Caption: Engineering Open House Guide - 2007
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1 EOH 2007 the Physics Van Outreach Program. Demos will include laws of motion, states of matter, and a few explosions along the way. Shows times: Friday 10:30, 12, 1:30, and 3 and Saturday 10, 11:30, and 2. Location: Room 141 This exhibit is suitable for: All demonstrations to show physics in action including oscillators and projectile launchers. This is in the same room as the Chaos Demos. Location: Room 153 This exhibit is suitable for: hs, adult 1940 Physics Professor Donald Kerst invents the first betatron and uses it to determine the basic properties of uranium and plutonium for the Manhattan Project. Liquid Nitrogen Table Modified Jacob’s Ladder Physics Van Stop by the Liquid Nitrogen table to see what happens when things get really cold. How cold you ask? -320 degrees Fahrenheit. You can watch things like balloons and flowers get placed in the nitrogen. We also demonstrate a banana as a hammer and propel a cork out of a cannon! Location: North End of South Lobby This exhibit is suitable for: All Physics Society The Jacob’s ladder is a popular and impressive demonstration of a climbing electrical arc. We have designed a simple experiment to learn how it moves. Location: Room 144 This exhibit is suitable for: All Self Healing Polymers MacGyver Competition 1950 Civil Engineering Professor Nathan Newmark designs the first earthquake-proof skyscraper, the 600-foot Latino-American Tower in Mexico City. IEEE The local student branch of IEEE is sponsoring a MacGyver competition at this year’s EOH. Three times a day, participants will have to accomplish tasks under time constraints, using only household items. The winner of each competition will receive an electronic item worth ~20$ Location: North Lobby outside room 151 This exhibit is suitable for: All NOBCChE Come hear a brief, interesting presentation and see a demo about the innovative technique of self healing polymerization that could allow cracks in cell phones or other electronic devices to fix themselves. Location: North Lobby outside room 151 This exhibit is suitable for: All Tesla Coil Mechanics Demos Physics Society This room contains small Physics Society The Tesla coil is an air-core transformer capable of producing very high voltages at high frequencies. Invented by Nikola Tesla, the device was first intended for radio transmission. This is in the E & M Demos room. Location: Room 144
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