Silly Putty Polymers with Engineering Ambassadors

Ages: Middle
Category: Demonstration/Presentation, Guided Hands-On Activity
Disciplines: Chemical Engineering
Presented by: WPI Engineering Ambassadors
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Most materials are either a solid, liquid or gas but what happens if it is none of these or more than one of these? You likely are dealing with a viscoelastic material. Learn about the properties of viscoelastic materials and how engineers use these special polymers in the medical field. Become a chemical engineer yourself as you create and analyze your own viscoelastic polymer also known as silly putty!

We want to see your work!  Take a photo or video and upload it here to our special TouchTomorrow virtual bulletin board!

Make Silly Putty!
Camila Carvalho - WPI Engineering Ambassador
Hello everyone! I’m Camila Carvalho, and I’m a junior studying biomedical engineering at WPI. I love to bake, watch Netflix, and run outside (when it’s warm enough). Back in school, my favorite subject was math. One fun fact about me is that I’ve read all the Percy Jackson books!
Patrick Roche
Hi everyone, my name’s Patrick Roche, and I’m a junior Chemical Engineering major at WPI. I like to hike, ski, and do community service in my free time, and I love learning about physics and chemistry!