Dr. Dana Perkins, a biological warfare expert, was a guest lecturer at Yorktown High School on March 15, providing insights about her career and work as part of the USA Science & Engineering Festival’s Nifty Fifty (times 2) Program, which sends more than 100 top scientists and engineers into Washington, D.C.-area schools in advance of the festival to ignite middle and high school students’ passion for science and engineering.
The festival, hosted by Lockheed Martin and taking place April 28-29 in D.C., is a free, family-friendly expo that allows youths and adults to participate in more than 2,000 hands-on activities and see more than 200 live performances by science celebrities, explorers, best-selling authors, entrepreneurs and world-renowned experts
