Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day

Philly Materials Day poster

FREE and open to the public! Fun for all ages!

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School/community groups, please contact us directly to register your group.

Join us for Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day and explore the materials the impact your world!

When: Saturday, February 11, 2023, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: Drexel University, Bossone Research Enterprise Center, 3140 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA

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Register for a high school student session.

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To learn more about materials science and engineering and try out some hands-on activities at home, visit the Philly Materials Online site.

Age-specific hands-on workshops give participants the opportunity to work in small groups to explore how materials science and engineering is applied to solving some of today's pressing problems.

Visitors will have the chance to taste ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, which quickly brings the temperature down to -321°F (-196°C or 77K) and into waiting cups as fast as it can be mixed!

Kids of all ages will learn about materials from Drexel and University of Pennsylvania faculty and students and our collaborating organizations, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and The Franklin Institute, through hands-on demos and workshops.

Everyone is invited to Philly Materials Day featuring new hands-on activities related to how materials impact your world. It's free and open to the public!

Age-specific hands-on workshops give participants the opportunity to work in small groups to explore how materials science and engineering is applied to solving some of today's pressing problems.

Visitors will have the chance to taste ice cream made with liquid nitrogen, which quickly brings the temperature down to -321°F (-196°C or 77K) and into waiting cups as fast as it can be mixed!

Kids of all ages will learn about materials from Drexel and University of Pennsylvania faculty and students and our collaborating organizations, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and The Franklin Institute, through hands-on demos and workshops.

Everyone is invited to Philly Materials Day featuring new hands-on activities related to how materials impact your world. It's free and open to the public!

Everything around us - the clothes we wear, the computers we use, the vehicles that transport us, the hip implants and artificial heart valves that improve our health - is made of stuff. Materials science and engineering is the study of that stuff: what it's made of, why it behaves the way it does, and what we can do with it. Materials scientists and engineers make our daily lives better by developing materials for health and medicine, improved energy efficiency and advanced manufacturing, among other areas.

2023 marks the return of Philly Materials Day, focusing on hands-on activities for all ages. Check out photos of past events and join us for this year's fun!

2023 Participating Organizations

Drexel Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Penn Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter

Penn SEAS Materials Science and Engineering

Science History Institute

Drexel Center for Functional Fabrics