Happy New Year!!!  May we suggest a few resolutions for you:  Resolve to be more nerdy, share your nerdiness with your friends at Gramps, and come to all the Nerd Nites in 2015!!

The esteemed panel included Nathan Laxague, Eric Swain, Matt Hogan, Dean Lyons.

Meet your Nerd Nite bosses:

Nathan
A PhD student at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, studying air-sea interaction with a particular focus on short-scale ocean waves. For more, check out his website.

Laura
A marine scientist specializing in education, communications, and conservation.  Currently, she is working with the amazing CARTHE research team based at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science, sharing their complex oil spill and ocean currents research with the world.

Melissa
A Nerd Nite NYC alum and organizer of the Miami Coffeehouse Discussion Series. She has super nerdy interests in evolutionary psychology, positive psychology, linguistic anthropology, and several other social science topics.

Do you want to be a speaker?  Want to volunteer?  Would you like to make a donation to Nerd Nite Miami?  Have suggestion on how to fill Nerd Nite Miami with even more nerdy fun?  Contact us: miami [at] nerdnite [dot] com.

Another Nerdtastic event!!!

November 13, 2014 at 7:00pm

Gramps Bar
176 NW 24th St, Miami, FL 33127

Be there AND be square!

The line up:

Waves
by Nathan Laxague, marine physics PhD student

Rather than come up with a clever title to describe his talk, Nathan has contented himself with a single word and a pair of quotation marks. Smart money says it’ll include an unnecessary introduction to waves in the broad sense, with the rest devoted to observation and analysis of ocean surface waves. Bring popcorn and foul weather gear.

The Psychology of Change
by Ivan Dynamo de Jesus, founder of Action Club, goal-setting/bucket-list achieving support group. 

Why do 92% of people fail to keep their their New Year’s resolutions? Why are we as humans naturally resistant to change and fall into old habits? This talk will examine how the hidden drives within each of us facilitate change in our lives or, more often, how these hidden factors prevent change from occurring, and how we can actively choose to re-program ourselves with the correct psychological tools.

Nursing coral reefs to recovery
by Stephanie Schopmeyer, coral restoration expert

Coral reefs are among the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet, supporting incredible networks of life that stretch along the world’s tropical and subtropical coasts. Due to extensive worldwide coral reef decline, it is necessary to recover corals in underwater nurseries. Stephanie Schopmeyer takes us into the world of coral reefs and the methods that allow us to nurse these fragile structures back to good health.