school. After earning a PhD in Chemistry, she attended Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO and then moved to Durham, NC in 1998 to start her internship in Internal Medicine. She has since remained at Duke and joined the School of Medicine faculty in 2005. Dr. Gurley has a research lab (in MSRB2) that studies mice to understand human diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes. She is also active in her department s PWIM: Program for Women in Internal Medicine and is a member of the AAMC Group on Women in Medicine and Science. Dr. Gurley is married, has two daughters and one cat and is proud to represent the "bean team" here today. </p> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Avanti Athreya </h3> <strong>&quot;Probability Games&quot;</strong> <p>Understanding randomness is critical to our lives---from predicting the weather to developing a cure for cancer. We will explore probabilistic concepts by tossing coins and seeing the difference between what is really random and what our brains think is random; by playing games of chance where we can mix strategy with uncertainty; and by analyzing data to estimate unknown quantities. Activities include: 1) guessing and recording sample data to determine how many M and M's are in a bag; 2) computing run lengths in coin tosses; 3) the Monty Hall problem. <p>Avanti Athreya studies probability theory and differential equations, especially the theory of large deviations, which helps us quantify and understand the probabilities of very rare events and their potential impact. The mathematics behind this is used in everything from models of the economy (what makes banks function or collapse?), to models the earth's temperature (how does climate change over long times?), and models of the human cell (how does the cell move material?). <br /></p> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Elizabeth Bouzarth</h3> <strong>&quot;Fun with Fluids&quot;</strong> <p>What are cilia and how do they help you? How can you suspend an object in liquid without it floating to the top or sinking to the bottom? How does your heart end up on the left side of your body? Why does silly putty bounce? These are a few of many questions that can be answered by learning about fluids. In this FEMMES session, you will be introduced to basic fluid dynamics principles through a series of hands-on activities. You'll learn about density and viscosity of a fluid as well as different types of fluids. You'll even learn how you can run across a pool of water without sinking (if you add the right mystery ingredient to it).<br> <br>Dr. Elizabeth L. Bouzarth is an Assistant Research Professor in the Duke University Department of Mathematics. She is an applied mathematician who uses her interdisciplinary scientific background to guide her research studies. She received her bachelor's degree from Dickinson College in Mathematics and Physics and her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Mathematics. Applied Mathematics is a collaborative, interdisciplinary field that uses mathematical principles to discover and explore other areas of science in new ways. While her mathematical work is primarily in modeling fluid dynamics, her research has biological motivations. She models the hydrodynamic effects of cilia in the lung as part of a Cystic Fibrosis research project. She also studies aspects of embryonic development that lead to asymmetry of your internal organs (for instance, why your heart ends up on the left side of your body). In all of her work, she uses computers and mathematics to model fluids and physical situations.<br /></p> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Chemistry Outreach (Team 1)</h3> <strong>&quot;Evidence of Chemical Change&quot;</strong> <p>In this workshop, participants will learn about chemical changes, specifically how to recognize whether a chemical change has occurred. Participants will perform a series of six chemical reactions, each one exhibiting one or more of the indicators of chemical change. Experiments include elephant s toothpaste, iodine clock reaction, chemical freeze board, film can poppers, chemical sunset, and disappearing aluminum foil. There is a limit of 16 participants per session. <br /> </p> <strong>Dr. Ken Lyle - Chemistry Outreach Coordinator</strong> <p>Dr. Ken Lyle works for the Department of Chemistry of Duke University as an instructor, lecture-demonstrator, and chemistry outreach coordinator. Ken earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Education from the University of Tulsa, a Master's degree in Education from the University of Houston, and a Doctorate in Chemistry from Purdue University. His research investigated the experiences of female pre-professional majors learning chemistry in order to better understand the factors contributing to the difficulties learning and understanding the chemical concepts. In his free time, Ken likes to bowl, hike, and take long walks on the beach.</p> <strong>Katie Reichert</strong> <p>Katie Reichert is a junior Chemistry major at Duke University with plans to obtain an economics minor and Global Health certificate. After graduation, she hopes to attend medical school to become a physician. She spends her time volunteering at Duke Hospital and a local church, participating in research, and attending Duke Basketball games as a drum major in the marching band. She loves God, reading science fiction, and, forever a Florida girl, scuba diving. She is the youngest of four girls. </p> <strong>Julia Weidner</strong> <p>Julia Weidner is a junior at Duke University and is majoring in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Chemistry. In the (somewhat near) future she hopes to attend graduate school for Chemical Engineering and get her master's degree before entering the work force. Outside of doing schoolwork, Julia is a volunteer with Habitat for Humanity and works with the Engineering Student Government to revise academic policy. Although she hails from Upstate New York, Julia loves the warm weather of the south and enjoys being outside swimming, kayaking and water-skiing whenever she can! Her family recently moved to Tucson, Arizona and she has begun to bike and hike the beautiful Rockies whenever she is home. </p> <strong>Naomi Kelly</strong> <p>Naomi Kelly is a senior at Duke University, majoring in Public Policy with a minor in chemistry. While at Duke she has been actively involved with Project BUILD, a freshman pre-orientation service program, the International Association, and CARE for Carter. Growing up abroad in Kenya and Cambodia fostered a deep desire to make an impact in global health and she longs to one day return abroad to medically serve underprivileged communities.</p> <strong>Katie Brehm</strong> <p>Katie Brehm is a graduate student at Duke University, working toward a Master of Arts in Teaching with a concentration in high school science. She received a Bachelor's degree, also from Duke University, in Earth and Ocean Science. She loves learning, teaching, and working with young people. She aspires to one day have her own classroom. Katie is passionate about science and has experience working in labs, collecting data in the field, and has even completed a summer internship at an organic farm.</p> <strong>Dani Roselius</strong> <p>Dani Roselius is a junior from New Jersey. She is currently pursuing her B.S. degree in Psychology, with a Market and Management certificate and a minor in Environmental Science. She is interested in business and marketing, although she has always had a love and appreciation for the environment. She is a member of Mirecourt, a selective living group on campus, and she loves discovering Durham's special spots, such as the Scrap Exchange and the quarry. She recently attended the Ringling Bros / Barnum & Bailey circus in Raleigh and is currently reconsidering her career plans.</p> <strong>Justine Sinnaeve</strong> <p>Justine Sinnaeve is a sophomore at Duke University. She has not yet declared a major but is deciding between a biology or neuroscience major with a chemistry minor. Justine still does not know what she wants to do after graduating but is considering grad school and doing research in the medical field. On campus Justine is a member of the civic engagement selective living group, Ubuntu, is a member of the Duke Club Water Polo team, and just joined a group that teaches cancer patients how to swim. She loves Duke basketball, swimming, and the North Carolina weather! Justine is from Troy, Michigan and has a younger sister who will be graduating high school this year.</p> <strong>Caroline Latta</strong> <p>Caroline Latta is a sophomore at Duke University majoring in History and minoring in Chemistry and French. After graduation, she plans on participating in Teach for America before attending dental school. On campus, Caroline is involved in Relay for Life, Duke's ballroom dance club and Duke's residential student government Campus Council. Outside of schoolwork, she loves designing tshirts, taking photos and baking (especially cupcakes).</p> <tr> <td><h3>Chemistry Outreach (Team 2)</h3> <strong>&quot;Making Stuff - Polymers&quot;</strong> <p> In this workshop, participants will learn about polymers and how their properties can be altered through a process chemists refer to as cross-linking. Participants will gain hands-on experience doing chemistry as they make polyurethane foam smoothies, guar gum slime, calcium alginate pearls and worms, and oobleck. There is a limit of 16 participants per session. <br /> </p> <strong>Dr. Ken Lyle - Chemistry Outreach Coordinator</strong> <p>Dr. Ken Lyle works for the Department of Chemistry of Duke University as an instructor, lecture-demonstrator, and chemistry outreach coordinator. Ken earned a Bachelor's of Science degree in Education from the University of Tulsa, a Master's degree in Education from the University of Houston, and a Doctorate in Chemistry from Purdue University. His research investigated the experiences of female pre-professional majors learning chemistry in order to better understand the factors contributing to the difficulties learning and understanding the chemical concepts. In his free time, Ken likes to bowl, hike, and take long walks on the beach.</p> <strong>Megan Lanier</strong> <p>Megan Lanier is a first year graduate student in Dr. Jiyong Hong's lab at Duke University. As a native of Louisiana, she received her Bachelor's of Science in chemistry at Southeastern Louisiana University.</p> <strong>Meghan Whelan</strong> <p>Meghan Whelan is a sophomore at Duke University, majoring in Biomedical Engineering, concentrating in Biomechanical and Bioelectrical Engineering. She aspires to get a Master's of Engineering, and to someday work for a medical device company. Specifically, Meghan is interested in working with either prosthetics or pacemakers. On campus, Meghan is a recreational lifeguard, and she loves running, hiking, swimming, and pretty much any outdoor activity. Meghan is originally from New Jersey, and is the older of two girls. </p> <strong>Haley Barrier</strong> <p>Haley Barrier is a sophomore at Duke majoring in English and interested in medicine. She is from Salisbury, a small town about an hour from Durham, and loves Cheerwine, the delicious red soft drink that her hometown manufactures. She loves science, crafts, spending time with friends and family, and reading lots of books. When she is not studying for chemistry or writing English papers, Haley enjoys being outside during the beautiful N.C. weather, gardening, and playing board games. She is excited to meet the FEMMES participants and hopes that those who attend her lab section are excited to "make stuff" and learn about POLYMERS!</p> <strong>Elyn Stenzel</strong> <p>Elyn Stenzel is a sophomore at Duke majoring in Psychology with a minor in Chemistry. After she graduates, she hopes to enter into medical school and eventually become a pediatrician. At Duke, Elyn tutors at a local elementary school and is a member of Reformed United Fellowship. In her free time, she enjoys playing the piano, horseback riding, and hiking. Elyn was born and raised as a Duke Blue Devil in Durham but has also lived in Illinois, Texas, and California.</p> <strong>Erica Duh</strong> <p>Erica Duh is a senior at Duke University majoring in Biology with a minor in Chemistry. She is from the DC area, and is currently research the gene spastin within Drosophila. Erica's other research experiences include dengue diagnostics at the Naval Medical Research Center, and conservation management in Kruger National Park. She is applying to medical school at the end of this year. In her free time she loves to read, listen to good music, and go for runs.</p> <strong>Yishin Yang</strong> <p>Yishin Yang is a senior at Duke University majoring in Public Policy with a minor in Chemistry. She is involved with Camp Kesem, which is a weeklong sleep-away camp for children of cancer patients run by Duke and UNC students. Yishin is also on the executive board of the Center for Race Relations, which is an organization dedicated to address situations in which individuals are marginalized and discriminated against. Currently, her post-graduation plans are still unknown, but she hopes to pursue a career in either public health consulting or education reform.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Claudia Gunsch</h3> <p><strong>&quot;Environmental Detective: What are these nasty bugs?&quot;</strong><br /> <br /> Have you ever gotten sick and wondered why? Was it from that drinking water fountain? Did you eat fruit without washing it? Did you eat meat that was not fully cooked? Did you forget to wash your hands? Did someone cough at the movie theater and not cover their mouth? An important component of environmental engineering consists of minimizing human exposure to pathogens present in air and water. Environmental engineers develop treatment technologies to remove pathogens from these streams to protect human health. In the context of this activity, you will learn how to identify pathogens using genetics. You will be given a DNA probe for a specific microbe and will learn how to use it as a sensor for pathogen identification. You will learn about various types of pathogens and find out how they infect humans. You will also learn strategies for minimizing your exposure to pathogens and stay as healthy as possible!</p> <p>Dr. Claudia Gunsch is trained as an environmental engineer and a molecular biotechnologist. Her research is focused on understanding how pollutants affect microbial populations in natural and engineered environments. Her webpage is available <a href="http://gunsch.pratt.duke.edu/" target="_blank">here</a>.  </p> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Helen Hsu-Kim -- FEMMES Faculty Advisor</h3> <p><strong>&quot;Tales of H2O: From Flocs to Filters&quot;</strong><br /> <br /> Where does our tap water come from? How does it get cleaned? Our drinking water comes from local streams, lakes, and underground water wells. But before the water makes it way to our faucets, environmental engineers first treat and purify the water to make it safe for people to drink. In this workshop, we will learn water treatment and filtration methods used by our drinking water treatment facilities. We will test different filter designs and observe which design is the most successful.Dr. Hsu-Kim is an environmental engineer who studies pollutants in the aquatic environment. Her research activities are focused on mercury, a pollutant metal that contaminates our waterways and eventually bioaccumulates in the food web.</p> <p>Dr. Hsu-Kim is an environmental engineer who studies pollutants in the aquatic environment. Her research activities are focused on mercury, a pollutant metal that contaminates our waterways and eventually bioaccumulates in the food web. Her webpage is available <a href="http://hsukim.pratt.duke.edu/" target="_blank">here</a>.  </p></td> </tr> <td><h3>Dr. Sonja Mapes</h3> <p><strong>&quot;Mathematics of the Rubik's Cube&quot;</strong><br /> <br /> <p>Have you ever been stuck trying to figure out how to get the last few pieces of a Rubik's cube into place? Or have you ever just thought that it was simply impossible to solve a Rubik's cube? In this session we will get a glimpse of some ways the Rubik's cube can be understood using mathematics, and we'll learn some specific strategies for solving them. Participants will learn a little bit about what a "group" is and how it relates to the Rubik's Cube. Then we will spend some time applying what we've learned to some 2x2x2 Rubik's cubes as practice before we tackle the 3x3x3 ones. <p>Dr. Sonja Mapes is an Assistant Research Professor in the Duke Mathematics department. She has a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Notre Dame and earned her Ph.D. in Mathematics from Columbia University. Her research focuses on topics in commutative algebra and combinatorics which relate to algebraic geometry. Her interest in this type of research stems mostly from her fascination by the simple connection between algebraic equations and the points in space which satisfy them, and the levels of abstraction that mathematicians can impose upon that simple connection to answer difficult but simple to state questions. Her non-mathematical interests include knitting, yoga and hiking. </p> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Kathleen Pryer and Amanda Grusz</h3> <strong>&quot;Supermarket Botany&quot;</strong> <p>On a scale of 1 (low) to 10 (high), how would you rank your awareness of plants in your daily life? Studies have shown that most people appreciate animals far more than plants. Plants do not move, they blend in with the background, they don't have fur and cute faces, and so they usually do not get our attention. If you do not see or notice plants in your everyday environment, it is hard for you to appreciate the important role that plants play in maintaining life on earth. Although plants are stationary, they make their own food through photosynthesis (capturing energy from sunlight), they release oxygen into the air for all living things to breathe, and they provide us with fundamental materials for food, clothing, medicine, and shelter. In this FEMMES activity, we aim to make you less "plant blind" by focusing on plants you do see everyday - plants that you encounter as food! Among the plants that you eat, do you know the difference between fruits and vegetables? Here's a simple test for you: is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? (After you attend this workshop activity, you will know if you were right). How are roots, stems, and leaves different from one another? How are flowers and fruits related to one another? Come and learn about plants and their parts, and begin to see how they really are important in your daily life.<br><br> Dr. Kathleen Pryer is an Associate Professor of Biology at Duke University and the Director of the Duke Herbarium. She teaches courses in Botany to Duke undergraduate and graduate students, and her research focuses on understanding the evolutionary relationships of ancient land plants, especially ferns and horsetails, by integrating evidence from morphology, molecules (DNA sequence data from multiple genes), and the fossil record.<br><br> Amanda Grusz is a PhD. candidate in Biology at Duke University, working in Dr. Pryer's lab. She studies the evolutionary biology of ferns, with a specific focus on the evolution of polyploid fern lineages. She attributes her interest in biology to endless hours spent playing outside during childhood and adolescence - this is where she first made the connection between curiosity for the natural world and the scientific method. <a href="http://www.duke.edu/~alg3" target="_blank">Amanda's Personal Webpage</a><br><br> <div class="arrow"> <a href="http://pryerlab.net" target="_blank">Pryer Lab</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Eileen Raynor</h3> <strong>&quot;ENT Surgery&quot;</strong> <p>Station 1: Ear video and tuning forks  Watch ear video and learn about the parts of the outer ear, middle ear and inner ear. Learn how these all work together to help us hear. See how tuning forks can help us figure out what type of hearing loss a person has. Use an otoscope to look at the ear canal and eardrum.<br> Station 2: Knot tying and suturing  Learn how to tie a surgeons knot. Learn how to do a simple interrupted and running suture (we will use cross stitch material to sew on). Learn how to tie knots using surgical instruments.<br> Station 3: VNS implant practice  Test your skill with the VNS practice model. This involves placing 3 coils (the stimulator) around an elastic with surgical forceps (it s harder than it looks).<br> Station 4: Ear, nose and larynx models  Look at the models and try and identify the 3 hearing bones in the ear. See how the sinuses are related to the nose. Try moving the vocal cords and see how they work to help us breathe, talk and sing. Learn how problems in these areas can affect how they function and some things we can do to repair them. <br /> <p>Eileen Raynor, MD, is an assistant professor of otolaryngology head and neck surgery within the Duke Department of Surgery. Dr. Raynor attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and graduated in 1993. She completed her otolaryngology residency at the Medical College of Georgia. She then practiced academic Otolaryngology at the University of Florida before relocating to Durham. At Duke she practices pediatric otolaryngology concentrating on multidisciplinary management of complex disorders including airway, voice, speech, and swallowing. She is also an active member of the cleft palate and craniofacial team. Her clinical interests include use of technology to improve outcomes and resident training.</p> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Susan Rodger</h3> <strong>&quot;Creating a 3D Interactive Story&quot;</strong> <p>Participants will learn the basics of computer science programming by creating a 3D virtual world. Using the programming environment Alice on a laptop, they will first select 3D objects from a library. They will then learn how to select commands to make the objects move, talk and interact, and how to create events and event handlers (when the key 'b' is pressed, a bee turns around and buzzes). Participants will then learn how to combine these to write a short interactive story.<br /> </p> <p>Susan Rodger is Professor of the Practice in the Computer Science Department at Duke University. She completed her PhD in Computer Science at Purdue University. Her research interest include creating interactive and visual software for teaching computer science. Dr. Rodger is the director of the Adventures in Alice Programming project to integrate computer science into K-12 schools.</p> <div class="arrow"> <a href="http://www.cs.duke.edu/~rodger" target="_blank">Faculty Web Page</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom</h3> <strong>&quot;Pharmacologists as Sleuths: Finding Salicylates&quot;</strong> <p>The project for FEMMES participants will focus on the role of plants in providing drugs used as medicines. We will discuss the origin of aspirin from the willow tree, and its cousin, salicylate, which is found in numerous plants. Salicylate has been added to a number of household products, including shampoo and chewing gum. The FEMMES participants will perform experiments to determine if certain plants and products contain this drug. They will learn why the drug is found normally in plants and why it is added to products that society uses. They will also learn how it works.<br /> <br /> As a pharmacologist, Dr. Schwartz-Bloom studies how drugs cure diseases, or cause trouble. Her expertise is in neuropharmacology, or how drugs affect the brain. Dr. Schwartz-Bloom's research focuses on how to prevent cell death in the brain with drugs. Her most recent research is in the area of science education, and she has developed several science curricula at the K-12 level. Dr. Schwartz-Bloom is director of RISE at Duke (Raising Interest in Science Education) and activities of her office can be viewed <a href="http://www.rise.duke.edu/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <div class="arrow"> <a href="http://rise.duke.edu" target="_blank">RISE Web Page</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Nina Sherwood and Emily Ozdowski</h3> <p><strong>&quot;The Fly and I - How Flies can teach us about Ourselves&quot;</strong></p> <p>How similar do you think you are to those little flies you see buzzing around your fruit? Do they have a brain? Feelings? Do they sleep? Groom? Fight? Get sick? In this workshop we will learn how the tiny fruit fly can teach us about how our own bodies work. We will look at a variety of flies, observing their physical traits using the microscope and a few of their behaviors, and then identify mutants in these traits or behaviors from a set of "mystery" flies. You'll be amazed by what can happen when a single gene - one that you may have too - has a mistake in it!</p> <p>Nina Sherwood is interested in understanding how the nervous system works, and thinks that fruit flies are a great way to address this and many other questions about biology. Her lab studies why certain genes, found in humans as well as flies, are necessary for nerves to function. She is an assistant research professor in the Biology department. She is assisted by Dr. Emily Ozdowski, a postdoctoral scholar in the Sherwood lab. </p> <div class="arrow"> <a href="http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/faculty/ntangs" target="_blank">Faculty web page</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Dalene Stangl<br /> </h3> <h4 class="style9">&quot;Statistics for Better Decisions&quot;</h4> <p>Tameka hates yellow M&Ms, and Natasha hates brown M&Ms. Suppose that Tameka and Natasha agree that each time they buy a bag of M&Ms Tameka will give all her yellow M&M to Natasha, and Natasha will give all her brown M&Ms to Tameka. Is this a fair trade? Would this be a fair trade for all possible combinations of colors? Students will define "fair trade," set up an experiment, collect data, and analyze the data to assess these questions.</p> <p>Dalene Stangl received her Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. She is Professor of the Practice in the Department of Statistical Science, specializing in statistics for health-related research. She is also interested in the use of statistics in the courtroom. She is Associate Chair and Director of Undergraduate Studies for the department. She is an editor of the <i>Journal of the American Statistical Association</i>. Her son Jeremy lives in Pittsburgh.</p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>The Society for Women Engineers (SWE)</h3> <h4 class="style9">&quot;Bandana Chromatography&quot;</h4> <p>Make your own colorful bandana and learn the science behind chemical chromatography, or the technique used to separate mixtures. Watch how different colors spread on paper dipped in water, and then decorate your own bandana with permanent markers of every color! You will see how these colors separate on fabric after rubbing alcohol is added, and have lots of fun with this great science activity.</p> <h4 class="style9">&quot;Physics Fun!&quot;</h4> <p>Do you want to see how several rulers can balance off of just a single ruler beyond the edge of a table? Do you want to try balancing a fork and spoon on the rim of a glass cup? Then come to the physics fun room! You will even see how an object can roll up an incline without pushing it. You can watch these awesome demos to understand the concept of center of mass, and then you can test out this theory by balancing nine nails on top of just 1 nail!</p> <div class="arrow"> <a href="http://www.duke.edu/web/SWE" target="_blank">SWE Web Page</a></div></td> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Anne West</h3> <p><strong>&quot;I love neurons and so can you!&quot;</strong></p> <p>We will have three fun activities to give FEMMES participants hands-on experience understanding the structure and function of neurons. Everyone will get to build a neuron while we discover how having different shapes helps neurons to accomplish different goals. (And everyone gets to take their neuron home!) Next, to experience how neurons talk to one another, we will play a game called "synaptic tag." In this game half the group will be neurotransmitter running from one neuron to the next, while the other half will be the proteins that try to eat up the neurotransmitter before it reaches the other side and delivers its message. Finally we will look at some real brains to see how all those neurons are hooked together into the special organ that makes us who and what we are.</p> <p>Dr. Anne West is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurobiology, where her lab studies the molecules and mechanisms that regulate learning and memory in the brain. Dr. West got hooked on science as an undergraduate at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY where she studied how insects turn chemicals from the food they eat into messages that they use to communicate with one another. She then completed her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard Medical School, where she fell in love with the beautiful structure of neurons, the cells that make up the brain. You can see some pretty pictures of neurons and learn more about research in the West lab on the web <a href="http://www.westlab.org" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> </tr> <tr> <td><h3>Dr. Gary Ybarra -- FEMMES Faculty Advisor</h3> <p>Gary A. Ybarra, Ph.D. is a Professor of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke. He is the principal investigator of several K-12 engineering outreach programs as part of his Engineering K-PhD program at Duke. He received a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from North Carolina State University in 1992 and has been on the faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University since 1993. In addition to his K-12 outreach work, his research interests include microwave imaging and electrical impedance tomography.</p> <div class="arrow"> <a href="http://www.ee.duke.edu/~gary/" target="_blank">Faculty web page</div></td> </tr> </table> <h3> </h3> </div> <!-- InstanceEndEditable --> <div id="mainContent"> <div class="contenttop"></div> <div class="contentbox"> <table width="750" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8"> <tr> <td width="540" valign="top"><!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="Main Content" --> <h1>Register for FEMMES today!</h1> <p>Click <a href="registration.html">here</a> for instructions on how to register for our capstone event. </p> <h2>Questions? 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