Speakers & Attractions

Jay Hoying

Chief Scientist, ASI Life Sciences

Topic:
Rebuilding the Body: Advances in Tissue Therapeutics

Regenerative medicine — repairing or replacing cells, tissues, and organs — is one of the most promising frontiers in modern medicine. But building living tissue means following the “tissue rules” that govern how cells grow, organize, and function together. New tools like smart sensors and automated systems are helping researchers uncover and apply these rules, manufacturing therapeutic tissue faster and more precisely than ever. The result: personalized regenerative therapies that can be safely produced right where patients need them, turning a once-distant dream into a present-day reality.

Christy Johnson

Director of Education and Workforce Development,
ARMI | BioFabUSA

Topic:

Join the Future in Biomanufacturing:
Education and Career Pathways

As part of ARMI | BioFabUSA’s mission, the Education and Workforce Development team is working to build the U.S. biomanufacturing workforce and connect learners with careers in this new and impactful industry.

ARMI | BioFabUSA’s programs provide engaging, hands-on activities and professional training with embedded industry credentials, designed to inspire learners to advance critical-thinking, creativity and collaboration skills—and become the problem-solvers and innovators of tomorrow.

The Education and Workforce Development team and its academic partners offer a variety of engaging pathways, ensuring accessibility and impact for all.

Janice M. Moser, Ph.D.

CMC Lead, Safi Biotherapeutics

Topic:
Reimagining the Global Blood Supply with Manufactured Red Blood Cells

Learn about Safi Biotherapeutics’ efforts to manufacture red blood cells as an alternative blood source and the work being done to reimagine how blood could be supplied in the future.

Philip Magnuszewski

Founder, AI in NH

Topic:
What AI Can Actually Do: Real Tools, Real Examples, Live Demonstrations

You’ve probably already used AI for something, even if you didn’t think of it that way. This session shows you how far it goes: building working things from scratch in minutes, solving real problems live, and seeing what opens up when the distance between an idea and a finished thing gets a lot shorter. Free tools, no coding experience needed. We’ll also cover how to check its work, since the people who get the most out of AI are the ones who know how to question it.

Academy for Science and Design

Take a trip to space without ever leaving WickedSTEM! The Academy for Science and Design is bringing its portable planetarium for an immersive journey into the night sky.

Step inside the inflatable dome, look up and watch the space above you transform into a planetarium. Explore the wonders of astronomy, see the night sky from a whole new perspective and discover just how much there is to learn beyond our planet.

Whether you’re an aspiring astronaut, a future scientist or simply curious about what’s out there, the portable planetarium is an experience you won’t want to miss.

UNH STEM-MoBILE

Science is hitting the road! The University of New Hampshire’s STEM-MoBILE — short for STEM Mobile Biofabrication Integrated Lab Experience — is bringing its traveling laboratory to WickedSTEM.

Step aboard and get a hands-on introduction to biofabrication, the cutting-edge field that brings together biology, engineering, manufacturing and technology to create biological materials and living tissues.

Visitors can explore laboratory equipment, try a hands-on activity and discover the science — and careers — helping make New Hampshire’s growing biofabrication industry possible.

FIRST New Hampshire

FIRST Robotics will demonstrate student-built robots and showcase several of its competition programs.

FIRST LEGO League:
Explore a variety of student-built robots and preview the 2026 BIOGLOW Challenge.

FIRST Tech Challenge:
Watch medium-sized robots compete on a 12-foot-by-12-foot game field.

FIRST Robotics Competition:
See 150-pound robots demonstrate the latest REBUILT game challenge.

ARMI

Get a hands-on look at the science behind regenerative manufacturing. ARMI’s exhibit will feature a lab-based pipetting activity, ghost (decellularized) organs and other cell-based products on display, along with educational resources and information about careers in the field.

University of Maine Engineering and Physics

Meet students from the University of Maine’s Engineering Physics program, try hands-on engineering activities and experience interactive demonstrations from the Mainely Physics Roadshow. Families can also learn about the innovative programs offered through UMaine’s Maine College of Engineering and Computing.

Also happening during WickedSTEM

SNHU Engineering & Technology Open House

While you’re on campus for WickedSTEM, take the opportunity to explore even more of what Southern New Hampshire University has to offer.

SNHU’s School of Engineering, Technology and Aeronautics will open its doors to give visitors a closer look at its programs, facilities and hands-on approach to learning.

Discover how students turn ideas into real-world projects through engineering design, virtual reality, 3D printing and other emerging technologies — and learn about the education and career paths that can turn an interest in STEM into a future.

Food trucks

Bring your appetite and grab a bite from one of these food trucks:

B’s Tacos

Kona Ice

The Eatery

Raina White

Dartmouth College
11:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m.

Topic:
Dartmouth Formula Racing and Formula Hybrid

Carson Taylor

Epic Games/Fortnite
12:30–1:15 p.m.

Topic:
Careers and trends in the video game industry

Jennifer MacDonald

Chief Operating Officer, ARMI/BioFabUSA
1:30–2:15 p.m.

Topic:
Transforming the Future: Biomanufacturing and the Future of ReGen Valley

Andrew Mitchell

President, North Light AI
2:30–3:15 p.m.

Michael Decelle

Dean, College of Professional Studies at UNH, and principal investigator for the Common Campus Initiative
3:30–4:15 p.m.

Topic:
Common Campus Initiative

Robots, robots and more robots

FIRST Robotics demonstrated student-built robots alongside exhibitors from across the region.

Dartmouth Formula Racing Hybrid Car

Dartmouth Formula Racing is a student-run team at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering that designs, builds and drives a custom racecar each year at SAE’s Formula Hybrid Electric Competition.

STEM-MoBILE at UNH Manchester

The STEM-MoBILE, or STEM Mobile Biofabrication Integrated Lab Experience, is a traveling laboratory that brings the science of biofabrication across New Hampshire.

Combining biology, engineering, manufacturing and automation, biofabrication seeks to produce biological substitutes and personalized living tissue as treatments for disease and traumatic injury.

Sydney Rollins

STEM-MoBILE Project Manager, STEM Mobile Biofabrication Integrated Lab Experience
11:30–11:40 a.m.

Dr. Sherman Bigornia

Associate Professor of Nutrition, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition and Food Systems, College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, University of New Hampshire
11:40 a.m.–noon

Topic:
Brain Food: Research Helps Us Guide Eating Decisions — The Power of STEM Research, One Bite at a Time

Zach Umperovitch

Zach’s Contraptions; co-host of “Contraption Masters”; producer of “Domino Masters”; Rube Goldberg machine expert
12:15–12:45 p.m.

Chris Rake

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, FIRST
1–1:30 p.m.

Topic:
The Critical Role of Caring Adults in Nurturing STEM Youth

Brian Brady

Founder and CEO, Inciting Incident Game Design and Development Studio
1:45–2:15 p.m.

Topic:
Design Hacks: Tricks Game Developers Use to Keep You Playing

Francis Tarasiewicz

Weather Observer Educational Specialist, Mount Washington Observatory
2:30–3 p.m.

Topic:
Extreme Weather Observations from the Top of Mount Washington

Eric Salovitch

Owner, Northam Survey LLC
3:15–3:45 p.m.

Topic:
An Aerial Advantage: How Drones Are Impacting Land Surveying and Other Industries