Rowan University Hosts Summer Tech Institute for H.S. Students

June 22, 2005

Close to a dozen and a half high school students, as well as science teachers, from
throughout the state are participating in the Fourth Annual Summer Institute in Materials Science at Rowan University.

Activities include:

Thursday, June 23

10 a.m. -- 2 p.m. Field Trip to Sony, Pitman

2 -- 4 p.m. Experiments, Rowan Hall ? 1st Floor Machine Shop

8 p.m. Movie Night in the Planetarium, Science Hall


Friday, June 24

8:30 -- 10 a.m. Experiments ? Science Hall

10 -- Noon Room 113 Thin Film Lab

2 -- 4 p.m. Room 116 Laser Spectroscopy Lab

Room 117 Microscopy Lab

Monday, June 27, 2005

9 ? 11 a.m. Experiments, Science Hall Laser Spectroscopy Lab 116


Tuesday, June 28, 2005

10 a.m. ? Noon Experiments, Science Hall Room 150

2 ? 4 p.m. Experiments, Rowan University Baseball Field

➢ Students will test the performance of baseball bats based on their composition.

Thursday, June 30, 2005

1 ? 4 p.m. Experiments, Bottle Rockets, Rowan Hall 1st Floor Machine Shop

➢ Students will make rockets out of soda bottles and compete to see who can launch his or her bottle the furthest.


Rowan University?s College of Engineering, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Department of Physics and Astronomy are sponsoring the Institute, which provides students and teachers with the opportunity to explore how science, engineering and new materials are helping to shape the future. Participants are discovering the micro-universe, making and breaking composite materials, creating a hologram using laser technology, and learning about job opportunities in the high-tech field of materials science.

The program is funded by Rowan University and the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education through a High Technology Workforce Excellence Grant.

The Institute will culminate with an open house, lab tours, dinner, poster presentations and awards ceremony for participants, parents and faculty on Thursday, June 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. in Science Hall.