Join us on February 11th as Tom Kroeger presents: Dirty Milwaukee - Our City's Industrial Past & Present

Come One & All!!! Return and gather once again with your fellow nerds in the cozy back room of the Sugar Maple to hear Milwaukee's very own Tom Kroeger speak on the sources and locations of the environmental impacts to soil and groundwater that we are still addressing today in the Milwaukee Metropolitan area. Tom will also briefly cover the evolution of the remedial approaches following the Clean Water Act and its amendments.

Prior to being the Lakeshore State Park Manager for the last 10 years, Tom worked for a local engineering firm for 25 years. He was a Principal Hydrogeologist and Wetland Biologist as well as co-department manager for the firm's environmental group. His specialties included Brownfield remediation, environmental permitting and urban degraded wetlands. His projects include the Milwaukee Road Yard facility, Allis Chalmers, Potawatomi Casino and Department of WI Transportation work in south eastern Wisconsin.

Tell your family, friends and fellow nerds!!! Hope to see you there!!!

Join us on January 14th, as Paul Nurczyk presents: Learning from our mistakes: Engineering for Safety

Greetings fellow science nerdlings!!! It's that time once again to gather in the cozy back room of the Sugar Maple and absorb some SCIENCE!!! This time come join our January speaker, Paul Nurczyk, as we enter a world of danger... and learn how engineers think up all kinds of ways to keep us safe!! Planes! Trains!! Automobiles!!! Tell your family! Tell your friends!! Tell your neighbors!!! Hope to see you there!!!

Join us on December 10th, as we host a free movie screening of Particle Fever!!

Greetings once again to all the nerds out there!! Hope you feasted well over Thanksgiving!! And now it's almost time to feast once again, but this time feast your brain on SCIENCE!!! Bring your family and friends once again to the back room of the Sugar Maple as we screen (for FREE!!) Particle Fever - a documentary on physics and the launch of the Large Hadron Collider. Grab a beer and come learn some stuff!!

Hope to see you there!!

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1385956/

Join us on November 12th, as Dr. Jennifer Jordan presents: 1000 years of Hops and Beer

Come one and all once again as we snuggle in the back room of the Sugar Maple on November 12th for the return of UWM's very own Dr. Jennifer Jordan, professor of sociology and urban studies, presents a talk on the history of a little green flower many of us, at least indirectly, know and love: Hops!!

How much do you know about the little flower used in the brewing of beer? Jennifer Jordan will present her ongoing research on 1000 years of the history of hops, including the brief period when Wisconsin hops reigned supreme. Learn how changing tastes for bitterness also changed plants, landscapes, and labor practices across centuries and across continents.

Tell your family!! Tell your friends!! Come to the Sugar Maple to have some delicious beer and learn a bit of history for that delightful beverage. Hope to see you there!!

Join us on October 8th, as Tony Gustin, The Bug Whisperer himself, presents: So, Entomology, Why?

Come one and all!!! As we return to our nest in the snug back room of the Sugar Maple once again!! This month we have as our esteemed speaker an energetic expert on the creepiest of crawlies that will be sure to get you in the Halloween spirit!! Come see Tony Gustin, the Bug Whisperer, speak on the science of BUGS!!!

(photo credit: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

This talk will focus on an introduction to the study of insects and how it impacts our lives. Insects are everywhere and affect everything. We depend on them for our existence and yet they are responsible for more human deaths than all wars in history combined. Stop on by and find out how humans coexist with one of the most ancient and dominant lifeforms on the planet, what we can learn from it, and how the study of insects can be used to excite the next generation of brilliant minds.

Tell your family!! Tell your friends!! We hope to see you there!!

More info about the Bug Whisperer, his merch and his show can be found at his website for The Creepy Crawly Zoo

Join us on September 10th, as MASA's Brandon Gross presents Full Water Perspective: The Global Water Crisis

Come One & All!! As we return once again to the cozy back room of the Sugar Maple for our September installment of USSMKE!!! This month we are pairing up yet again with the Milwaukee Area Science Advocates, as their very own Brandon Gross will educate us on the current state of affairs of something so essential yet often taken for granted: WATER.

Our daily life depends on access to fresh water in more ways than we realize. Learn the "full water perspective" in this exploration of how fresh water moves throughout the globe, how it's used in society, and how scientists and engineers are working hard to help solve the impending "Global Water Crisis". 

Brandon Gross is a biochemist with a Master's Degree from Western Illinois University. Brandon has research experience with numerous universities studying the waters in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mississippi River, and Lake Michigan. He served as a research specialist at UWM's School of Freshwater Sciences for many years and now consults in the private industry to help manufacturing, engineering firms, and hospitals find sustainable solutions for their water use.

So, Come On Down!!! Tell your family!!! Tell your friends!!! Grab a tasty beer (or a water) and let the education and knowledge flow!!!

Join us on August 13th, as MCW's Sean McGarry presents: Artificial Intelligence: Applications for Today and Tomorrow

Come One & All!!! As we return yet again to the back room of the Sugar Maple for our August Edition of USSMKE!!! This month we welcome The Medical College of Wisconsin's very own Sean McGarry, who will wow us with the intricacies of artificial intelligence, including real life applications within Sean's own research!!

Artificial intelligence is all about how to make a computer mimic human intelligence. AI is now common in our every day lives, but how it works (and doesn't work) can be a mystery. We'll break down the black box and take a look at how math can mimic human intelligence and accomplish some surprisingly complicated feats.

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