Igloo Building Workshop to be Held at UMaine
Contact: Jesse Moriarity at (207) 581-1427
ORONO, Maine — Building snow forts is one way to ward off winter boredom, but imagine how impressed your friends will be when they find out you can build a traditional igloo.
Dr. Bert Yankielun — engineer, author, inventor and adventurer — will hold an igloo building workshop on the Mall at the University of Maine from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4.
As an electrical engineer for the Army Corps of Engineers’ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H, Yankielun recently moved to Maine but has spent a lot of time working in the sub-freezing climates of the Arctic and Antarctic.
After an outdoor session about how to build an igloo, participants will head to the Multipurpose Room at Memorial Union for hot chocolate and cookies where Yankielun will give an informal presentation titled “Inspiration, Creativity and Invention…a random
look at an orderly process…or…an orderly look at a random process…”
The lighthearted lecture will take a look at invention and creativity through art, photos of famous creative people, quotes from great thinkers, and images of whimsical patents.
The event is being held in anticipation of this year’s Winter Carnival, which will feature an igloo building contest over Friends and Family Weekend, February 13 – 15.
The workshop is free and open to the public. Registration isn’t required.
The event is being sponsored by the Foster Student Innovation Center in partnership with MaineBound and Campus Activities. For more information please contact Jesse Moriarity at (207) 581-1427.