Four Beaver Lion Ambassadors led tours throughout the renovated Michael Baker Building, with stops in the Maker Lab, the One Button Studio, the chemistry department and an IST collaborative classroom.
Associate Professor of Chemistry Michael Hay demonstrates his glove box to a tour group. The glove box allows Hay to conduct experiments in a controlled environment, making his research faster and more precise.
Sophomore engineering students Leah Berry, pictured, and Nicole Chemini will be responsible for the Maker Lab ShopBot, a computer-controlled machine that cuts wood, metal and plastic.
Old Main's bell — its chimes long replaced by modern technology — was removed and restored as a gift of Penn State’s class of 2009, and is now displayed outdoors at ground level near Old Main’s southwest corner.
Enrique Gomez, Ralph Colby and Scott Milner are working to design the molecular structures of conducting polymers for applications in flexible electronics. The work is focused on predicting fundamental polymeric properties, such as the stiffness of the polymer chain and other physical and chemical properties.
