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Engineering Open House 2008

2008 Registration | List of Exhibits | Directions, Parking, & Lodging | Disability Accommodation | Helpful Tips | Eating Options | Photos

Explore the fascinating world of Engineering at the 2008 Engineering Open House.

Open House programs and maps will be available at the welcome tent in front of Loew Hall. Feel free to download the .pdfs above and make copies or pick up programs/maps at the welcome tent (there will be plenty at the welcome tent).

2008 Exhibitors

 

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Exhibits marked with an (*) are new this year!

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

The Helicity Injected Torus Experiment AERB 401 (6)
The Helicity Injected Torus Experiment is a fusion energy research project, studying steady-state current drive in innovative geometries.

Flight Simulator……………………………………....Guggenheim (21)
A flight simulator lab.

Spacecraft Formation Flying Guggenheim 315 (21)
The exhibit is on distributed spacecraft formation flying and some of the underlying control engineering.

Flow Visualization of a Wing Tip Vortex Guggenheim 104 (21)
This Exhibition demonstrates the flow visualization of the wing tip vortices seen about the ends of wings, which airplanes generate during takeoff and landing.

Coordinated fish robots AERB Lawn (6)
In this exhibit multiple underwater robots will be operated both with remote control and autonomously.

Wonders in Control AERB 101 (6)
Demonstration of a multitude of applications of feedback control in mechanical and aerospace systems.

Water Rockets Rainier Vista (16)
Kids design rockets from 2 liter bottles and then launch them using pressure. Elementary and Middle School Only

Aeronautics and Astronautics Senior Space Design: Lunar South Pole Exploration and Reconnaissance
Guggenheim 2nd Floor (6)
AA421 Senior Space Design Project

Zap Flow Z-Pinch Plasma Experiment AERB 036 (6)
Zap is a basic plasma physics experiment that studies the effect of sheared flows on gross plasma stability.

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

AA Information Booth Guggenheim (21)
An information booth for questions concerning the AA dept., the college of engineering, the open house, directions & also AA t-shirt sales.

Ram Accelerator Direct Space Launcher AERB 026 (6)
Ram accelerator prototype on display showing the fastest ramjet engine in the world! 20 minute tours every half hour

GEARED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL TO ADULT

Kirsten Wind Tunnel Kirsten Wind Tunnel Building (5)
Low Speed Wind Tunnel.
Open Friday and Saturday, but only running during certain periods.

Bioengineering

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

Bioengineering Education Foege 1st Floor Lobby (19)
Overview of programs offered by Department of Bioengineering.

Cell Biology on a Chip Foege 1st Floor Lobby (19)
The Folch Lab will present a variety of microfluidic devices and discuss some of the cell biology problems that you can address with this technology.

How Does Mr. Incredible Do It? Foege (19)
Exploration into how muscles contract at the intracellular level.

High-definition Imaging with Near-infrared Radar
Foege 409C (19)
Visualize the structure below the skin surface with harmless invisible light.

Tubes and Turbidity Foege North 1st Floor (19)
A lighthearted look at some of the serious principles that underlie biomedical devices. Elementary and Middle School Only

*Youth Take Heart Foege 1st Floor (19)
Explore the physiology of the cardiovascular system, related diseases, and bioengineering solutions for heart disease.

* Noninvasive Imaging of Biological Tissues Foege N409C (19)
Use ultrasound to image organs deep inside tissue and use high intensity ultrasound for tumor treatment.

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

Engineered Biomaterials Foege 1st Floor Lobby (19)
Biomaterials are engineered body parts that heal by exploiting nature's own mechanisms and help regenerate new tissue and defend against infections.

Microfluidics for Diagnostics in Global Health Foege (19)
Demonstrations of fluid manipulation in microchannels pertaining to detection of domestic and global disease diagnostics.

Ultrasound Imaging and Image-guided Therapeutic Ultrasound
Foege N251D (19)
Use ultrasound imaging system to image tissue that we can not see and use high intensity ultrasound for tumor treatment.

Chemical Engineering

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

Egg Drop Contest Benson Hall Patio (18)
How many pieces of paper does it take to protect an egg from a 10-ft. fall? Try out your own design skills, and see for yourself. Elementary and Middle School Only

Walk on Water Benson Hall Patio (18)
You probably know the difference between solids and liquids. But did you know some materials are both?

Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Benson Hall Patio (18)
Learn about cryogenics, the study of what happens to things when they get. REALLY COLD (and enjoy a taste of it!).
Elementary and Middle School Only

Silly Putty Benson Hall Patio (18)
Polymers and Plastics are everywhere. Learn more about them, and take a crack at making your own silly putty.
Elementary and Middle School Only

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

Nanoscience on the Tip Benson Hall (18)
See how easy it is to look at things that are more than 1,000 times smaller than your hair is thick. Learn about Atomic Force Microscopy.

Engin-earrings Benson Hall (18)
Learn more abut electrochemistry - and see how it can be used to make colorful "anodized" titanium jewelry (that you can take home with you).

What is Chemical Engineering Benson Hall (18)
Find out more about the Chemical Engineering profession from faculty and students.

Glow of Nature Benson Hall (18)
Learn a bit about how bacteria work, and see first hand how sea bacteria use bioluminescence to help fish see in the dark.

Creativity and Innovation Benson Hall (18)
What does it take to invent something? Let Professor Allan show you that you already know how!

*Tomorrow’s Light Bulbs………………………Benson Hall (18)
Learn about how organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) may one day become tomorrow's super-efficient light bulbs.
Chemical Engineering

Civil and Environmental Engineering

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

Daphnia:
The Lake’s best friend-a natural environmental engineer. More Hall (13) The role Daphnia play in maintaining lake water quality.

STAR Lab Demo: Traffic Operation Simulation. More Hall (13)
Demonstrate the general traffic system operations using VISSIM simulation tool.

*Water Treatment Techniques More Hall (13)
Do you know how clean water comes to our home? Come and experience advanced techniques to produce clean and safe water!

* Fluid Mechanics Room Harris Hydraulics Lab or More Hall
See how waves travel over mountains and how sediment moves around bridges.

Mag Lev Cars More Hall 225 (13)
Students build a small car from Styrofoam and run it on a special track to demonstrate magnetic levitation.

Transportation Jeopardy More Hall 219 (13)
Enjoy answering transportation questions in the format of the game show Jeopardy!

STAR Lab Demo: Jumping Car (Speed and Slope)… More Hall (13)
Participants control remote control cars to jump for longest distance.

Radar Gun Race More Hall Lawn (13)
Measure speed of runners using radar guns. Participants run side by side along set path with start/finish lines, approximately 40 feet.

Water Resources Relay More Hall Lawn (13)
Do you know how water gets distributed by water resource managers? Run relay races to allocate water to fish, people, and farms using your head!

*STAR Lab Demo:
Advanced Driver Assistance System More Hall Lawn (13)
This exhibit will explain algorithm and function of lane departure warning systems using video that is recorded in real road environment.

Riding the Earth Quake More 039(13)
Experience simulated earthquake ground motion by riding the shake table.

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

Global Warming Impacts to Mountain Watersheds…..More (13)
Hands-on demonstrations of the effects of global warming on snowpack and river flow in mountain watersheds in the WA Cascades.

Timber Column Design/Build Competition ……More 042 (13)
Participants will build the cheapest ten foot timber column to withstand 10,000 lbs load.

Interactive Online Urban Traveler Information System… More 220 (13)
Learn how you can use any computer with an internet connection to access real-time traffic information to avoid gridlock in city areas.

GEARED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL TO ADULT

Automated Video Detection More Hall (13)
Automatic video detection of pedestrians/vehicles is demonstrated using a laptop and taped or live footage with computer vision technique.

Computer Science and Engineering

All exhibits in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering will close at 2:00 p,m. Friday and Saturday (10)

GEARED TOWARDS: ELEM. TO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Computing Puzzles & Games

………………………...Paul G. Allen Center for CSE Microsoft Atrium (10)
How do computers store information and images? And how do they know what to do? The answers are surprisingly simple and fun!
Elementary only

Multi-player Soccer
………………………..Paul G. Allen Center for CSE – Microsoft Atrium10)
This high-tech soccer match combines motion sensing and cell-phone technologies via wireless controllers (think homemade and more versatile versions of Nintendo’s Wii). With new technology and new rules, this is a soccer match you just have to see!

Lego Mindstorm Robots
………………………Paul G. Allen Center for CSE - Room 203 (10)
Have you ever seen a robot built out of Lego’s? Come visit ours to see how a little creativity combined with basic programming concepts can create a robot that moves and reacts to its environment.

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

Robotics Capstone: The Autonomous Slot Car Challenge!
.........................Paul G. Allen Center for CSE – Room 407 (10)
Come check out our Robotics Capstone project! Students are working to develop a computer system to control slot cars better than a human. The computer might not be up to the challenge quite yet, but come see how the computer tracks the cars you control!

RFID Eco-System Paul G. Allen Center for CSE - 2nd floor (10)
We're tracking your every move! Test out RFID technology and the ways it is implemented into every day life.

3-D Photo Slideshow Demo
....................Paul G. Allen Center for CSE – Microsoft Atrium (10)
Did you know that it's possible to make your slideshow photos "come to life" in 3-D? Come see how to turn a traditional slideshow into a rich visual experience in this interactive demo.

Recording Body Movement: 3-D Motion Capture............................... ......................Paul G. Allen Center for CSE…. Mo-Cap Lab 014 (10)
Learn the secret behind computer-generated movie characters & how your favorite athletes come to life in video games. “Mo-cap” makes it all possible! Try having your movements tracked & recorded in this interactive demo.

The Allen Center from the Ground Up (and Down!)
Paul G. Allen Center for CSE - Microsoft Atrium (10)
CSE student tour guides show you what makes this world-class facility for computing education unique. From the basement labs to the sweeping views of Lake Washington, it isn’t all just clicks and mortar!. Tours run every 1/2 hour from 10-1:30.

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

Computer Programming with the Data Factory
Paul G. Allen Center for CSE - Atrium (10)
Visual programming is a graphical alternative to coding with text. The "Data Factory" is a visual programming environment in which a user can explore the "factory metaphor" for expressing computation. See loops, streams, and parallelism in action. 12:00 to 2: 00 Friday and Saturday

Computing in the Real World
…………………… …Paul G. Allen Center for CSE Microsoft Atrium (10)
Do you wonder what computer scientists do on a daily basis? Check out some videos featuring CSE students, alumni, and faculty as they share how their various passions drew them to computing and why they love what they do.

Heroines of Computing
Paul G. Allen Center for CSE Microsoft Atrium (10)
What do the first computer programmer, the first computing textbook author, and the inventors of computerized phone switching and the compiler have in common? They were all women! Will you—or someone you know-- be the next heroine of computing?

Electrical Engineering

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

EE Laser Tag EE 403 (11)
Learn about Electrical Engineering by seeing the circuits involved in a laser tag system, and then try them out!
(Elementary and Middle School only)

Believing is more than Seeing:
Sensors in Environmental Health EE 159 (11)
Do you believe that clear water is good water? Colorful fruit is good produce? Ah, the eye can be deceiving. Come see how sensors can help us tell the truth about food, water, air, soil exposure and the complex saga of environmental health!

Energy harvesting for low-power electronics EE Bldg. (11)
Human body mounted energy harvesting system incorporating both thermoelectric and solar energy to power a blinking LED.

Self-Organizing Systems Lab EE 359 (11)
Participants experience the phenomena of self-organization through a hands-on demonstration.

High Voltage Apparatus from the Past .EE lower basement (10)
High voltage apparatus, including a van de Graff generator, Tesla coil, Jacobs ladder, Thomson coil, and Wimshurst machine will be demonstrated.

Glowing Pickles (Friday only) …………....EE1Upper Basement (10)
Have you seen a Pickle plugged in? Which pickles Glow the Best? Join us to Find Out Why and How they Glow!

Fabulous E-Potato Heads EE1 2nd Floor Atrium (11)
Make a Potato Head Extraordinaire with a wide range of electronic components: eyes, ears, hair: perhaps even some body parts from another planet!

What is it? What could it be? EE Atrium(11)
Can you identify an object by the way it feels? By the way it smells? By the way it looks? Find out how well you can do!

*The Vocal Joystick: EE B306/B406 (11)
1) The vocal joystick: Control a robot with your voice; 2) The vocal joystick; play games with your voice.

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

Radar Remote Sensing Laboratory Sieg 433 (4)
Professor and students will display and describe passive radar for remote sensing of the upper atmosphere.

The Sparky World of Electrical Engineering
……….…………………………………………….. EE1 2nd Floor Atrium (11)
Learn all about the latest exciting research in EE at UW!

Industrial Engineering

GEARED TOWARDS ELEM. TO MIDDLE SCHOOL

* Lego Lab Mary Gates (12)
Investigate the concepts of resource allocation and management science by deciding what Lego furniture to build to make the most money.

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

Industrial Engineering Education Mary Gates (12)
What is Industrial Engineering? Find the answer to this question and more!

How Sweet It Is Mary Gates (12)
Learn about probability and statistics with M&Ms. How many red ones are in your sample?

The Learning Curve Mary Gates (12)
Explore the concept of the learning curve by completing puzzles that will demonstrate how your performance improves with experience.

High-Stakes Routing for Humanitarian Relief Mary Gates (12)
Delivering critical supplies is an important function of the humanitarian relief mission. Can you determine the shortest route to deliver emergency services?

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

Industrial Engineering Education Mary Gates (12)
What is Industrial Engineering? Find the answer to this question and more!

Materials Science and Engineering

GEARED TOWARDS: ELEM. TO MIDDLE SCHOOL

Optics in Materials Mueller 168 (14)
See how light behaves in materials, including glass and JELL-O.
Elementary and Middle School Only

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

Electron Microscopy Roberts 140 (15)
Principle and applications of scanning electron microscopy.

*Concepts of Stress and Strain Mueller 176 (14)
What is stronger, ceramic or metal?

Peltier Cooler Mueller 170 (14)
Is it a heater or a refrigerator? See a demonstration of a practical
application of semi-conductors.

Slip Casting Away Mueller 165 (14)
Slip casting, a common technique for making ceramics, will be demonstrated in this exhibit. Visitors are encouraged to participate.

*Composite Materials Mueller Courtyard
Learn about composite materials and how you use them every day.

Organic Electronic and Photonic Materials Mueller Hall (14)
Come learn about organic photonic and electronic materials!

Solar power Mueller Hall (14)
Learn about how solar cells work and how you can help the environment. Make your own solar cells using raspberries.

Effects of Hot & Cold on Materials Mueller 168 (14)
See the effects of very hot and very cold on materials from space shuttle tile to racquet balls and marshmallows.

Magnetic Materials and Magnetism Mueller 154 (14)
Let people learn and enjoy the magnetism in our daily life.

Piezoelectric Materials Mueller 107 (14)
The bridge between electrical and mechanical signals is explored through demonstrations and hands on activities.

Solar Cells Mueller Courtyard (14)
Solar cells turn sunlight into electricity.

Stump the Professor Mueller Hall Lobby (14)
Stump our professors with any Materials Science and Engineering questions and win a prize!

Superconductors Roberts 100 (15)
Find out how these unusual materials are made and why they act like they do. See them levitate.

Thermo-Reversible Gel Mueller 155 (14)
Thermo-reversible gels can be used in tissue engineering.

GEARED TOWARDS HIGH SCHOOL TO ADULT

The Materials Science of Joint Replacement Mueller 155 (14)
Do you know anyone who has had a joint replacement surgery? See an actual hip replacement part and learn about the materials involved.

MSE Lecture Series Mueller 153 (14)
Learn about research being conducted within the Materials Science and Engineering field.

Mechanical Engineering

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

* Fuel Cells: From Design to Recycling…… ……….Out side MEB
This exhibit will track fuel cells from component design through stack manufacturing, use, and opportunities for recycling.

*Electronics recycling: hidden hazards and opportunities
Next to MEB (7)
Learn what is inside the electronics you throw away: what is toxic or a mystery, what should be changed, and can be used for making new products.

Microcellular Plastics Lab MEB 129 (14)
Microcellular plastic foam is plastic that has been specially foamed so as to created micro-pores or cells.

UW Formula SAE MEB South Courtyard (7)
Every year UW students build a race car to compete with schools from all over the world. See what it takes to design, build, and race among the best.

Polymer Optics and Processing Lab MEB G27 (7)
Ever wonder how email and phone calls are transmitted so quickly? Here is your chance to make some optical fibers you can take home with you.

ENGR 100 Rube Goldberg Machines .Integrated Learning Factory (8)
Arrays of interesting and fun Rube Goldberg machine projects done by pre-engineering students.

Student Manufacturing Projects EGA 116 Instructional Shops (9)
A collection of various student manufacturing projects from ME 355, including 3 different Stirling Cycle engines, mini-lathes, and other projects.

Human Powered Submarine MEB South Courtyard (7)
Come check out the Human Powered Submarine Race hulls. A poster board and visual examples like parts and the submarine itself.

Kenworth Trucking Company (Friday) MEB South Courtyard (7)
Climb into a large truck and ask questions to a Kenworth Engineer.

LIFESUIT Exoskeleton:
Semi Autonomous Powered Reciprocating Gait Orthosis
Engineering Annex Ground Floor (9)
Robotic Suit demonstration, static and live. Poster. A video running on a laptop a power point slide show running on another. Students will demo.

Mechanical Testing Lab MEB 127 (7)
Learn about test methods for determining the strength of materials and structures. See if you can predict which structures can take the highest load.

Intelligent Materials MEB 134 (7)
Come see shape memory metal, color changing windows, and material that can harvest energy.

Simple Robots MEB Front Lobby 114 (7)
Student projects show how to control smart materials and get them to move objects.

How They Work: Mechanics of Hard Disk Drives MEB 114 (7)
Introduce to the mechanics of hard disk drives and demonstrate the actual drives and related information.

Manufacturing Science & Technology Lab
Engineering Annex room 129 (7)
We will be displaying illustrations/posters of manufacturing technologies, as well as giving tours of our machining and test equipment.

Renewable Energy Systems MEB South Courtyard (7)
Photo voltaic panel and mirrored collector are displayed and demonstrated. Biofuels and tidal energy systems are shown on a video display.

Solheim Rapid Prototyping / Manufacturing MEB G41 (7)
This exhibit will present various rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing technologies used in the creation of object prototypes.

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

*Micro Technology Laboratory Integrated Learning Factory (8)
Come see graduate and undergraduate research projects on micro sensors and actuators. (Geared toward High school and above)

Paper Science & Engineering

* Papermaking with Non-Wood Fibers Bloedel 14 (17)
The Pilot Paper machine at the UW will be making copy paper using a variety of natural non-wood pulp fibers. Let’s put away the myth that paper is made from trees! (Geared Towards All)

Technical Communication

GEARED TOWARDS ALL: ELEMENTARY TO ADULT

DO-IT Adaptive Technologies Showcase Loew Basement (1)
See and try out cool adaptive technology that helps people with disabilities use computers. Elementary and Middle School Only

Language / Conversation Partner–Multimedia Loew Basement (1)
Multimedia Tool for Language Learning

Interactive Communication Loew Basement (1)
See the importance of clear communication

Weaving the Web Loew Basement (1)
Explore websites created by students, including a hip-hop site that lets you be your own DJ!

Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities
(DO-IT) Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology
…………………………………………. Loew basement (TC Lab) (1)
Display of technology used by people with different kinds of disabilities Assistive Technology for People with Disabilities

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

About Technical Communication Loew Hall Basement (1)
Technical Communication and what do technical communicators do? Come find out in this exhibit!

Mobile User Experience Loew Hall Basement (1)
Showcasing our research into theories and practices affecting the user experience on mobile devices.

Engineering Library

Exploring the "Grand Challenges for Engineering" of the Past and Future Engineering Library entrance area (2)
A poster display explores the challenges for the next century of engineers. A video from the Building Big series illustrates some of the engineering challenges of the past. (Geared Towards All)

Mathematics, Engineering, Science, Achievement (MESA)

GEARED TOWARDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Pasta Genetics (MESA) Sieg Hall 127 (4)
Pasta Genetics for elementary students

Student Programs, Societies, Corporate Sponsors & Community Organizations

Mary Gates Hall Commons (11)

GEARED TOWARDS MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULT

• Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT)
• EDGE Program  Graduate Distance Learning (Friday Only)
• Engineering Advising & Diversity Center (Emerging Leaders)
• Museum of Flight
• National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
• National Science Decathlon (Community Organization)
• Phi Sigma Rho: Engineering Sorority (PSR)
• Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC)
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• UW Admissions/Office of Minority Affairs (Saturday only)

Engineering Advising & Diversity Center, 301 Loew Hall, 206-543-1770, eadc@u.washington.edu