| Activity | Location | Time | Personnel | Description | Post-event thoughts |
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| Blacksmithing | Forge 4-006 | 10-11:30 | Mike & James ----------- Elissa & Tiffany | The mining and metallurgical roots of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) are still alive in the DMSE Forge. Visit the smithy to watch students and staff hammer, bend, cut, and twist red-hot steel. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. Closed-toe shoes and long pants required; children aged 5 and over are welcome. | Long lines, people snuck in through other door. |
| Casting | Foundry 4-006 | noon-1:30 | Mike & James ----------- Elissa & Tiffany | Course III invites you into the foundry, where silicon bronze MIT medallions are hand-crafted for every Department of Materials Science and Engineering graduate. Witness the casting process first hand and become part of a time-honored tradition. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. Closed-toe shoes and long pants required; children aged 5 and over welcome. | Long lines, people snuck in through other door. |
| Enameling | 4-006 | 1:30-3:00 | Tara ----------- Elissa & Tiffany | Love Lalique? The Department of Materials Science and Engineering welcomes you to view the metalsmithing technique that made the jeweler famous. Enameling involves the process of diffusion, in which vitreous enamels, composed of smelted minerals such as sand, feldspar, borax, and soda ash, as well as transition metals, are bonded to formed and etched copper sheets. The glossy, colorful results will be combined with other metal components to create a site-specific sculpture at MIT. Open to all ages. Children must be accompanied by adults. Please wear closed-toe shoes. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. | Long lines, people snuck in through other door. Full tours, ~200 total in 4-006. |
| Glassblowing | Glass Lab 4-003 | 10-2 | Peter & six glassblowers ------------ Heather & Ryan | Imagine a troupe of six dancers traversing a small space, wielding metal rods with blobs of 2000-degree molten glass on the ends and you will get some sense of what a pumpkin crew is like in the MIT Glass Lab. Production glass blowing is heavily team oriented and carefully coordinated. Visitors will watch two teams of three glass blowers as they create pumpkins for the annual MIT Great Glass Pumpkin Patch. The main funding vehicle for the Glass Lab, the Pumpkin Patch, is an eagerly anticipated event each fall, drawing visitors from all over the country. 20-minute sessions; group size limited to 15. Closed-toe shoes and long pants required; children aged 5 and over welcome. | Lines were long, people didn't want to wear goggles. Full tours, ~250 visitors. |
| Materials Science Fair | LAM 8-102 and UGTL 8-107 | 10-3 | Erica, Brad, Mary Beth (organizers) | Come see exciting experiments and hands-on activities related to materials science and engineering! Students will perform demonstrations, many of which the guests can participate in. Room 8-102 features demos geared toward elementary and early middle school audiences, with activity stations such as “magic” hydrophobic sand, shape memory metal, playing with vacuum, and make-your-own slime! Room 8-107 features demos geared toward late middle and high school age audiences, with activity stations such as make-your-own battery, liquid nitrogen supermagnet, renewable energy materials, and using bubbles to make crystals! Long pants and closed-toe shoes are required in 8-107. | Visitors entered 8-107 through door across from NanoLab, exited through door across from LAM. Crowded rooms, very popular activities. If this event is held again, organize fewer demos. ~2000 guests in 8-107; perhaps ~500 in 8-102. |
| Liquid Nitrogen ice cream | Commons 4-134 | 10-3 | Erica, Brad, Mary Beth (organizers) | Come enjoy some engineered treats! We will be making and serving liquid nitrogen ice cream. We will also be making edible juice and soda gels. Because we will be using liquid nitrogen, long pants and closed-toe shoes are required. | All furniture was moved to UG side and the wall between the center and Grad side was opened. Visitors entered through center door, watched the demo and got the ice cream, left through the Grad door. Served ~1000. |
| 3D Printing | LEM 4-131 | 10-3 | Erica, Brad, Mary Beth (organizers) | Come to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) Lab for Engineering Materials to see 3D printing in action. We will have our 3D printers running, as well as different printed materials to see and handle. Learn about the history of 3D printing at MIT! | Much more popular than expected, at least 500 visitors. |
| Elephant Toothpaste | Killian Court | every hour 11-2 | Brent Keller | Weather permitting, every hour on the hour, come see us make "elephant toothpaste”, an “explosive” chemical reaction making a column of colored foam! | Rescheduled to every half hour. Went well. |
| NanoLab 8-114 | Alan | no activity submitted. have discussed with Alan. | |||
| Lunch | Chipman Room 6-104 | Ryan | lunch for volunteers | ||
| 6-103 | no activity. | ||||
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