Crazy chemistry demonstrations, a paper airplane competition, sticking a person to a wall with duct tape and a mini-bike race were part of the campus events celebrating National Engineers Week Feb. 18-24. EnCouncil, the undergraduate student government for the School of Engineering & Applied Science, hosted the events. Richard L. Axelbaum, Ph.D., associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, demonstrates the combustion inside a jet engine using a hypodermic needle and propane fuel as part of the chemistry demonstrations Feb. 19 in The Gargoyle.
Engineering freshman Gordon Johnston helped determine that it is possible to stick a person to a wall if you use enough duct tape. Classmate Helen Wang (left) spent 10 minutes wrapping tape around Johnston. He volunteered for the experiment Feb. 21 in the gallery of Lopata Hall.
Sophomore engineering student Matthew Watkins (left) and classmate Lee Cordova are close in the mini-bike race around the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building Feb. 23.
Engineering freshman Bartosz Czernia soars his paper airplane across the gallery of Lopata Hall Feb. 21. His plane’s flight won him a free lunch.