Illinois Space Day
October 6, 2018
At Illinois Space Day, families came the the University of Illinois to learn about topics ranging from rockets to motors to microgravity. Over 150 attendees were split into groups and rotated around to stations that were attended by student organizations at the U of I. At each station, the student group explained their project and taught the children about relevant topics.
The Micro-g NExT team presented the tools from the 2016, 2017 and 2018 competitions and taught the children about space exploration, astronaut activities, and the International Space Station. |
UIUC Engineering Open House
March 9-10, 2018
The University of Illinois’ College of Engineering hosts their annual open house every March during which almost 20,000 people (including families and students) come to learn about the latest projects being developed in the College of Engineering. The Illinois Space Society Micro-g NExT team will be demonstrating the function of the SPORT along with a poster about the timeline of the device. The demonstrations will be accompanied by further explanations about the complex missions of astronauts and the difficulties of manned space flight.
The Illinois Micro-g Team will be giving a 3 minute presentation over space to an audience of all different ages. As the team has to adapt the presentation to the knowledge of the audience, the Illinois Micro-g team will offer two different presentations. In these presentations, the team will present any prototypes they may have by this date and discuss the design of the tool. |