Engineering Explorations

When: February 20-23, 2024 (MA Public School Vacation Week)
Time: 9:00 a. m. – 3:30 p.m.
Student drop-off: 8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Student pick-up: 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cost: $50
What: A variety of hands-on engineering activities, culminating in the Engineering for Everyone Expo
Applications Open: January 2025
Applications Close: program is filled, sorry!
Who: This program is for students currently in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade only
Eligibility: This program is intended for children of Northeastern Affiliates (Faculty, Staff, Students, etc.) and for siblings of alumni of our various programs. Please be aware that the program each year is very similar, so we do not accept repeat students/program alumni.

February 2023 – Pictures

February 2020 – Pictures

Colin teaches about Engineering inventions and their timeline
Salima introduces the Egg Drop Activity by teaching about Brain Injuries
Visiting a Chemical Engineering lab with Tracy Carter
Learning about and building tensegrity structures with Hari Parameswaran's grad students
Visiting the Sternad Action Lab and learning about complex object manipulation
Aleksei demonstrating how a whip makes sound
Visiting the Exercise Science Lab with Professor Li
NU student organization AIChE teaching about chemical processes
Ugurcan, in the Earthquake Lab, teaching about frequency
Students design an Earthquake-resistant K-NEX structure
Students design an Earthquake-resistant K-NEX structure
Students design an Earthquake-resistant K-NEX structure
Students design an Earthquake-resistant K-NEX structure
K-NEX structures before testing/being destroyed
Professor Myers teaching about wind energy
Testing students' Wind Turbine designs
Final day - students create Mind Maps about Engineering
Students visit the First Year Engineering Learning Center
Industrial Engineering activity - assembly line vs. individual assembly
Industrial Engineering activity - assembly line vs. individual assembly