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Crack the case with Reed Smart: AI Detective
Join Detective Reed Smart to investigate curious cases of AI misuse in this mystery from Minecraft Education! Analyze deepfakes, spot AI-generated content, and learn how AI works as you follow clues and scrutinize evidence across three cases. Build AI and information literacy skills that will help you get wise and stay cautious of online information. Ready to become a gumshoe?
Workshop Information & Entry Instructions:
Tickets are required for entry. Please pick up your tickets at the Xbox tent on Guggenheim Lawn.
This workshop is designed for middle school students and is expected to fill up quickly.
Each session has limited capacity and runs for 45 minutes.
Location & Line-Up Instructions:
The exhibit takes place in the IEB.
Please line up in the portal area outside the building and have your tickets ready for entry.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Affiliated Program
MakeCode: Code your own Platformer Game!
Love playing video games? What if you could make your own? In this hands-on workshop, you’ll use Microsoft MakeCode Arcade to design and build your very own platformer game! Create your own character, design a cool background, and add music and sound effects to make your game unique. By the end, you’ll have a game you can play on your phone and share with friends and family! No previous coding experience required.
Workshop Information & Entry Instructions:
Tickets are required for entry. Please pick up your tickets at the Xbox tent on Guggenheim Lawn.
This workshop is designed for middle school students and is expected to fill up quickly.
Each session has limited capacity and runs for 45 minutes.
Location & Line-Up Instructions:
The exhibit takes place in the IEB.
Please line up in the portal area outside the building and have your tickets ready for entry.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Affiliated Program
Xbox Game Lab: Play & Meet the Pros
Sign up to explore the Xbox Game Room! Play Minecraft with friends, meet real Xbox employees, and learn what it’s like to work in the game industry. Discover how games are made and find out how you can become a future game creator through the Xbox Game Camp program!
Workshop Information & Entry Instructions:
Tickets are required for entry. Please pick up your tickets at the Xbox tent on Guggenheim Lawn.
This workshop is expected to fill up quickly.
Each session has limited capacity and runs for 30 minutes.
Location & Line-Up Instructions:
The exhibit takes place in the IEB.
Please line up in the entrance of the IEB and have your tickets ready for entry.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Affiliated Program
Engineering Sustainability
See how projects around the Seattle campus incorporate sustainability in building and construction, energy efficiency, commuting and transportation, and food waste. Learn more about degree and certificate programs currently offered by the College of Engineering.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Affiliated Program
Electrical Truck Discovery
Join the E-Truck team for a tour and see a class 7 truck. Explore how we use CANanalyzer and other software to power a fan.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Mechanical Engineering
Biomechanics Assemble! From Exoskeletons to Cytoskeletons
Learn how we use biomechanics to improve health and well-being by studying movement and forces in humans and cells.
Exhibit located in the Mechanical Engineering Building, room 127. To access, please use the North entrance of the ME building and follow signs to exhibit.
Health and medicine
Mechanical Engineering
Measuring Underwater Noise
Try hands-on activities to explore how engineers measure underwater noise near wave energy systems, and discover how sound can be visualized.
Exhibit located in the Mechanical Engineering Building, room G21. To access, please use the North entrance of the ME building and follow signs to exhibit.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Mechanical Engineering
Robotic Systems for Real-World Challenges
Come to the BARC to see robots of various shapes and sizes! You'll learn how they 'see' the world, understand their position in space, and interact with the objects around them.
Exhibit located in the Mechanical Engineering Building, room 031. To access, please use the North entrance of the ME building and follow signs to exhibit.
Machine learning
Robotics and manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Energy Materials: Build a Battery
Build your own battery with coins and washers! Stack materials to power a light and learn how engineers turn chemical energy into electricity.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Materials Science & Engineering
Hot and Cold: Materials Handling Heat
Feel the heat… or not! Touch one side while the other gets super hot, then see frozen balls shatter. Explore how materials handle extreme hot and cold.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Materials Science & Engineering
Let's Break Something: How Engineers Measure Strength
Pick a sample and watch it stretch and snap while learning how engineers measure strength and how materials fail.
Exhibit located in the Materials Science & Engineering Building, room 165.
Robotics and manufacturing
Materials Science & Engineering
Magnetic Magic: Floating Magnets with Superconductors
Watch a magnet float in midair! Discover how special materials called superconductors can make magnets levitate when cooled to super low temperatures.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Materials Science & Engineering
Make Your Own Silly Putty
Mix, stretch, and squish your own silly putty! Discover how polymers form stretchy chains turn liquid glue into a bouncy solid you can play with.
Robotics and manufacturing
Materials Science & Engineering
Material Mischief
Discover how materials change when they’re pushed, stress and manipulated! Watch what happens when they’re frozen with liquid nitrogen or heated with a torch.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Materials Science & Engineering
Materials in Music
Learn how different materials are used in musical instruments to affect sound. See and interact with examples, including ancient flutes recreated using modern 3D printing.
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Materials Science & Engineering
Materials Science Welcome Booth: Make a Glowing Bracelet
Discover materials science! Make a glowing bracelet and learn how engineers design materials with cool properties like light and color.
Community advancement
Materials Science & Engineering
Nanomaterials in Medicine
See tiny particles made by a robot! Learn how nanomaterials carry medicine through the body and how engineers design them to deliver drugs where they’re needed.
Exhibit located in the Materials Science & Engineering Building lobby.
Health and medicine
Materials Science & Engineering
SEM Jeopardy
Can you guess the mystery object? Check out super-zoomed images and explore how materials look at the microscopic scale!
Computing, data and digital technologies
Materials Science & Engineering
3D-Printed Reactors: Cleaning Dirty Water with Science
See how we use 3D-printed reactors to remove toxic metals like arsenic from landfill water, turning polluted water into safer water using chemistry and engineering.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Bridge Building
Build a popsicle-stick bridge, see our new 1:500 scale model of the UW campus, and explore basic engineering concepts in a fun, hands-on way. Refresh yourself with Ice Pops and bring home a free 3D-printed giveaway!
Community advancement
Machine learning
Bioengineering
Build and Launch Water Rockets
Join members of the UW's Society for Advanced Rocket Propulsion to fly water rockets, and examine real rocket engines and flight hardware!
Air and space
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Build and Test a Spaghetti Marshmallow Tower
Explore structural engineering and design by building a skyscraper out of spaghetti and marshmallows, then testing it on a shake table.
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Can Concrete Float?
Watch live concrete mix demonstrations and discover how we design and build our canoes.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Clap Your Way to a Healthy Heartbeat
Learn how your heart uses electrical signals to squeeze and push blood through your body.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Health and medicine
Bioengineering
Coloring Outside the Lines: Bioengineering and Design
See how different life experiences help people find new ways to solve health problems.
Health and medicine
Machine learning
Bioengineering
Design and Build Suspended Footbridges
Explore the world of bridge-building! Grab a construction kit, put your engineering skills to work, and test your bridge to win some awesome prizes.
Community advancement
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Designing With Dirt
Explore geotechnical engineering with experiments that shake and surprise! Discover how engineers keep things standing during quakes, and build a wall out of dirt that you can stand on.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Engineering Access to Healthcare
Check out how we are improving healthcare accessibility with some prototypes from our project teams.
Community advancement
Health and medicine
Bioengineering
Engineering Solutions with Engineers Without Borders
Discover how engineering can make a difference around the world through fun, hands-on activities with EWB.
Community advancement
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Experiments and Modeling of Plasma and Fusion
Control plasma with your finger and learn to make your own using a microwave, and explore how imploding forces are used to ignite fusion.
Air and space
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Aeronautics & Astronautics
GEMS Lab Exhibition
Explore and interact with hinges for space, novel methods for solar tracking, 3D printing, and other projects.
Air and space
Computing, data and digital technologies
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Husky Flying Club
Explore a showcase of our recent engineering projects, including work in drone technology, aircraft manufacturing, and flight simulation.
Air and space
Robotics and manufacturing
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Learn to Fly: Flight Simulator
Take the controls in Design, Build, Fly's flight simulator, where you can design your own high-flying hoop glider and check out our team’s competition aircraft.
Air and space
Robotics and manufacturing
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Lock-Exchange Experiment
See how saltwater and freshwater interact using a small tank, salt, and food coloring.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Civil & Environmental Engineering
LOST & FOUND: Space Navigation
Explore the satellite world of Husky Satellite Lab with a live demo of our space navigation system LOST & FOUND, then build your own paper CubeSat inspired by real HSL missions.
Air and space
Computing, data and digital technologies
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Measuring Snow in the Mountains
Learn how measuring mountain snow helps with water planning and climate research. Then measure snow temperature and water equivalent yourself!
Computing, data and digital technologies
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Microfluidic Extravaganza
Join the race—be the first to trigger a reaction and win a prize!
Health and medicine
Bioengineering
Mucus and Poop: The Dynamic Duo
Race with your friends to discover how mucus helps your digestive system move poop through your intestines!
Health and medicine
Bioengineering
Ozone and Photochemistry: Contaminants in the Environment
See how ozone and light can change pollution in different ways using color-changing reactions in water and on surfaces.
Climate change
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Pack for Space
Calling Future Astronauts! Imagine packing for an adventure in space - what would you bring? What stays behind? Explore with our Space Grant team.
Air and space
Affiliated Program
Robotics, Aerospace and Information Networks
See how the research projects in the Robotics, Aerospace and Information Networks Laboratory explore autonomy and coordination for aerospace and robotic vehicles.
Air and space
Robotics and manufacturing
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Robots + Humans Working Together
Learn how we make human–robot teamwork more seamless and safe.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Robotics and manufacturing
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Rush Hour: Traffic Jam Challenge
Learn critical thinking and problem solving through the game Rush Hour©. Get the red car out of the traffic jam, and learn about our summer transportation camps.
Community advancement
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Sensing and Maneuvering for Spacecraft Docking
Interact with a robotic system demonstrating satellite sending with AprilTags and maneuvering for docking. Experience the difference between joystick-driven docking and autonomous docking.
Air and space
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Spaghetti Marshmallow Bridge
Build a spaghetti and marshmallow bridge, then test how much weight it can hold. Can your structure support the load?
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
The Medicine Mystery Gang for Drug Discovery and Development
Learn how we investigate DNA mutations with hands-on models and design unique medicine based on genetic discoveries. Real science, sweet results!
Computing, data and digital technologies
Health and medicine
Bioengineering
Ultrasound and Neural Engineering
Explore live demonstrations of ultrasound and neural engineering, and discover how bioengineering is applied to improve lives. Learn more about bioengineering and BMES at the UW!
Health and medicine
Bioengineering
What Happens When Science Gets Too Small to See?
Step into the nano world! Use beads to build your own nanoparticle bracelet and learn how tiny particles can find diseases, carry medicine, and help doctors treat illness.
Community advancement
Health and medicine
Bioengineering
WiseMind: The AI Chatbot That Learns Before It Answers
Dive deep into an AI system! With our hands-on activity, learn how the WiseMind platform uses clues to search for information and build better answers.
Health and medicine
Machine learning
Bioengineering
Would You Drink This?
Take a closer look at the water around you! See how scientists test water quality and design ways to make it safe to drink. Explore real agar plates showing bacteria, try filtering water, and spin a wheel to learn how daily choices affect water use. You might be surprised by what’s in water that looks clean—and how engineering can help.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Air Vortex Cannons: Momentum in Action
Explore how moving air carries energy using air vortex cannons. Build your own mini cannons, knock down cup towers, and see how making them bigger makes the air blasts even stronger!
Air and space
Chemical Engineering
Charged Up: The Power of Electrochemistry
Watch titanium change color with electricity! As voltage increases, a thin oxide layer grows, creating rainbow colors through light interference.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Chemical Engineering
Cyanotype Magic: Using the Sun to Make Art
Learn how scientists use UV light to power computers by using the sun to make art prints.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Chemical Engineering
Electrochemical Engin-earring
Join the UW's Electrochemical Society Student Chapter to see how electrochemistry turns dull titanium metal into colorful earrings you can take home.
Climate change
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Chemical Engineering
Instant Snow from Super-Absorbent Polymers
Discover super-absorbent polymers that soak up huge amounts of liquid for their size, and use them to make synthetic snow.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Health and medicine
Chemical Engineering
Microscopic Marvels and Everyday Engineering
Dive deep and view the world differently! Interact with multiple-sized microscopes to do "everyday chemistry" activities.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Health and medicine
Chemical Engineering
Paper Chromatography
Discover how chromatography is used to separate mixtures into their components: in marker ink and in plastic recycling research.
Climate change
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Chemical Engineering
Particle Patrol: Battling Brain Barriers
Learn about the barriers medicine encounters on its way to the brain and design your own particle to deliver medicine.
Health and medicine
Chemical Engineering
Walk on Water!
Come walk, run, and jump on water and explore the mysteries of non-Newtonian fluids.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Chemical Engineering
DIY Ice Cream
Learn to make your own ice cream!
Community advancement
Affiliated Program
Engineering with Otis: How the World Moves
Join Otis, a global leader for elevators and escalators, for a hands-on engineering experience. Explore mini elevator models to see what makes them speed up, slow down, and move safely. Meet President of Otis Americas and UW alum, Joe Armas, and learn how engineers help shape the world’s cities.
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
Robot Fight in Action
Watch some of ARUW's 8 unique robots fight in a live demo and see university-level robotics in action.
Robotics and manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
All Lit Up! How Light, Energy, & Matter Interact
Learn about the properties of light, and how scientists use light as a tool to understand our world. Join IMOD to make LEDs and create your own light-reactive piece of art.
Community advancement
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Autonomous Drones with Washington Aerial Robotics
See autonomous drones that compete in challenges to detect hazards, work together as a swarm, and safely guide a person through a simulated minefield using onboard intelligence.
Air and space
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
Build-A-Catapult
Apply hands-on skills in building a mini catapult, capable of launching a piece of candy. Aim at a target behind the table with your finished catapult. We will provide basic supplies such as rubber bands, popsicle sticks, and tape. We will also create catapults ourselves to demonstrate what a well-engineered catapult is capable of.
Air and space
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Affiliated Program
Build, Print, Fly: Discover 3D Printing and Aerodynamics
Join the Robinson Center Enrichment Programs for fun, hands-on activities! Watch a 3D printer turn ideas into real objects, and try an interactive activity to explore the basics of flight and aerodynamics.
Air and space
Computing, data and digital technologies
Affiliated Program
Can You Beat DNA Polymerase?
Join Washington iGEM to learn how cells create DNA, and try to race it in a competition! Discover how our student group is solving real-world problems with synthetic biology.
Health and medicine
Affiliated Program
Control the Hydraulic Arm
Use a hydraulic arm to grab, lift, and move objects while completing fun challenges.
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
Engineering in Surgery: Get on the Cutting Edge
Visit the Surgery Interest Association and see how engineering is used in medicine. "Scrub in" to practice your surgical skills and learn more about careers in healthcare.
Health and medicine
Affiliated Program
Engineering with Nature: How Paper Gets a Second Life
Ever wonder what happens to paper after recycling? At this hands-on activity, learn how engineers turn used paper into new sheets. Make your own recycled paper and decorate it with leaves and flowers to take home. See how engineering, science, and creativity support sustainability.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
Explore 3D Printing and Network Formation
Photocure a plant-based resin to make a charm for a bracelet or necklace, explore how scientists manipulate polymer networks, and observe a vat polymerization 3D printer in action.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
How Buildings Stay Warm: Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Have you ever wondered how rooms stay warm in the winter, or how we clean the air to breathe indoors? Learn more with the American Society of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Mechanical Engineering
How Many Coins Can Your Boat Hold? A Buoyancy Design Challenge
Work in teams to design and build a foil boat that floats! Predict, test, and redesign to learn about buoyancy, gravity, and how engineers use creativity and problem-solving.
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
Husky Robotics: Mars Rover
Check out a NASA-style Mars rover, built right here on campus! We’re Husky Robotics, a team of UW students who design and build robots that compete around the world. Watch our rover drive over rough ground, move on its own, and search for signs of life.
Air and space
Robotics and manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Magical Bubbles
Make special bubbles that can withstand all types of weather conditions and can be stacked, touched, and explored without popping right away. Learn about surface tension and materials while creating colorful, mesmerizing bubbles!
Community advancement
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Affiliated Program
Marine Energy with Washington Wave
See wave energy conversion in action! Participate in our interactive model which converts wave energy into electrical energy. Learn about the innovation in marine energy and applications in our everyday lives.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Meet an Underwater Robot
Meet UWROV’s underwater robot! Discover an underwater world, experience the POV of an ROV pilot, and learn how engineering teams design and build underwater robots.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
Mind Palette: Explore Your Emotions Through Art and AI
Learn about Mind Palette, a creative tool made with teens and psychologists. Turn your feelings into AI-generated images, then edit and share them. It’s a fun way to express emotions and see how technology can help!
Computing, data and digital technologies
Health informatics
Affiliated Program
Popping Boba: Engineering Spherification
Create popping boba and explore the science of food! Use a special reaction to turn liquids into a thin, squishy shell—making juice-filled bubbles that pop when you bite them.
Health and medicine
Robotics and manufacturing
Affiliated Program
Quarks to Brains
Step into Quarks to Brains for a science adventure! Use a VR headset to explore tiny particles as they move, collide, and leave glowing tracks. Then try neuroscience sensors that show your brain activity in real time as you think and react.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Machine learning
Affiliated Program
Remote Sensing In Our Oceans
Join APL to learn how scientists study the ocean using remote charging and infrared cameras. Discover how they measure temperature, waves, and climate—and test how far a charging station can reach!
Climate change
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Affiliated Program
Roller Coaster Race
Race a car on an adjustable roller coaster.
Community advancement
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Affiliated Program
Seaglider: Underwater Robots for Ocean Monitoring
Discover how autonomous underwater vehicles called Seagliders collect important oceanographic data. See a real Seaglider and watch students demonstrate how buoyancy powers its movement through a hands-on activity.
Climate change
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Affiliated Program
Spy Science: Create and Reveal a Secret Message
Become a science spy! Write hidden messages with baking soda and uncover them using chemistry. Watch a color-changing chemical reaction and learn the difference between chemical and physical changes.
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Affiliated Program
Tiny Tech, Big Impact: Crafting The Future With Nanofabrication
Explore the secrets of nanofabrication with hands-on activities and demos.
Robotics and manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Welcome to the World of Mass Spectrometry
Explore how scientists study tiny charged particles called ions to learn what everything is made of. Watch ions get sorted, raced to measure their mass, and trapped using electric fields to reveal their properties.
Health and medicine
Affiliated Program
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Transportation Edition!)
Test your knowledge in trivia and compete for a special prize while exploring the transportation field!
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Affiliated Program
Wire Wizards: Make Invisible Force Fields
Make force fields that can move objects at will! Stop by, grab some wire and a battery, and discover the science behind magnetic fields.
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Autonomous Controls Laboratory
See drones in action through live demos and flight simulations! Discover how autonomous flight works and explore research from our lab.
Exhibit located in Aerospace & Engineering Building, room 418.
Air and space
Robotics and manufacturing
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Computer Simulations of Plasmas: From Supercomputers to Nuclear Fusion
Learn how we use computers to model super hot matter, like stars., and how we watch particles move, collide, and spread out. Explore new ways to make energy on Earth!
Exhibit is located in the Aerospace & Engineering Building, room 228.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Inside the SPACE Lab: Testing Electric Propulsion for Spaceflight
Take a peek inside the SPACE Lab to see the vacuum test chambers we use to test electric propulsion concepts for spaceflight.
Exhibit located in Aerospace & Engineering Building, room 013.
Air and space
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Nano Sensors
Learn about nano sensors for salinity measurement and wearable monitoring of the heart and brain.
Exhibit located in Aerospace & Engineering Building, room 318.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Health and medicine
Mechanical Engineering
Ram Accelerator for Launching Satellites
Tour the in-tube ramjet facility that accelerates jet engines to hypersonic velocities! Our research explores the internal ballistics of these devices and provides key data for large scale facilities.
Special instructions: Tours offered every 20 minutes. Exhibit located in Aerospace & Engineering Building, room 012.
Air and space
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Z-Pinch Can Crusher
Crush soda cans using the same physics used to compress plasma to near fusion conditions.
Exhibit located in Aerospace & Engineering Building, room 036.
Climate change
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Aeronautics & Astronautics
Glowing Pickle
Discover the glowing pickle! Watch what happens when electricity passes through a pickle, and learn the science behind what makes it glow.
Special instructions: Tickets required – pick up at the ECE welcome table in the atrium of the Paul G Allen Computer Science & Engineering building. Exhibit located in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Building, room 269.
Community advancement
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Human/Robot Interface
Control a robotic gripper using surface electromygraphy (measurement of the electrical signals in muscles). Explore the electrical nature of the human body and how it can interface with robotics.
Special instructions: Tickets required – pick up at the ECE welcome table in the atrium of the Paul G Allen Computer Science & Engineering building. Exhibit located in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Building, room 303.
Health and medicine
Robotics and manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Playing with Quantum Bits
Discover quantum technology in action with the QT3 Lab! Trap tiny particles using electric fields in a “pollen trap,” and adjust voltages to see how they move. Then watch a diamond glow as lasers and microwaves reveal special light-changing centers inside it.
Special instructions: Tickets required – pick up at the ECE welcome table in the atrium of the Paul G Allen Computer Science & Engineering building. Exhibit located in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Building, room B030 (QT3 Lab).
Community advancement
Computing, data and digital technologies
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Spin It Up: Build a Motor
Build a working Beakman’s motor from scratch in “Spin It Up!” using wire, magnets, and a battery. Watch how electricity and magnetism create motion—and take home your own spinning motor!
Special instructions: Tickets required – pick up at the ECE welcome table in the atrium of the Paul G Allen Computer Science & Engineering building. Exhibit located on the second floor atrium of the Electrical & Computer Engineering Building.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Robotics and manufacturing
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Be the Brain
Pretend to be a neuron in the brain and help send signals through a neural network. Then change how the network is connected and see how the signals change—just like how the brain learns!
Health and medicine
Machine learning
Computer Science & Engineering
Circuit Playground: Robot Competitions
Interact with circuit boards through fun hands-on activities! Play Tug of War by using button presses to control a robot’s pull, or shake a board to simulate how a Polaroid photo develops.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Robotics and manufacturing
Computer Science & Engineering
Combining the Physical and Virtual in Mixed Reality
Try the latest mixed reality technology in our demonstrations, and get immersed in applications built by students in the UW Reality Lab and Extended Reality Association.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Computer Science & Engineering
Dragon Curves
Learn about programming languages and graphics research by using paper to construct dragon curves.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Computer Science & Engineering
Help the Edison Robot Escape the Cosmic Maze
Explore robotics and automation by guiding mini Edison Robots through a complex cosmic maze. You'll explore programming, problem-solving, and real-world applications of robotics, while enhancing critical thinking and teamwork skills.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Robotics and manufacturing
Computer Science & Engineering
Locks and Boxes
Learn how computer security affects your daily life! In this activity, we'll use real locks to demonstrate how to send messages privately over the internet, even in the presence of internet snoops.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Computer Science & Engineering
Sensory Room
Do your students need a break? Visit our quiet low sensory room for participants who need to take a break from all the excitement.
Visit the Computer Science & Engineering Building, room 303.
Health and medicine
Affiliated Program
VR Activities with AVELA
Try easy, beginner-friendly VR headset demos with First Hands, Gracia AI, and Meta Horizon Hyperscape. These standalone apps are quick to set up and introduce key ideas from our mixed reality development classes.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Robotics and manufacturing
Computer Science & Engineering
A Magnetic Moment
Learn about permanent magnets, electromagnets, and superconducting levitation with MEM-C.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Affiliated Program
AI: Now What?
Discover how AI affects everyday life. Explore the good and the bad, and learn to be a thoughtful AI user through interactive activities.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Block Builder Bonanza
Try building a LEGO design four times and see how you improve each round. Watch how practice changes both your speed and your skills!
Robotics and manufacturing
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Break the Stick with Heat
Discover temperature-responsive adhesive in action! Watch how the tape holds strong at room temperature and releases when heated.
Health and medicine
Mechanical Engineering
Build a Genomic Engineering Keychain
Build a unique creature with beads and a keychain representing how small changes in genetic elements create big impacts.
Health and medicine
Affiliated Program
Chemical Heat Reaction in a Bag
Perform a chemical reaction and observe the changes in color, temperature, and state of matter. Learn about different types of reactions and the role of heat in chemistry!
Health and medicine
Affiliated Program
Design, Print, Create with 3D Printers
Watch 3D printers build amazing things from scratch! Explore WOOF3D's cool projects like 3D-printed fabrics, remote controlled cars, and assistive technology. Learn how engineers solve real-world problems and how you can be a maker too.
Robotics and manufacturing
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Formula Motorsports Training Center
Do you have what it takes to be in Formula 1? Test out your acceleration, reaction time, and race-car making abilities with UW students who design and build their own formula-style car!
Robotics and manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Franken-Fidgets Lab: Build a Fidget and Discover What Your Body is Telling You
Build a custom wacky Franken-Fidget! Discover where emotions live in your body, then engineer a fidget toy just for you. Mix, mash, and create something weird and awesome.
Health and medicine
Health informatics
Human Centered Design & Engineering
From Bubbles and Droplets to Flexible Electronics
Discover how simple materials become flexible electronics! Explore how engineers design and test materials to create devices that bend, stretch, and adapt.
Robotics and manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
HCDE x Blue Origin Prototype
Test our latest prototype and give feedback using a “Like/Dislike” sticky note wall. Get a hands-on look at how UX design improves products!
Computing, data and digital technologies
Human Centered Design & Engineering
How Sweet It Is
Learn about probability and statistics with M&Ms. How many red ones are in your sample?
Computing, data and digital technologies
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Human Powered Submarine
Join the Human Powered Submarine team to see our submarine and participate in an activity related to our marine work.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Robotics and manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
Husky Doodle Draw
Draw a husky and discover how instructions shape the outcome! Compare simple and detailed directions to see how they change your results.
Robotics and manufacturing
Industrial & Systems Engineering
HuskyADAPT: Accessible Design and Play Technology
Learn about switch-adapted toys for kids with disabilities, and have fun with spinart and accessible circuits!
Community advancement
Affiliated Program
Navigate in the Dark with a Makey Map
Design a tactile map using everyday materials and a Makey Makey. Explore ways you can navigate the dark through sounds when touching different textures.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Playing With Fire: The Science of Flow and Combustion
Explore fluid dynamics, combustion, and multiphase flows through exciting demonstrations. See how these concepts appear in everyday life, and discover why scientists sometimes play with fire!
Air and space
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Mechanical Engineering
ReImagine: Prototype Process
Disassemble a pre-built object and rebuild it into something new! Learn about prototyping through hands-on, sustainable design.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Robotics and manufacturing
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Solar Cars: From Parts to Racing
Learn how to build a car that uses the sun to race! See how the UW's Solar Vehicle team uses parts to make a small car go fast and take the drivers seat in our Sockeye Model.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Mechanical Engineering
Solar Derby: Engineering Design in Motion
Think like an engineer to design and race solar-powered cars. Explore how different design choices like wheel size, solar panel size, and solar panel placement affect speed and performance.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Affiliated Program
Sound the Alarm!
Build a custom panel and test it under extreme limits: wearing thick gloves, blindfolded, or holding a wounded crewmate. Try to sound the alarm and see why inclusive design saves lives.
Robotics and manufacturing
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Typing Challenge
Compare your typing speed, comfort, and accuracy on a phone versus computer keyboard!
Computing, data and digital technologies
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Washington Superbike
Learn about and interact with our electric racing motorcycle project.
Environment, sustainability, and energy
Infrastructure, transportation, and society
Mechanical Engineering
Word Color & Human Performance
Say the color of the listed words and see how different designs affect human performance.
Computing, data and digital technologies
Industrial & Systems Engineering