Workshops require advance registration. All workshops run for the full duration of a session.

Workshops: 8:30am - 2:30pm

  • Workshops 1A-1C: 8:30am - 9:45am
  • Workshops 2A-2C: 10am - 11:15am
  • Workshops 3A-3C: 1:15pm - 1pm
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2017
Friday, April 28th
8:30 AM

Workshop 1A: Concentrations of Pesticides on Aquatic Life (Daphnia Magna)

Julie Polz, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Sowmya Anjur, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Room B109

8:30 AM - 12:45 AM

Population growth, and the subsequent increase in pollution has led to the numerous environmental regulations, especially in the area of pesticide usage. Students will learn the effect pesticides have on heart rate, and the mortality of the Daphnia. In this workshop, I will introduce students to Daphnia Magna, a form of aquatic life. Students will then test various concentrations of ... Read More

Workshop 1B: Paper Technology

Joyce Symoniak

Room E107

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

This workshop is a hands-on learning experience about the artistic side of recycled paper and its creation. Participants will learn about: the colorful history of paper which has spanned through the worlds cultures, its origins, the technological advancements and its artistic appeal. I’ll introduce the basics of making paper. Paper has many different applications in architecture, art and interior design, ... Read More

Workshop 1C: An Introduction to Engineering Swarms

Sanza Kazadi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grainger Lab (B131)

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Swarm engineering is a discipline which envisions the creation of engineered solutions to problems requiring multiple interacting agents. The field is vast, though historically it has focused on robotics and computer programming. It has applications in government, sociology, economics, business, and tangential applications to traditional science and theoretical research. Presentations given during part of the workshop will describe some of ... Read More

Workshop 1C: Student Presentation: Decision-Making Swarms

Xinyu Guan, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Andriy Sheptunov, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Nicholas Nusgart, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
George Jeno, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grainger Lab (B131)

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

While swarms that execute decisions are well known in the swarm community, swarms that exhibit this capability a priori have never before been achieved. We demonstrate a methodology, based on the Hamiltonian method of swarm design, that enables the design and implementation of swarms that exhibit decision-making capability. We develop the theoretical structure of the method and apply it to ... Read More

Workshop 1C: Student Presentation: Development of Robotic Swarms

Katya Bezugla, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grainger Lab (B131)

8:30 AM - 9:45 AM

Swarm engineering, which uses minimally intelligent individual agents to solve problems, aims to solve real world problems that other technologies cannot solve as efficiently. Our group addresses the swarm decision problem, in which a swarm collectively makes a decision, using physical robots to test out theories on how to solve the problem. We have developed a robot platform called the ... Read More

10:00 AM

Workshop 2A: Automation and Globalization

Eric Smith, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Academic Pit

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Some economists argue that more jobs have been lost to robots than to globalization. Other countries, like Germany, have more robots per worker than the United States with very different results. The Automation and Globalization Project intends to trace the history of the changes in the United States due to automation (robots and computing) and globalization to provide a less ... Read More

Workshop 2B: Environmental Pollutants and Aging

Vandana Chinwalla, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Shriya Chennuru, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Blair Hu, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Chandana Tetali, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Grainger Lab (B131)

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Today’s global population is constantly challenged by environmental pollutants, specifically in the aspects of neurological stress and aging. One such pollutant is phenol, a chemical found in low levels in air and soil as a result of industrial waste. While exposure to phenol in large quantities over a short period induces organ damage in humans, the consequences of continuous exposure ... Read More

Workshop 2C: Learning to Pull Energy Right Out of the Air

Sanza Kazadi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Room B109

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Entrochemical systems were developed during the late 2000's and early 2010's. Generally speaking, the systems involve a spontaneous heat pump stage that moves heat from a lower temperature stage to a higher temperature stage. This heat can be used to drive many thermal processes. A second stage utilizes environmental thermal energy to "recharge" the fluids in the entrochemical system once ... Read More

Workshop 2C: Student Presentation: Depth-Invariant Mixing for an Entrochemical Device

Angitha Bright, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Gina Chung, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Daniel Shin, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Room B109

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

The entrochemical system consists of an entrochemical device, which spontaneously generates and maintains a thermal gradient through a spontaneous entropic and thermal process. The system can be operated continually when enhanced with a solar chimney, which re-concentrates the solution used in the entrochemical device. The thermal gradient can then be applied in a distiller, daisy chained to create a large ... Read More

Workshop 2C: Student Presentation: Entrochemical Systems

Deborah Amarachi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Chiemelie Okoli, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Nabeel Rasheed, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Room B109

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

The entrochemical system consists of an entrochemical device, which spontaneously generates and maintains a thermal gradient through a spontaneous entropic and thermal process. The system can be operated continually when enhanced with a solar chimney, which re-concentrates the solution used in the entrochemical device. The thermal gradient can then be applied in a distiller, daisy chained to create a large ... Read More

Workshop 2C: Student Presentation: Solar Chimney Design for Entrochemical Systems

Matthew Beauchem, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Edward Shi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Angelica Villegas, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Deborah Amarachi, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Room B109

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

The entrochemical system consists of an entrochemical device, which spontaneously generates and maintains a thermal gradient through a spontaneous entropic and thermal process. The solar chimney generates airflow over a draw solution in a desiccator, evaporating water, leaving the remaining concentrated solution, and is therefore the main energy source driving the entrochemical system. In this study, we present the results ... Read More

Workshop 2C: Student Presentation: The Entrochemical Device

Priya Kumar, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Ian Lesnik, Illinois Math and Science Academy
Chayanne Petit, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Julian Robinson, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Claudia Zhu, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy

Room B109

10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

The entrochemical system consists of an entrochemical device, which spontaneously generates and maintains a thermal gradient through a spontaneous entropic and thermal process. The system can be operated continually when enhanced with a solar chimney, which re-concentrates the solution used in the entrochemical device. This study compares the performances of two different designs of entrochemical distillers. The first design is ... Read More