Engineering Open House 2007

Apr 7, 2007 by Grant Pitel    No Comments    Posted under: Main, Personal, Technology

Engineering open house is an annual event hosted by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Each engineering school constructs booths that educate the public (mostly children and their parents) about specific engineering topics.

This year I was heavily involved in organizing and creating new exhibits for the Power and Energy Group in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Special thanks to Brian Raczkowski for organizing and updating exhibits, the 2007 ECE431 class for attending booths, and to the IEEE and Grainger Center for funding.

Below are brief videos of each exhibit. I apologize if you are not acknowledged for your exhibit, many items have unknown histories. Please email or leave a comment if this is the case.

ROBOTIC ETCH A SKETCH
Nathanial Hakes, Jason Wells

LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR
Jason Wells

TIN CAN INDUCTION MOTOR

HUMAN POWER
Grant Pitel

SPEAKER STROBOSCOPE PWM AMPLIFER
Rob Balog

EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
Zeb Tate

DIROD ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR

FLOATING FRYING PAN

MAGNETIC RING CANNON

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