K-12 Campus Visits

Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science, visit

PMI/PCCM welcomed high school students from the Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science on October 21st, 2024. The students had an in-depth tour of the Micro/Nanofabrication Center, led by MNFC director Dan Woodie, Assoc. director Dr. Zuzanna Lewicka, and Packaging Lab manager Bert Harrop. The students learned about the various instrumentation and processes in the nanofabrication facility. After, the students also had an opportunity to interact with PCCM postdoctoral fellow, Ipsita Das, who works in Sanfeng Wu’s research group and is MNFC user. Ipsita described her research to the students, and then the students talked about the nanotechnology projects that they are currently working on at PRISMS under the direction of their physics teacher, Dr. Taryl Kirk. It was a fun exchange!

 

Edison School District ACES program, visit

On April 12 2024, PCCM, in partnership with Science Outreach,  welcomed 27 middle school students from the Edison School district ACES program to explore engineering and materials science. The students visited the Micro/Nanofabrication Center, where they experienced being in a cleanroom and learned from Dr. Zuzanna Lewicka and Joe Palmer about microfabrication. Led by MAE graduate students from Prof. Aimy Wissa’s research group, the students built and tested their own gliders in the Princeton Robotics Lab. They also learned about surface tension, bubbles and high-speed imaging in Prof. Luc Deike’s research lab. The fun-filled visit concluded with an interactive demonstration about origami engineering with Dr. Tuo Zhao, where the students created their own origami while learning about folding and origami design applied to soft robotics.  

Special thanks to all the Princeton University graduate students, postdocs and staff for leading the interactive demonstrations, especially Megan Mazzatenta, Hannah Wiswell, Dr. Tuo Zhao and Dr. Zuzanna Lewicka. 

 

AIM Academy, visit


On April 22, 2024, PCCM welcomed high school students and teachers from AIM Academy. The students attended short research talks led by PCCM postdoctoral fellow, Tanya Berry (Schoop lab), graduate student Sanjana Kamath (Davidson lab) and postdoctoral researcher Aimane Najmeddine (Moini lab). They learned about magnetic materials, hydrogels and 3D printing cementitious materials! The group also toured our Imaging and Analysis Center.