UTEP’s Dr. Skateboard will be a presenter at the annual World Science Festival June 4 and 5 in New York City. Dr. Skateboard is the Action Science persona of William Robertson, Ph.D., co-chair of the Department of Teacher Education and director of it’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education division. The long-time educator and skateboarder will participate in a stargazing event on June 4 at Brooklyn Bridge Park, and a series of street science demonstrations the next day at Washington Square. He and athletes making up the Action Science team will showcase physics and mathematics concepts during their Science of Skateboarding presentations.
