"Wonders of Wattage" Introduces K-12 Students to Engineering and Science
Outcome/Accomplishment
Graduate students from the University of Arkansas impacted more than 3,000 K-12 students through informal activities sponsored by the Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) based at the University of Illinois.
Impact/Benefits
Ten graduate students from the Arkansas university, a POETS partner, helped expose younger students to engineering and science at the "Wonders of Wattage," an annual event at the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, Ark.
Explanation/Background
POETS graduate students and staff help organize the annual activity as part of Engineering Week at the Amazeum, Northwest Arkansas' hub for fun, creativity, and discovery through hands-on activities. At the Wonders of Wattage, the grad students guided youngsters through hands-on electrical demonstrations that included making an electric motor, sending an arc of electricity rising between two rods, and completing an electrical circuit that spurred a pair of plastic legs to start kicking.
Location
Urbana-Champaign, Illinoiswebsite
Start Year
Microelectronics and IT
Microelectronics, Sensing, and IT
Lead Institution
Core Partners
Fact Sheet
Outcome/Accomplishment
Graduate students from the University of Arkansas impacted more than 3,000 K-12 students through informal activities sponsored by the Center for Power Optimization of Electro-Thermal Systems (POETS), an NSF-funded Engineering Research Center (ERC) based at the University of Illinois.
Location
Urbana-Champaign, Illinoiswebsite
Start Year
Microelectronics and IT
Microelectronics, Sensing, and IT
Lead Institution
Core Partners
Fact Sheet
Impact/benefits
Ten graduate students from the Arkansas university, a POETS partner, helped expose younger students to engineering and science at the "Wonders of Wattage," an annual event at the Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, Ark.
Explanation/Background
POETS graduate students and staff help organize the annual activity as part of Engineering Week at the Amazeum, Northwest Arkansas' hub for fun, creativity, and discovery through hands-on activities. At the Wonders of Wattage, the grad students guided youngsters through hands-on electrical demonstrations that included making an electric motor, sending an arc of electricity rising between two rods, and completing an electrical circuit that spurred a pair of plastic legs to start kicking.