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Many kids and youngsters use technology but do not understand how it works. We are changing this! We support young people in their urge to explore, we create a playful access to complex topics. That is our profession! [Music] HANDS on TECHNOLOGY exists since 2002 we are organizing and managing the educational programs FIRST LEGO…
We have 28 teams from across Washington state trying to model the lunar landing using drones. They built their own lander. I always wanted to be an astronaut and when I heard that our state is doing this I really wanted to do it. So just like in Mission Control when they have problems they…
My love of science grew really as a kid. My mum had a pretty traumatic life and she pretty much raised my sister and I on her own until my step dad came along. We didn’t have a lot so I found joy in animals and reptiles. My first book was Reptiles in Colour by…
both campuses have had a program in ocean engineering for over 40 years. Here the program has been within the civil engineering department, on the Galveston campus it has been under something called Mays program. Three years ago we brought these two pieces together and started a single department which is on two campuses. In…
Hey there and welcome to Life Noggin. When people talk about women in science, their first thought is almost always of Marie Curie, the first female scientist to receive a Nobel Prize in physics and the first scientist to ever receive two Nobel Prizes. She won these thanks to her ground-breaking work studying radiation and…
From housewares, to toys, to high fashion, 3-D printers can be used to make many different things. Printing one layer at a time, 3-D printers use materials like plastics and metals to build intricate and complex objects, such as tools, replacement parts, even prosthetics. In engineering, this type of construction is referred to as additive…
Welcome to the FIRST Robotics Competition and the 2017 game, FIRST STEAMWORKS! Two adventurer clubs – alliances of three teams each prepare for a long distance airship race by collecting fuel to build steam pressure, installing gears to engage rotors, and climbing aboard for lift off! The airship best prepared for flight when the launch…
>>Student: There’s kids and there’s a dog. It is sunny, there is no fog. There is a shadow–>>Narrator: These fifth graders are presenting poems they wrote to acompany the digital photographs they took.>>Student: I’m gonna go online because I’m researching my topic, which is how to say “kite” in different languages.>>Narrator: In this fifth grade…
Aeronautical Engineering is the design, production, testing and maintenance of aircraft, aerospace vehicles and their systems. This includes conventional fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, rockets and spacecraft, as well as drones. With the growth in commercial air and space travel, and the demand for high speed travel on the rise, the opportunity to revolutionise the…
