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SPACEweek Showcase 2024

The third annual SPACEweek will occur during the first week of May, from Monday, May 6th - Friday May 10th. The SPACEweek showcase will take place in 3C.1 (with some activities in 5B.16 and Oliver's) and will feature work by students from across the arts and sciences who participated in SPACE in 2023-24. It will include displays, demonstrations, interactive activities, student talks and presentations, readings, and competitions. Robotics demonstrations and presentations will be held throughout the week. 

SPACEweek Acitivities

-Create a written or visual reflection of your experience of the total solar eclipse to add to the eclipse exhibit.
-Design and make your own SPACEweek button.
-Play video games made by Journeys students.
-Learn about the fundamentals of electricity by playing a videogame.
-Create interactive displays using pre-generated or ChatGPT code.
-Cast your vote for the peoples's choice award for the ScienceFest/SPACE 2024 photocontest.
-Visit the makerSPACE residency. Students will be working on and completing their projects throughout the week—check out the opportunities for completing a project in SPACE!

Wednesday, May 8
1:00 to 2:30 p.m.— Reading of SPACE writing contest winners
5B.16
The winners and honourable mentions of the 6th annual SPACE writing competition will read from their works—a mix of poetry, prose and personal essays—from 1:00-2:30 pm on Wednesday, May 8^th in 5B.16. Please join us to hear their personal interpretations of this year’s SPACE theme, UNCERTAINTY.
The submissions to the competition were judged in a blind fashion by Hannah Rahimi (Faculty, English), and Lois Valliant (retired Faculty, Fine Arts). Entries were evaluated according to originality and depth of thought, style, and connection to the theme.
You can read all of the pieces, along with the judges’ comments here.

4:00 to 5:30 p.m.—Dawson Robotics
3C.1
Talks and demos by the team leads of Dawson Robotics. Come and show your support for the students who competed in the Kryptik 2024 CRC Robotic Competition. Their incredible hard work throughout the year was rewarded by winning 1^st place prizes in the video, kiosk, and tutorial categories!

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Thursday, May 9
2:00 to 4:00 p.m.—VR Science
3C.1
Would you like to be immersed in a cell to synthesize a protein? Embark on a time machine to analyze the molecules responsible for ecological disasters? Or travel to a space station to discover the mystery of dark matter? You'll be able to do just that by experiencing/visualizing our serious VR games. You'll have the opportunity to appreciate the advantages and challenges that this technology poses for teaching.

4:00 to 6:00 p.m.—ChatGPT Songwriting Contest Performances
3C.1
Come hear students perform songs they created using ChatGPT. The goal was to record/perform a version of the song that sticks as closely as possible to what ChatGPT composes while still being a great song! Live performances will be on Thursday May 9th from 4:00-5:30 PM in 3C.1. Join us for a ChatGPT jam session after the performances!
https://space.dawsoncollege.qc.ca/projects/summary/chatgpt_songwriting_2024

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Friday, May 10
3C.1
10:00 to 12:00 noon--Mech Tech and Sustainability Project Presentations
Graduating students in Mechanical Engineering Technology will be presenting the results of their semester-long group research and design projects, as part of the Environment & Sustainability Certificate-listed course, Emerging Technologies.
Their projects address environmental and sustainability issues at Dawson College by researching, developing, and either building or implementing solutions.

2:30 to 4:00—MakerSPACE Arduino Internship Demos
3C.1
As part of an initiative to develop a makerspace resource for the new CEGEP Science program and to support students wishing to build projects using the Arduino platform, research and development interns will demonstrate work-in-progress projects using a range of different sensors. These projects will be set up the entire week as part of the MakerSPACE residency.

2:30 to 5:00 p.m.—Robotics Hackathon
3C.1
The Dawson Robotics Hackathon is a collaborative, interdisciplinary event where students work in teams to find creative solutions to a themed navigation challenge. On Friday May 3 teams will be given their kits and learn about the precise details of the challenge. Teams will build and code their solutions over the week of May 6-10 then compete for fun and prizes on the 10th.
Dawson College Robotics Hackathon 2024 – Science Fest