Spira Day 10: Tissue & Hearts & DNA, oh my!
Today we visited the lab of Professor Kareen Coulombe, who talked to us about her research in tissue engineering. She and her student...
Spira Day 9: Dassault Systemes
Today we took a field trip to the Dassault Systemes Simulia office in Johnston! We were able to tour the facilities, try out some of...
Spira Day 8: LEDs & Lemon Batteries
Today we focused on creating circuits! Our campers worked together to power one LED with several fruit (it was a group effort). After...
Spira Day 7: Cars & Circuit Boards
Today we toured the studio of Brown's FSAE car team, where they build a car from scratch! From there, our campers tried their hand at...
Spira Day 6: Solidworking It!
We started off our day with a talk by Professor Iris Bahar, a computer engineer. She provided context for our week as we jumped into...
Spira Day 5: 1st Byte of CS
This week is our computer and electrical engineering week! To start it off, the campers worked with MATLAB! They did amazing, creating...
Spira Day 4: Water We Doing?
Camp today focused on water purification and the many ways it's done! Campers explored flocculation, desalination, and how different...
Spira Day 3: the Power of Sunshine :)
Today we focused on renewable energy and delved in-depth into solar! We explored the inner workings of a LEED Gold-certified building,...
Spira Day 2: Earth in a Jar
Today we discussed and designed our very own self-sustaining ecosystems featuring local moss and truffula tree-esque flowers! We also had...
Spira Day 1: Mallows & Mills
First day of camp: ✓! The campers flexed their creative muscles with our activities today! First, they built as tall of structures they...
