• Nancy Conrad Presents at Patient, Safety, Science and Tech Summ

    Posted January 28 by Community News and Resources

    The inaugural Patient, Safety Science & Technology Summit—held January 13 and 14 in Laguna Niguel, California—made history. For the first time, nine leading medical device companies publicly pledged to make their devices interoperable. The groundbreaking pledges will make patient data co...

  • U.S. Department of Energy hosts Energy All Stars

    Posted January 25 by Community News and Resources

    On January 19, 2013 as part of Inauguration Weekend, the Department of Energy hosted Energy All Stars featuring prominent energy leaders doing TED-style talks outlining what our energy future can and should look like, and steps that can be taken to achieve that vision. Speakers included Secretary of...

  • Patient safety's Moon shot... the countdown to ZERO preventable

    Posted January 16 by nancy conrad

    This week it was my honor to speak alongside outstanding leaders in Patient Safety as well as President Clinton, at the Patient Safety, Science & Technology Summit about a cause very close to my heart - the need for better patient care and elimination of medical error.  The summit, founded by T...

  • Evolution of the Moon - Amazing NASA Video

    Posted January 3 by Community News and Resources

    Evolution of the Moon From year to year, the moon never seems to change. Craters and other formations appear to be permanent now, but the moon didn't always look like this. Thanks to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, we now have a better look at some of the moon's history. Learn more in this vid...

  • Green Vibrations

    Posted December 24, 2012 by Karina Xie

    In the words of Albert Gyorgyi, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology in 1937, “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” Similarly, our team has been working on a piezoelectric device that harnesses sound energy, generating electricity ...

  • Lockheed Martin Renews Support for Spirit of Innovation Challen

    Posted December 11, 2012 by Spirit of Innovation Challenge News

    Press Release Lockheed Martin Renews Support for Spirit of Innovation Challenge For third consecutive year, global security and aerospace company works with teens to nurture and develop an innovation generation   HOUSTON (Dec. 11, 2012) — Nancy Conrad, founder and chairman of the&n...

  • 2012-2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalists Announc

    Posted November 28, 2012 by Spirit of Innovation Challenge News

    Press Release 2012-2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalists Announced More than 100 innovative teams one step closer to the finals   HOUSTON (Nov. 28, 2012) — Jennifer Fotherby, Spirit of Innovation Challenge executive director, announced today the 2012-2013 Spirit of Innova...

  • 2012-2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge Semi-Finalists Announc

    Posted November 28, 2012 by Community News and Resources

    Semi-Finalists Announced! We are pleased to announce the 2012-2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge semi-finalists. Congratulations! These student teams exceeded our expectations in regards to innovation and creativity when applying STEM principles to their product concepts. This year, 130 i...

  • Affordable space flight through mass production

    Posted November 8, 2012 by Community News and Resources

    By Michael Belfiore If space flight is ever to become affordable enough to be a mainstream business, two things have to happen. Actually getting to space has to be come an order or two of magnitude cheaper, and satellites and spaceships have to get a whole lot cheaper.   SpaceX is worki...

  • What Does It Mean to Think Like an Engineer—Today?

    Posted November 6, 2012 by Community News and Resources

    This is an informative white paper that addresses the question of what it means to think like an engineer and how we prep the developing workforce to be the engineers we need to support our future.   From the Executive Summary:   Engineers, like other professionals, are expected to per...