Summer Enrichment Experience - Powered Up
Re-Purposing Energy with an Energy Harvester
In this one-week academic summer camp, middle school participants will turn wasted environmental energy, such as sunlight, vibration, or heat into useful electrical energy through a process called energy harvesting. As the power requirement of modern electronics gets smaller, energy harvesting has emerged as a key technology to enable sustainable electronics operation with little-to-no battery replacement. This hands-on educational camp will provide participants with skills to analyze and design a vibration harvesting system; prototype a simple vibration harvester using 3D Computer-Aided Design and printers; and perform tests to light up a LED. Participants will take home their 3-D Project. Activities will include a field trip to Potomac Photonics, a 3D printing company.
The program is taught by Dr. Soobum Lee, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, July 23-27, to future engineers entering 6th to 8th grades.
Register your children here: https://see.umbc.edu/see-descriptions-2/powered-up-re-purposing-energy-with-an-energy-harvester/
Previous years programs with Dr. Lee: https://userpages.umbc.edu/~sblee/Outreach/Outreach.htm
More info on the SEE programs here: https://see.umbc.edu/