Nerd Nite Fort Collins S2024E09

Join us at The Wolverine for Nerd Nite Fort Collins Episode 9!

Upstairs Doors open at 6:30pm. Speakers commence at 7:00pm.

Don't forget your Loyalty Libations card to get another stamp toward a free drink!

We have two exciting speakers lined up this month: 

1. Hypersonics: The science behind going really f&%*ing fast and how we got there by Sean Zeeck

A deep dive on the world of hypersonics and its effect on aerospace. From learning about it's existence, learning how to make things go that fast, and its current state in the industry. Some insight into how the media portrays things (like Maverick ejecting at Mach 10 somehow) and some current items in the headlines like the heatshield for the Artemis program to some less exciting things like the latest missile race.

2. Chasing Tornadoes: The Science, The Process, and The Fanatics by Benjamin Toms 

Ever wanted to risk it all and drive in front of one of the most powerful storms on Earth? Cool, you're just like me and thousands of other insane people across the world! If not, congratulations, you're sane.
So, how do people chase tornadoes? Why do they chase tornadoes? I'll be talking about the scientific basis for forecasting when and where tornadoes will happen, all the way down to how people position themselves the day of an event and how they get as close as they possibly can to one of the most powerful phenomena on Earth.