Meet the Expert:  Dr. Marsha Tufft, engineer

Dr. Tufft has degrees in mechanical (BSME-Purdue), aerospace (MSAsE- University of Cincinnati), and materials engineering (Ph.D.- University of Dayton). She worked 30+ years that I worked as an engineer professionally at GE Aviation .She is also an active volunteer with GE volunteers and Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. Dr. Tufft has received awards for science experiments she developed and led with more than 1,000 girls over the years during the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio’s summer camps. You can find her experiments and projects on her website, www.putneydesigns.com.
Dr. Tufft’s passion is helping kids become creative problem-solvers and engage with STEM–science, technology, engineering, math. She wrote a fiction book series to help change attitudes about science and math to encourage more kids to consider STEM fields, get comfortable with learning from failure, and bounce back with renewed confidence. Her thoughts are that stories change attitudes.

Lights at night like these can cause baby sea turtle misorientations- credit Marsha Tufft

Tent Dr. Marsha created to protect sea turtles — credit Marsha Tufft

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Challenge:

Pick up trash on the beach during the day and be sure to knock down your sand castle when you’re done for the day. You want to make it easy for the sea turtles to find the ocean.

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