Fire in Space

Junior Academy members, middle and high school students welcome and encouraged to attend. Registration required. Featured Speaker: Richard Axelbaum, Ph.D., The Stifel & Quinette Jens Professor of Environmental Engineering Science, School of Engineering & Applied Science; and Principal Investigator, Laboratory for Advanced Combustion & Energy Research, Washington University in St. Louis Fire has always been essential to human existence, but today, fire has gone where no fire has gone before..into space. And the results will surprise you. Join Washington University’s Richard Axelbaum as he explores combustion experiments on board the International Space Station.