Hubble Space Telescope
WCSU was the focal point for a 20th anniversary celebration of the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, which was built in Danbury. The university hosted a family science fair, an educational panel for girls interested in science and technology, a discussion by corporate executives about the future of aerospace, teacher training based on Hubble discoveries, and an exclusive showing of the IMAX movie featuring the latest Hubble repair mission.
Clockwise from top:
Paul Bouffard, senior manufacturing engineer at Goodrich ISR Systems, discusses the Hubble Space Telescope; panelists for a discussion about Women in Science and Engineering included (l-r): Rachael Manzer, a science coach in the Suffield School District, president of the Connecticut Science Teachers Association, and in training as a NASA teacher astronaut; and Suzanne Woll, an official with the Society of Women Engineers, who manages a staff of 50 scientists and engineers in the Systems Department of the United Technologies Research Center; the full panel included (l-r): Associate Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences Dr. Ruth Gyure, a scholar in residence for the American Society for Microbiology and a recipient of the Connecticut State University System Board of Trustees Teaching Award; Manzer; Woll; and Valentina Lugo, a graduate of MIT and a mechanical design engineer with Hamilton Sundstrand.
Paul Bouffard, senior manufacturing engineer at Goodrich ISR Systems, discusses the Hubble Space Telescope; panelists for a discussion about Women in Science and Engineering included (l-r): Rachael Manzer, a science coach in the Suffield School District, president of the Connecticut Science Teachers Association, and in training as a NASA teacher astronaut; and Suzanne Woll, an official with the Society of Women Engineers, who manages a staff of 50 scientists and engineers in the Systems Department of the United Technologies Research Center; the full panel included (l-r): Associate Professor of Biological and Environmental Sciences Dr. Ruth Gyure, a scholar in residence for the American Society for Microbiology and a recipient of the Connecticut State University System Board of Trustees Teaching Award; Manzer; Woll; and Valentina Lugo, a graduate of MIT and a mechanical design engineer with Hamilton Sundstrand.
