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Automating Life Around You
Automation and Control Engineering

 

Today’s industries use robotics, sensors, and other moving component such as motors to complete mundane, unsafe task repeatedly with low fatigue. This activity will teach you the importance of robotics, the different types and uses, and how to program a robotic arm to complete task
Workshop sponsored by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Bridge Busters
Engineering Technology

 

Design the strongest and most creative, bridge you can in the allotted time and with limited materials. Then bust it down!
Workshop sponsored by Females in Technology

Bottle Car Challenge
Engineering Technology

 

Are you interested in a challenge? In this workshop you will be creating a car out of several materials including a balloon and water bottle. In a group of 3 or 4 students you will create a car that is able to move with the materials provided. You will be given a certain amount of time to make the model and at the end of the session we will have a race to determine who created the best car that is able to move the farthest.
Workshop sponsored by Females in Technology

Design Interaction
Interior Architecture Design

 

Do you ever walk into your house and wonder why the rooms are located where they are? What about the rooms inside of a larger building? They are not just placed there at random; there is an organizational system that helps in determining where they need to go. For this workshop, you will explore the skills it takes to become an interior designer. The goal is to be as creative as possible!
Workshop sponsored by Interior Designers Embrace Amplification (IDEA)

Dream it, Build it
Mechanical Engineering Technology

 

Learn how today's’ engineers, designers, and modeling artists use computer aided technologies to create and build anything with three dimensions of size. This activity uses the most recent 3D computer aided design modeling software, CREO Pro-Engineer to construct three dimensional parts, assemble multiple parts to form into one component, and test the strength or flexibility of the individual parts.
Workshop sponsored by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Flight 171 Cleared for Takeoff
Aviation

 

Students will be given a brief introduction to the world of flight. They will be able to practice takeoff, flying, and landing in an ISU flight simulator. Students waiting for their turn in the simulator will have the chance to learn the basics of aerodynamics and flying
Workshop sponsored by Women in Aviation

Here Comes the Baby! Push!
Health Technology

 

Did you know that a robot could give birth? Participants in this workshop will get hands on experience with the technology for healthcare simulation. From giving birth to suffering a cardiac arrest, human patient simulators can do it all! Students will get to run their software, see their 'guts', and use them in action!
Workshop sponsored by Rural Health Innovation Collaborative (RHIC) simulation center

Make or Break
Packaging Engineering Technology

 

Your team is to design, build, present, and test an contraption while using the fewest materials as possible that will safely protect a fragile egg from getting scrambled when it hits the ground
Workshop sponsored by State Pack

Marshmallow Challenge!
Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology

 

Take the Marshmallow Challenge! This challenge involves the how to foster the power of innovation, collaboration, teamwork, design and emerging technologies. There will be surprising lessons to learn when teams compare performances! If adventure and fun are on your “bucket list” this is the workshop for you!
Workshop sponsored by Females in Technology

Motivational Team Building
Human Resources Development

 

Have you ever wanted to be a leader? In this activity, you will learn as a future HR leader, we must know how to communicate and motivate in a group of peers.
Workshop sponsored by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

There’s An App For That
Information Technology

 

How often have you heard "there's an app for that"? All it takes is an idea to start an app. In this workshop you will learn the basics for an easy way to create an Android app. So join us in a fun and easy way to build apps and bring your android device. If you do not have access to an Android device, some devices will be provided, but you will potentially have to share with others.
Workshop sponsored by Sycamore Technologists

Wind Tunnel Aerodynamic Challenge
Automotive Engineering Technology

 

Join the ISU Eco-marathon Team in designing an aerodynamically efficient vehicle, carving the vehicle out of foam, and then testing the vehicle in an actual wind tunnel! Learn about aerodynamics, drag, lift, and vehicle efficiency.
Workshop sponsored by Eco-marathon team