Navigate the links below to see past projects and events.
Navigate the links below to see past projects and events.
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2024 IMPACT Expo
2024 IMPACT Expo
Attendees explored over 125 poster presentations on various topics such as sport science, animal welfare, mental health, education, and environmentalism. The IMPACT Expo included more than a dozen sessions run by students for their peers, as well as workshops from the Burchfield Penney Art Center, Just Buffalo Literacy Center, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House. A participating student commented, “It was amazing to see how my peers created amazing projects that really meant something. It show how truly creative they are and I am honored that I was able to watch this all happen.”
2023 IMPACT Expo
2023 IMPACT Expo
On June 9, more than 300 students from seven local school districts gathered at Buffalo State University to celebrate innovation, technology and connection. The IMPACT Expo, previously named the Innovation Exhibition, is a one-day conference that serves as the capstone to a year-long class encouraging students to use technology and innovation to tackle real world problems. Through this project-based class students improve life skills such as problem-solving, risk taking, research and public speaking, while also learning innovative technologies to communicate their knowledge.
2022 Innovation Exhibition and WNYIT Conference
2022 Innovation Exhibition and WNYIT Conference
The Innovation Exhibition was held on June 9, 2022 at the Buffalo State College Science and Math Complex. More than 200 students, representing five regional school districts participated in sharing their capstone projects on the main exhibition floor. Meanwhile, Buffalo State classrooms were transformed to host student led presentations that included Legos, robotics, and drones among others.
2020 Virtual Showcase
2020 Virtual Showcase
Due to COVID, the 2020 event was held virtually. Students logged in and presented their projects to a panel. Students and teachers engaged in discussions around the STEM focused topics.
WNYIT 2020
WNYIT 2020
The first WNYIT conference was held on January 10, 2020 at the SUNY Erie North Campus STEM Building. It was a conference for students, by student to teach and learn various topics in STEM that the presenters enjoyed.
2019 Student Innovations
2019 Student Innovations
Students participated in many lessons and challenges to build skills. From building your own escape room to working as a group to make a circle out of Pringles, the event focused on collaboration, teamwork and design.
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