On March 13 and 14, MechSE students will help host the University of Illinois' annual Engineering Open House. The two-day event, which features exhibits, demonstrations and hands-on experiments for all age groups, has been a part of the College of Engineering for more than a century and typically draws approximately 20,000 visitors.
MechSE student exhibits and activites will be located in the Mechanical Engineering and Talbot laboratories. Those in the Mechanical Engineering Laboratory will feature a Sterling engine, a penny smasher, distracted driving, engine display, sand casting, hexapods, rapid prototyping, Formula SAE and Mini Baja team cars, Illini Prosthetics Team, and NanoChallenge: Research for High School Students. Those inTalbot Laboratory will include concrete crushing, fluids lab demonstrations, smoke rings and crazy springs.
More information and an unofficial online version of the visitor's guide are available at the Engineering Open House 2009 Web site.