2024 Demos
- Acoustic Levitation
- Arkema
- Bright Molecules for Brain Studies
- Ceramics - Sand
- Colors, Lasers, Fluorescence, and Computer Screens
- Ferrofluids
- Fiber Optics
- Fruit Batteries
- Fun with Lights and Glasses
- Learning Networks with Rubber Bands
- LEDs & Solar Cells
- Magic Materials (Manicures and Magnets)
- Metals - Shape Memory Alloys
- MXenes
- Nano Nook
- Nanostructural Color
- Nanostructures: Sunscreen
- Non-Newtonian Fluids
- North Penn - Absorption
- North Penn - Bioplastics
- North Penn - Chromism
- North Penn - Hydrogels
- North Penn - Light Pollution
- North Penn - Photovoltaics
- North Penn - Piezoelectricity
- North Penn - Rheology
- North Penn - Shape Memory Alloys
- North Penn - Thermoelectricity
- Origami /Kirigami Material
- Polymer Bouncy Balls
- Polymer Science of Shrink-film
- Polymers - Hydrogels
- Science History Institute - Fantastic Fibers: From Wool to Gore-Tex
- Sticky Materials
- Stretchable and adhesive polymer materials
- Superconducting Levitation
- Superconductivity
- Tribology: The Science of Friction
- Understanding Materials with Computer Simulations
- Utility of instability
- Verder - Burning Crucibles
- Verder - DNA Extraction from Fruit
- What is an Emulsion?
- Why is Blood Liquid in Our Arteries but it Clots Quickly in Laboratory Tubes?
2024 Special Presentations
Liquid Nitrogen Presentations will be held at 11:00 a.m and 1:00 p.m. Presentation attendees will get to try some liquid nitrogen ice cream!
2024 High School Student Information Sessions - 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., & 1:00 p.m.
At this session, interested high school students can hear from Drexel students about their experience in the materials science and engineering program and tour our innovative Materials Characterization Core. Space is limited. Use these links to reserve your spot today:
Saturday, February 3, 11:00 a.m. - Register
Saturday, February 3, 12:00 p.m. - Register
Saturday, February 3, 1:00 p.m. - Register
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