October 5, 2023
11 a.m.–2 p.m.
Student Union Atrium
On this page:
- 2023 Event Overview
- Previous Years Photo Gallery
- Other Resources for Wright Brothers History
- About Wright Brothers Day
- About the American Marketing Association
2023 Event Overview
Wright Brothers Day highlights the Wrights' pioneering spirit by featuring innovative research and demonstrations from Wright State faculty, students and programs, and local organizations.
Opening Address
- Alex Heckman, VP of Museum Operations at Dayton History, will deliver an opening address. Carillon Historical Park is a 65-acre open-air history museum and the main campus for Dayton History, where they share amazing stories of how Dayton changed the world!
Participating Researchers and Innovators
- Wright Brothers Trivia Board, by Wright State Special Collections
- Yaskawa/Motoman: Robotic assembly and motion
- Marxent: Virtual Reality retail
- AFRL GRILL: video game development
- AI Image Colorization
- Real-time sequencing of mRNA from Wright State Center for Genomics Research
- Intel Manufacturing Plant: Wright State support (clean room, microfabrication lab, etc.)
- Cybersecurity national training program (Wright State)
- NeuroLab: fun learning of neuromuscular physiology (Wright State)
- Breathalyzer BioMarkers (Wright State)
- 911 radio transcription (AI)
- Biomechanic device development: Body Armor 3D scan (Wright State)
- Wright Seaplane Base: Karen McTaggart
- Hydrology and Climate Change Research (Wright State)
- First Flight Aviation: flight school (Wright State and First Flight)
- Flight Simulator
- Air Force Museum Foundation
- Marketing Club/AMA
For Information while at the Event
The American Marketing Association at Wright State (“Marketing Club”) will host Wright Brothers Day and have a table at the event to help any attendee with event information.
Fun!
- The University Library's Special Collections and Archives, which houses one of the most complete collections of Wright Brothers material in the world, will test participants’ knowledge of the Wright Brothers with trivia questions.
- Students can have fun seeing or trying out a flight simulator, robotics, video game development, AI, and other high-tech applications, as well as other innovative displays.
- Students can answer trivia questions for a chance to win gift cards in a raffle.