WPI Engineering Ambassadors want to spark your interest in electricity. Two of our electrical and computer engineering students teach you all about electrical circuits and the devices that are powered by them. Try being an electrical engineer yourself as you design your own flashlight.
Learn about rocketry from early age China and Greece to the modern astronauts we know today. Explore the physics behind rockets. Follow along as the Engineering Ambassadors take you through time as technology changed to improve rocketry. Then we invite you to make your own straw-rocket as you investigate the effect that weight has on rocket flight!
It’s the annual Bridge Tour! This year – no need to walk!
We have stationed bridge engineers at several bridges in the Boston area and, will “transport” you bridge to bridge. The bridge experts will cover the history, the physics and other great stories about the bridges. You will also have an activity to do that will help you learn about different types of bridges.
The Whittington Research Group is making models of human disease outside of the body. You can view an overview of the work, and see students in the lab. Work is described using a LEGO analogy, because we know a lot people are familiar with building models with Legos or blocks.
The Gordon Library Team created a research guide that includes information & resources about WPI research on space exploration and related topics, fun activities, and an “Archives Corner” highlighting the timeline of WPI’s space exploration.
We’ve all heard that opposites attract, but did you know it’s scientific fact? Build a simple magnet pyramid and explore the push and pull of electrons hard at work!
It might come as a shock, but you don’t need a wall outlet to create electricity. Discover an invisible force that will zap your hands, restyle your hair and even levitate small objects as if by magic!
Nature abhors a vacuum– but we love them! Create a vacuum of your own, and squeeze an egg into a bottle using the amazing power of hot and cold air.
COVID virus can be transmitted via airborne routes. The virus begins in the lung and is exhaled out through respiratory activities such as breathing and talking. When the virus is spread out through the mouth or nose, it is either contained within large droplets that settle down quickly or tiny aerosols (100 times smaller than a human hair diameter) that stay and flow with air for even hours. In this exhibit, we will be able to see the transmission of the tiny infectious aerosols using smoke visualization and answer questions through aerosol measurements.
Gelatin has many applications in medicine. It’s used to make coatings and capsules for allergy, cold, and pain relief drugs. Some of the techniques engineers use to encapsulate medicine, can be done at home! This activity uses chemistry concepts to make squishy beads out of the natural polymer gelatin.
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