Engineering Explorations (E-Week)
When: MA Public School Vacation Week (Tu-Fr)
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: $100 for full week or $30 a day
What: A variety of hands-on engineering activities, culminating in the Engineering for Everyone Expo. Hosted as part of National Engineers Week at Northeastern.
NOTE: Unfortunately, the 2025 edition of this program will not be running.
Please consider attending the Engineering for Everyone Expo instead.
Applications Open: Jan 1
Applications Close: Feb 1
Who: This program is for students currently in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade only
Eligibility: This program is 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.
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- Karen helps a student design an egg drop device
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- Claire helps students design playing card towers
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- Students explore campus (and “visit” Cy Young Statue)
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- Students show off their homemade slime
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- Hands-on slime making
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- Cup stacking – teambuilding exercise
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- Elephant toothpaste with NEU’s GWISE
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- How tall a paper tower can you build?
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- Slime making with AIChE
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- Campus tour – visiting our very own dinosaur mural
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- Salima helps students build water filters
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- Students visit Tracy Carter’s CommLab
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- Learning about and building tensegrity structures with Hari Parameswaran’s grad students
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- Visiting the Sternad Action Lab and learning about complex object manipulation
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- Designing Earthquake Resistant Buildings at CivE’s Earthquake Lab
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- Making Engineering Mind Maps
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- Viewing robots at ISEC
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- Sternad Action Lab – tracking student movement
