Physicist Keith Heyward employed a Van de Graaff generator to provide a hair-raising experience for young science fans.
More than 500 science lovers packed the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on April 11 for the college’s State of the Sciences event.
This celebration of science featured interactive activities for all ages with a focus on the interdisciplinary ways that science plays an important (and fun) role in our everyday lives.
This event was presented by the college in partnership with NC State University Libraries, and generously sponsored by Joseph L. Bridger ’65.
College of Sciences Dean Lewis Owen, a geologist, kicked off the event with a talk about transformative educational experiences in the geosciences.
Jason Painter of The Science House (left) prepared attendees prepared for an exciting game of Drone Soccer.Onlookers cheered on the Drone Soccer participants.
A dancer with NC State’s site-specific dance company, Terrain Dance Project, performs outside the library.
The Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble performed on the first floor.Biologist Caiti Heil (right) helped attendees learn about the microbes that populate their favorite foods and beverages.
Neuroscientists including John Meitzen (left) used a real sample to help attendees learn about the human brain.
Participants in the FIRST Tech Challenge designed robots that competed to complete a common set of tasks.Mathematician Radmila Sazdanovic (center) shows off her Tess-Celestial visualization project, which explores the interplay of art, nature, culture, shape, perspective and math in our everyday lives.
Kids got the chance to peer through a telescope and learn more about the cosmos from the NC State Astronomy Club.
The popular Physics Demonstration Show featured fun and interactive physics activities for all ages.
Attendees played games featuring science in the library’s Gaming and Esports Lab.
