Caption: Engineering Open House Guide - 2006
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you be able to tell the difference? Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: All Time Capsules Superconductors UMO This exhibit will provide information on superconductors and using liquid nitrogen, will demonstrate the ability of a superconductor to levitate a piece of metal. Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: All UMO Learn the concepts and difficulties behind the design of medical drug delivery systems by building and testing your own time release system. Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: All BEYOND IMAGINATION 17 Uses of Nitinol (NickelTitanium Alloy) in Medical Instruments Do You Know? • Engineering Open The Electronic Materials Challenge UMO Do you think you can make electricity out of raspberries, TiO2 (the white stuff in toothpaste and sunscreen), a pencil, and glass? Come take the electronic materials challenge and learn how to combine these everyday materials to make a dye-sensitized solar cell! You will learn the basic concepts behind how solar cells work, while making your own solar cell to test. *For those of you who are simply interested in observing, various types of photovoltaic cells will be on display and we will be happy to discuss solar applications with you! Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: All UMO Medical instruments are designed using particular materials for a reason. Come see how and why special nickel-titanium alloy, Nitinol, is used in medical instrument applications. Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: hs,adult House is an event run entirely by students of the University of Illinois. • The inspiration for EOH first came in 1906 when the physics department hosted its first open house. • In the early years of EOH, exhibits put on by companies were one of the highlights of the open house. Since then, the focus has shifted to studentrun exhibits. • This year, over 10,000 people are expected come and experience Engineering Open House. Vanishing Light UMO Vanishing Light introduces the audience to polarizer’s and the concept of polarization using various polarized materials. Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: hs,adult Geopolymers The Materials Challenge UMO Come compete with other EOH attendees and make the strongest ceramic composite! Participants will be given the opportunity to create a plaster rod with different types of matrix materials, such as paper clips, rubber bands, spaghetti, etc., then have their rod tested to see how much weight it can hold before breaking. Learn about the properties of ceramic materials focusing on their strength and fracture properties. Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: All Keramos What are geopolymers? Come learn about advanced ceramics and their applications in the engineering field. Cutting edge technology is displayed in this low temperature ceramic material. Demos and give-aways! Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: hs,adult WaterCAMPWS: Water Treatment Technology to the Rescue WaterCAMPWS WaterCAMPWS will demonstrate water treatment engineering concepts and present a design for a water treatment device that can be used after major flood events like Hurricane Katrina. Location: 1st Floor Hallway This exhibit is suitable for: All
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