Engineering Activities
Entrance from Unity Quad
Engineering Activities
Biomedical Engineering
Prosthetics
Gordon Upper
Biomedical Research
Brinkman Hallway
Cells and Biomaterials
3rd Floor of Gleason
Healthcare
Gordon Upper
Provide an overview of prosthetics in biomedical engineering and hands-on
examples of such work done at RIT.
Come measure liquids with pipettes, test PH values and see the work of current
students.
A real life model of a cell, along with pictures of biomedically engineered cells.
Information about what BME's do in industry as well as examples to touch and look
at.
Computer Engineering
Digital Logic
Freescale Lab
Microcontrollers
Freescale Lab
Robots/ embedded systems
Freescale Lab
Learn what binary is and how digital logic works by converting your name to
binary; press buttons until you get access to open a garage door and discover the
world of logic gates!
Learn what microcontrollers are and how they are used in the real world. Try your
hand at programming a design into a blinking pendant.
Program an Arduino robot using scratch to learn what embedded systems are and
how changing code changes the robot’s movements.
Chemical Engineering
Water Tank
Brinkman Hallway
Liquid Curtain
Brinkman Hallway
Surface Tension
Brinkman Hallway
Information Table
Gordon Upper
A water tank demo representing the difference states of processes such as
continuous, semi batch, and steady-state.
A demonstration about surface tension utilizing a pin and a liquid curtain.
Cut "boats" out of plastic to see how they can be moved using denatured alcohol.
Information about the field of chemical engineering and the department of
chemical engineering here at RIT.
Electrical Engineering
Game Table
3rd Floor Gleason
Logic and Fields
Gordon Upper
Renewable Energy
Brinkman Hallway
Robotics
Gordon Upper
Learn more about basic circuits and microcontrollers through playing games.
An introduction to communications using antennas and basic logic using logic
gates.
Explore solar power, wind power and the role that electrical engineers play in
green energy.
Can a robot do a cartwheel? Come see RoboNova, a 12” humanoid with 16
powerful servos that allow for human like actions.
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sustainability
Gordon Lower
5S Activity
Gordon Lower
Lego Race Car
Gordon Lower
Learn how people impact the environment and creatively brainstorm ways to
reduce negative impacts.
The benefits of using 5S, an organizational method that optimizes efficiency, using
a relay race.
Explore the engineering behind assembly lines by assembling a Lego racecar.
Mechanical Engineering
Biomechanical Hand
Gordon Upper
Oobleck
Gordon Upper
Robochime
Brinkman Hallway
Robotics Obstacle Course
Xerox Lobby
Towers
Xerox Lobby
Simple Machines
Xerox Lobby
How many Legos fit in a cup before the biomechanical hand can’t hold it? How
does changing the design affect the outcome?
See the different properties of materials and how they can be used, while getting
ooey gooey with Oobleck!
Explore the concepts of density, vibrations and magnetism to see how they affect
the properties of a material.
Navigate a robot through obstacles and explore how mechanical engineers
contribute to robotics.
Design Challenge! How tall a tower can you build in the given time using only the
materials given?
Explore how the different types of simple machines can be used in designs to
simplify work. A pulley system and spool cars will be demonstrated.
Microelectronic Engineering
Solar Cells
Engineering Hall
Clean Room
Engineering Hall
Explore light/heat absorption as well as current, voltage, and power, and see
applications of semiconductors for alternative, greener energy production.
Can you see it? Compare silicon wafers viewed with the naked eye to those
magnified by microscopes in the clean room. Watch as transistors and resistors
suddenly become visible.