Illuminations A NEWSLETTER FOR SPECIAL FRIENDS AND DONORS OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE

SPRING | SUMMER 2018 A Letter FROM TRUSTEE TOM LYNCH

As Chairman of TE Connectivity, I have had the opportunity to visit with many of our outstanding engineers and see firsthand just how vital STEM skills are in today’s workforce.

hese women and men—and countless Today, when science, innovation, and others like them around the world— technology literacy are more important than ever, have brought to life that which seemed I cannot emphasize enough the importance of a impossible just a generation ago. We live in place like The Franklin Institute. My responsibility an increasingly connected world. Remote as a trustee is to ensure that the organization sensors that enable doctors and patients to thrives and builds upon its 194-year-old legacy—a monitor critical medical conditions. Fiber legacy that would be impossible without your optic communication cables beneath the generous support. Thank you and I hope to see sea floor that connect people, communities, you at the Institute soon. and continents instantaneously. These once- impossible feats began with a spark, a moment Sincerely, in the life of a child when a passion for science and technology was ignited. Few places do more to create such moments than The Franklin Institute. In 2017, The Franklin Institute reached Tom Lynch 1.1 million people in person through its VICE CHAIR, programming and millions more digitally Board of Trustees through portals like Facebook and the C H A I R , Institute’s mobile app. In April, we honored nine Development and Government of the brightest minds in science, technology, Relations Committee engineering, and business at our 194th Awards Ceremony. And in June, 28 high school seniors graduated from our youth education programs eager and ready to pursue STEM fields in college and in their careers. CONTENTS

The 2018 Franklin Game Masters Institute Awards Week Family Party Ceremony and Dinner Page 10 Pages 2-4 What is a Science Story? Family & Flight Page 11 Fred Hagan Page 5 Celebrating Women in Science—Astronaut Planes, Trains, and Failed Soyeon Yi Prototypes Page 12 Page 6 Will the First Blood Test The Philadelphia for Concussions Be A Science Festival Game Changer? Pages 7-8 Page 13

Game Masters The Franklin Fund Page 9 Page 14

Vikings: Know Your Brain, Beyond the Legend Know Your Business Page 9 Page 14

Welcome, Trustee Escape Rooms Quentin Roach Page 14 Page 9 Save the Date Page 15 THE 2018 FRANKLIN INSTITUTE Awards Week Ceremony & Dinner

On Thursday, April 19, The Franklin Institute honored nine esteemed laureates for their groundbreaking achievements in science, technology, engineering, and business.

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The 194th Awards Ceremony drew a sold-out crowd of nearly 800 guests Philippe Horvath, Ph.D. 2 who celebrated these luminaries in Franklin Hall Bower Award and Prize with Chief Astronomer Derrick Pitts hosting for Achievement in Science and President and CEO Larry Dubinski and Board Chair Don Morel presenting medals and John B. Goodenough, Ph.D. honoraria. This event marked the culmination Benjamin Franklin Medal in Chemistry of Awards Week, during which the laureates presented lectures at area universities and Susan Trumbore, Ph.D. interacted with the Institute’s youth education Benjamin Franklin Medal in programs’ students to inspire the next generation Earth and Environmental Science of STEM leaders. The week also featured a special Speaker Series event, “Women Champions of Adrian Bejan, Ph.D. Science”—celebrating the Institute’s first cohort Benjamin Franklin Medal in with four female laureates. Mechanical Engineering A group of hardworking volunteers and the generosity of the Institute’s supporters make Anne M. Mulcahy Awards Week possible. Awards Co-Chairs Bower Award for Business Leadership Michael C. Forman and Leanne M. McMenamin, along with Vice-Chair Linda J. Hauptfuhrer, Vinton Gray Cerf, Ph.D. promoted the event, which raised more than Benjamin Franklin Medal in $1 million to further the Institute’s mission to Computer and Cognitive Science inspire a passion for learning about science and technology. We are grateful for Bank of Robert E. Kahn, Ph.D. America’s 16th consecutive year as presenting Benjamin Franklin Medal in sponsor and look forward to their sponsorship Computer and Cognitive Science through 2024 when the Institute reaches its 200th anniversary. Manijeh Razeghi, Sc.D. Much as Benjamin Franklin did in his day, Benjamin Franklin Medal in The Franklin Institute’s 2018 Award Laureates Electrical Engineering represent the cutting-edge of research, thought, and action—we are honored to Helen Rhoda Quinn, Ph.D. present them with their awards. For more Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics photos and information about the event, visit www.fi.edu/Awards2018Photos.

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AWARDS WEEK & ASSOCIATE SPONSOR FS Investments

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS The Danaher and Lynch Family Foundation DuPont Nutrition & Health The Governor’s Woods Foundation FMC Corporation The Morel Family Foundation TE Connectivity

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1. 2018 Awards laureates 2. Chief Astronomer and Awards Host Derrick Pitts 3. Marvin Samson and Debra Cole 4. Bank of America President Jim Dever 5. Jim Dever, Morgan Dever, Robert Kahn, Patrice Lyons, and Lynn Dever 6. Helen Rhoda Quinn, Manijeh Razeghi, and Susan Trumbore 7. Adam Booth and Laura Scolaro 8. Laith Elias, Maria Fritzinger Elias, and Phillipa Ashby 9. Nicole E. Brown and Hugh McStravick 10. Ian and Sheila Wright 11. 2018 Awards leadership: President and CEO Larry Dubinski, Awards Co-Chair Leanne McMenamin, Awards Vice Chair Linda Hauptfuhrer, Awards Co-Chair Michael Forman, Board Chair 11 Donald Jr. Morel, Jr., and Chief Astronomer and Awards Host Derrick Pitts Family and Flight FRED HAGEN

ore than 70 years ago up. The pilot of my plane went into in 1943, US Air Force a kind of panic mode, so I grabbed Pilot Bill Benn died my yoke (steering controls) in the while flying his aircraft over what co-pilot seat and I got it under is now Papua New Guinea during control and powered up the right the Second World War. His widow engine and stabilized the plane and family never knew how he lost . . . It’s that moment of danger and his life. Decades later, his great excitement when something’s nephew and Franklin Institute gone wrong and you’ve recovered supporter Alfred (Fred) Hagen set and managed to survive. Those are out to find his great uncle’s plane the most special moments I have and solve the mystery of his crash. had flying.” “I went to search in New In all, Fred Hagen has participated Guinea for my great-uncle, and in dozens of attempts to salvage Alfred Hagen and John McFadden I was searching for his aircraft. I did locate Bill Benn’s plane, and ascertain how and why he died and what the conditions were “. . . It’s that moment of danger and excitement of his death, and was able to bring back some artifacts from where something’s gone wrong and you’ve that plane for his widow and his daughter.” recovered and managed to survive. Those are Fred Hagen’s fascination with history and aviation began at an early age. Over time, that evolved the most special moments I have had flying.” into a search for missing aircraft in the South Pacific, North Africa, and the United States. Eventually, Hagen missing aircrafts. He credits modern traveled as a trained pilot to recover technology with making such other downed military planes and searches possible and continues the crew inside for repatriation. to support efforts to bring home Of a particularly harrowing downed airplanes and crews. experience in the air, Hagen recalls, Via Hagen & Hagen Construction “I was looking for the B17 Swamp alongside Lisa D. Kabnick and Ghost in Papua New Guinea and I John H. McFadden, Fred Hagen’s was flying a twin baron and had a affinity for aviation led him to local pilot flying it. I was sitting in generously support the restoration the copilot seat. He hit a coconut of The Franklin Institute’s Budd palm with the left engine. When BB1 Pioneer, which returned home we went to power up, it just blew in December 2017.

5 PLANES, TRAINS, AND FAILED PROTOTYPES

ast December, The Franklin welded steel airplane to the growing trend, Baldwin doubled Philadelphia, Institute welcomed one of Institute. Even after logging down on its steam engines by home to L them—the historic Budd 1,700 hours in the air—including creating the Baldwin 60,000. BB1 Pioneer airplane—back to its flights over the Alps between Then the heaviest locomotive invention and perch outside our iconic building France and Italy—Budd saw this ever built, the company toured after more than a year of off-site engineering marvel as nothing the engine around the United innovation restoration. more than a business failure. The States where it outpaced any Founded in Philadelphia in reason? The Budd was ahead of diesel engine on the market—and since its 1912, the Budd Company grew its time. Though shot welding also crushed the rails in some to prominence by producing avoided corrosion and doubled places due to its colossal weight. earliest days, sheet metal for the booming seam strength when compared to Because of this, the Baldwin automobile industry. Around the older welding methods, pilots and Company generously donated the gave the world same time, the Wright Brothers passengers simply did not trust it, 60,000 to The Franklin Institute were dominating the burgeoning perceiving the lightweight, sleek in 1933 (it would take five days many firsts. world of air travel, with aspiring stainless steel to be incapable of to move the locomotive to its pilots flocking to Dayton, Ohio withstanding in-flight pressures. present home in the Institute five for months-long training after While the Budd Company blocks away). purchasing their own airplanes. explored new ways of building The Franklin Institute is proud Seeing an opportunity to become its planes, another Philadelphia to call itself home to not one, a hub for aviation on the East giant experimented with altering but two major transportation Coast, Budd set out to draw its own technology. The Baldwin prototypes produced by industrial potential clients to Northwest Company, a world locomotive titans of Philadelphia’s bygone Philadelphia by designing an leader since 1825, maintained an era. Innovation is impossible airplane like none before it: one industrial campus that dominated without risk and the Budd BB1 built entirely of stainless steel. Spring Garden Street from the Pioneer and the Baldwin 60,000 In 1931, the Budd Company Delaware to the Schuylkill where stand as testaments to human developed a method to weld it developed and built steam ingenuity and technological metals together via an electric engines to export the world over. advances. Who knows which current called “shot welding.” However, as the 20th century prototypes from 2018 we might But, in 1935, the Budd Company progressed, diesel began to commemorate eight decades donated the world’s first shot- replace steam. Despite this from now?

6 THE PHILADELPHIA Science Festival

n April, the eighth annual Philadelphia Science Festival partners led live science demonstrations and, every half hour, played host to 85 exciting events over nine days preselected 4th graders were sworn in as junior park rangers. throughout the Philadelphia region. Working with 123 Later that same day in a festival first, Brain Food took over partners and 34 sponsors, the 2018 Festival reached more the city’s beloved Reading Terminal Market to create an epic than 50,000 people in just nine days. The Dow Chemical celebration of science, food, and everything Philadelphia. Company, now in its eighth year as lead sponsor, made Guests tasted small bites from local merchants in the STEM learning fun and accessible for all throughout the 125-year-old indoor market while also enjoying dynamic entire Festival. experiments from some of our favorite festival partners. At two of Philly’s favorite parks—Clark Park and Hunting After a week of STEM learning throughout the region, Park—Festival staff delighted and inspired kids of all ages with The Philadelphia Science Festival culminated in a day-long the fundamentals of curiosity and experimentation through celebration of science in the heart of Philadelphia, right on the hands-on demonstrations. The next day, STEM learners Benjamin Franklin Parkway. There, partners and volunteers led became scientists of all kinds throughout the region. During 161 hands-on activities with 35,000 people—proving that our Be a Nurse!, visitors to Rutgers School of Nursing: Camden mission to inspire a passion for learning about science and learned about the incredible impact that nurses have around technology is not limited to the confines of our building, but the world by promoting disease prevention, patient care, to wherever we find open minds eager to learn. education, and research. Interested in learning more about the Philadelphia Later that week in Old City, festival-goers took over Science Festival and how to get involved? Contact Director Independence National Historical Park to celebrate science of Institutional Giving Casey Satell at [email protected] or at the birthplace of the United States. Over 30 activity 215.448.2378.

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8 Summer Programming— Game Masters GAME MASTERS PROGRAMMING FROM SCRATCH: A BEGINNER’S WORKSHOP TO CODING WITH GAMES $35 per individual/$20 per member Only through Suggested age: 10–13 The Institute also offers workshops for young September 3, 2018! adults on select weekends where guests can engage in an intro to game design—the character howcasing the work of over 30 innovative game designers, Game of which is none other than Benjamin Franklin! Masters takes visitors on an interactive journey inside their favorite video games—from the trailblazing arcade era through today’s web and DATES console games. Challenge yourself to achieve a high score on more than 100 Sunday, August 12 Saturday, August 18 playable games as you learn how the most beloved characters—from Sonic to Additional programming for adults takes place the Sims—came to life, and follow the remarkable transformations that video each month with hands-on experiences and games have undergone over time through the 100 objects and original artworks video game-related movies. featured within the exhibit.

Presenting Sponsor:

Associate Sponsor: Exhibition developed by ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)

VIKINGS: BEYOND THE LEGEND

SAVE THE DATE ikings: Beyond the Legend storms into The Franklin Institute this fall with more than 600 archaeological finds and dramatic VIKINGS: reconstructions curated to reveal the legendary story of the BEYOND THE LEGEND GALA explorers who set sail centuries ago in search of new lands. Among the WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2018 spectacular treasures on view are preserved planks from the longest Note that Benefactors receive two Viking warship yet discovered, the 122-foot Roskilde 6. The original complimentary tickets to this event. planks are fitted into a steel frame designed to recreate its full length For Gala information, please contact and form. Surrounded by striking multimedia and augmented reality, the us at [email protected] or 215.448.1239. recreated Roskilde 6 is the centerpiece of the captivating new exhibition For sponsorship opportunities, please only at The Franklin Institute. The invasion begins October 13. contact Director of Institutional Giving Casey Anne Satell at [email protected] or

215.448.2378.

WELCOME, TRUSTEE QUENTIN ROACH

s Senior Vice President of Business on the boards Armada, Development and Chief Procurement Inc. and Liquid Biosciences, A Officer of Merck & Co., Inc, Quentin LLC. supporting corporate Roach knows firsthand the importance of strategy and digital innovation STEM education. After earning his bachelor of transformations, and the National science degree in industrial engineering from Association for Manufacturers, which Purdue University, Roach went on to earn his represents small and large manufacturers master of science in engineering management in every industrial sector in all 50 states. from Arizona State University. Since then, he As a new trustee, he is interested in helping has built a career that spans the healthcare, The Franklin Institute’s delivery on its pharmaceutical, medical device, and automotive mission in impactful ways, especially as a industries and supported non-profit work in arts convener of science conversations within the and educational institutions. He currently serves public sphere.

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1. Alex Jung battles the forces of evil in a Star Wars® augmented reality experience 2. Frank Sustersic, Lauren Sustersic, Jason Rodrguez, and Maribel Rodriguez 3. Shawn Wallace, Issy Wallace, Nate Wallace, Cynthia Wallace, and Alex Wallace 4. Nanette Chappelear, Pam Dougherty, and EJ Dougherty 5. Homayoon Pasdar poses with Sonic the Hedgehog® 6. Jeff Imperiale, PJ Imperiale, and Suzanne Imperiale 7. Teddy Bear and Oliver Buck 8. Brayden Bennett 9. Rusty Faircloth and Pam Doggett

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It’s that moment when you looked through a telescope into the night sky for the first time and realized that what seemed a bright light was really a planet.

hat moment when you dove beneath the waves, touching something with your foot, and uncovered an ecosystem on the sea floor. When you saw a tadpole and realized T it was a baby frog. When you saw a newborn baby. When medicine saved someone you love. When weather destroyed something you care about. Your science story is the tale of whatever it is that first made you feel connected to the science of the world around you. The Franklin Institute is proud to share those special moments that sparked a love of and curiosity about science for some of our favorite scientists. We all have a Science Story. Visit the Institute or fi.edu/science-stories to tell us yours!

Majd Mashharawi Paul Offit Art Hornbach Civil Engineer Author, Underwater Acoustics Engineer Pandora’s Lab: Seven Stories of “People live on hope. They love life. But due Science Gone Wrong “I have over 1,200 hours as a Mission to politics and restrictions there was suffering. Director, Vaccine Education Center Specialist on P3 flying all over the world. I’ve No electricity. No water. Some [people] lived Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia been on the submarine. I’ve been on a deep- in tents. It was bad . . . This encouraged me to Professor, Vaccinology and Pediatrics diving submersible. We went down to 3000 do something. Not only to rebuild their homes Perelman School of Medicine, feet where it’s pitch black. I saw a Schlitz beer but to give them hope again.” University of Pennsylvania can in the bottom of the Caribbean. I’ve been in helicopters. I’ve been on ice camps freezing “What I loved about science was that myself off. It was outrageous.” you didn’t have to believe in it. It was an evidence-based system. It was an antidote to superstition. There were rules, and those rules were somehow comforting. I found just enormous solace in that.”

Visit fi.edu/science-stories to hear more of these incredible experiences in STEM.

Science Stories has been supported by an Advancement grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. 11 CELEBRATING WOMEN IN SCIENCE— Astronaut Your SoyeonYi Support n March 17, as part of a celebration of the work and achievements of women Allows the Collaboration of Science O in STEM fields, The Franklin Institute Centers Across the Country hosted South Korea’s first astronaut Soyeon Yi, who joined us for a private donor breakfast, as STEM learning is vital to the future success of not only the well as a public talk. She shared her inspiring Philadelphia region, but also the nation as a whole. We are story with The Franklin Institute’s Chief pleased to share findings from a joint effort between The Astronomer Derrick Pitts and discussed why Franklin Institute, the California Science Center, and the she pursued a career in space, her experience Arizona Science Center to better understand science interest aboard the International Space Station, and in youth and adults. Led by John Falk and his research team what the future holds for space exploration. at the Institute for Learning Innovation, the Multi-Institutional “I love numbers and so while I was on the Science Center Effects Study (MISCES) surveyed 4,500 Space Station, I calculated the probability that Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Phoenix residents. The MISCES you’d be born in a country like South Korea, with measured interest in science to determine which learning good education and a good economy. It is the experiences, including visiting a science museum, attending same as coming second place in the Powerball science classes in school, using the internet for science, lottery. So don’t be jealous of those that win watching science television, and reading books about science, the lottery because most of you already got the were predictive of an affinity for science later in life. winning ticket when you were born.”—Soyeon Visit fi.edu/science-stories to hear more of these Findings showed that visiting a science center was the Yi, first South Korean astronaut in space incredible experiences in STEM. ONLY one of these five factors that consistently affected This special event featuring Soyeon Yi was both youth and adults’ interest in science in the present made possible by: Ascend Greater Philadelphia, and the past. Roughly 75 MILLION people visit science Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Merck & Co., Inc., centers and museums annually in the United States, and Susquehanna International Group, LLP. and the impact of their time at a science center like The This event was held in conjunction with Franklin Institute grows with each successive visit—roughly Women in Science Day at The Franklin Institute, doubling each time they step through our doors. recognizing the incredible impact women have in science and technology, sponsored by Braskem and TE Connectivity. For more information about this study and the importance of support from donors like you, visit instituteforlearninginnovation.org/miscis.html. 12 Will the First Blood Test for Concussions be a Game Changer?

Here in Philadelphia, we’re still relishing the confirming high levels of UCH-L1 and GFAP will A word from thrill of long-awaited victory as the ticker tape reduce the risks of radiation exposure—as well Franklin from the Eagles’ Super Bowl parade fluttered as the healthcare costs—of performing scans from the trees. Even as we watched the game, that are unlikely to be informative. Institute Chief however, we couldn’t escape the ever-present On the other hand, scientists caution risk of brain injuries in football, as several that low levels of UCH-L1 and GFAP do not Bioscientist players suffered game-ending hits. guarantee an “all-clear.” The test is not Concussions can be difficult to diagnose, intended to make a positive or negative Jayatri Das, Ph.D. and many injuries are not appropriately diagnosis. If the test is delayed, it may not treated. In an exciting new development, the reflect the true extent of damage. Also, a Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently single mild concussion may not raise protein announced its approval of the first blood test levels high enough to be detected, but even for evaluating concussions. How does this new mild injuries, when repeated over time, can test work and what promise does it hold? lead to serious long-term trauma. Current diagnostic procedures involve on-field The FDA has approved the test only for testing of visual, verbal, and motor functions, adults, but the company that developed it followed by a brain scan that often is not sensitive plans to study its use in children soon. Even enough to pick up the effects of a mild injury. then, the impact on youth sports is unclear, The new blood test measures the levels of two as it may not be easy to administer the test in brain proteins called UCH-L1 and GFAP. UCH-L1 school and league sports that rely on amateur is involved in disposing of damaged proteins, coaches and volunteers. while GFAP helps to repair injured cells. Both are Is this new test a game changer? Concussion released into the bloodstream after a head injury. diagnosis is an active area of research and The new test will help doctors more accurately there are many other potential tests in the predict which patients need brain scans. It works. So I’d say it is early in the first quarter, only takes a few hours to get the results, and but still an important first down. Stay tuned!

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13 id you know that in 2017 YOUR support our role as a leader in science education of The Franklin Institute allowed us and communication. The community looks THE D to welcome 30,560 students to the to us as a trusted resource for real science museum for free? And, since the start of this and confirmed facts. From students, visitors, year, we have already welcomed nearly 15,000 members, and educators, to online users, FRANKLIN more. These students experience the wonder program participants, and event attendees, and awe of the scientific world around them— many audiences depend on us. most of them for the first time—through the Your support makes all the difference to many exhibits and demonstrations offered the people we serve each and every day in an FUND within the museum. effort to inspire a passion for learning about Now more than ever, The Franklin Institute science and technology. Make a tax-deductible is committed to maintaining and expanding donation now at fi.edu/donate.

KNOW YOUR BRAIN, now Your Brain, Know Your Business is an interactive learning experience K at The Franklin Institute designed KNOW YOUR BUSINESS for corporate professionals. This session provides a general understanding of the brain and learning, and identifies key strategies for what we learned from a variety of different maximizing communication and efficiency folks. I also find myself thinking back to the key in the workplace. Contact Morgan High messages and learnings from the Know Your at [email protected] or 215.448.1371 for more Brain, Know Your Business session, and am information and to schedule your session! looking for better ways to do things. In addition “It was a great combination of learning more to being extremely interesting, engaging and about the brain and learning some simple, fun, the session allowed us to take away many high impact strategies to be more effective useful lessons and strategies that I’m certain communicators in our work environment. will enable us to improve our overall work Within a few days after the training, I’ve already performance in multiple ways.” heard multiple references of how to apply — PECO CFO Phillip Barnett

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et your family or professional team experience the thrill of escape and the excitement of adventure in the Escape Rooms L at The Franklin Institute. Using cutting-edge technology and awe-inspiring immersive design, our Escape Rooms transport guests to one of two fantastical worlds where a series of clues, codes, puzzles, and tasks lead teams to achieve an ultimate goal—all within 60 minutes or less! Best experienced with a group, these games will challenge, amuse, and befuddle guests of all ages, encouraging collaboration and creative problem solving in a fast-paced, live-action setting.

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SPRING | SUMMER 2018 Illuminations A NEWSLETTER FOR SPECIAL FRIENDS AND DONORS OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE

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What is a Science Story?

The Franklin Institute Awards Week and Ceremony

Will the First Blood Test for Concussions be a Game Changer? —Chief Bioscientist Jayatri Das, Ph.D.

Family & Flight—Fred Hagen

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