Nerd Nights - June 2023

Each month 3 of your fellow community members, will give a talk on a STEM topic.  Think TED Talks but more casual! 

June will be Youth Month. We will have 3 high school students presenting what they are passionate about!

Unpacking Crispr - Anuj Kakkad, Wayzata High School

Hear how a local lab is using CRISPR to manipulate Genetic Code.

EyeDa - Yash Dagade, Eden Prairie High School

An AI-based device designed to detect and mitigate distracted driving, enhancing safety on the roads by promoting healthier driving habits.

Why it is mathematically impossible to tune a piano - Aarya Batchu, International School of Minnesota We often think about music as having an “objective” or “mathematical” way of telling whether you’re pitchy or in tune. But the reality is a lot more complicated than that, and nature clashes with humans’ desires for perfect, complete systems. learn why jazz requires us to sacrifice mathematically perfect harmonies, why other cultures use different ideas of tuning and uncover the mystery of the math behind the music.

6:30-7:00pm - Arrive and mingle

Presentations/Talks start at 7pm, with 15-20 mins for each topic. 

Meet interesting people, hear interesting ideas!