Our virtual content from EXPO 2021 is still available for all of you to view! For your viewing pleasure, the Engineering EXPO 2021 Guide may be helpful to direct you through the virtual content. Otherwise, feel free to jump in to what excites you the most!
You can find online exhibits through this website and on our YouTube channel. This page includes videos from professors, students, and student organizations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering. The activities sections includes videos from student organizations with activities that you can try at home or in the classroom.
Here are names for common acronyms you will see as you navigate EXPO:
AIAA – American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIChE – American Institute of Chemical Engineers
ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers
BME – Biomedical Engineering
MRSEC – Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers
NSF- National Science Foundation
REACH – Robotics Engineering, Applied Control and Haptics
SWE – Society of Women Engineers
Student Exhibit Videos
Below contains links to playlists of exhibits from our virtual EXPO by speakers and student exhibits. Playlists are organized by a broad engineering topic. For more information about each individual exhibit, see the EXPO guide linked above. Videos are also accessible through our YouTube channel.
Make sure to vote on your favorite EXPO exhibits!
Playlists
At-Home Activities
Below contains links to activities from our virtual EXPO that can be done at home or in the classroom. For lists of materials needed for each activity, see the link below or you can find it in the Engineering EXPO 2021 Guide. Videos for activities are also accessible through our YouTube channel.
Activities (Tutorials)
Scavenger Hunts
Check out our scavenger hunt surveys! Find the videos from EXPO in the google form, watch the exhibit, and then answer a question about what you learned from it. A virtual prize is awarded for completing the scavenger hunt. Not all the scavenger hunts have the exact same prize!
Additional Activities
Below are additional virtual activities created by some of the student exhibits mentioned above. Make sure you check them out!
You are a materials scientist who crash landed on an abandoned mining planet in this interactive, online game. You must use mathematical models to mine enough fuel to make it off the planet before your oxygen runs out!
Crystal Cave is an interactive, online game that teaches young scientists about one of the main forms of solid materials, crystals! Through nine levels, players will be challenged to grow a variety of crystals and learn about the properties and importance of their unique structures.
Atom Touch looks at the extremely small building blocks of life–atoms! Choose from a variety of activities or partake in free play, exploring how atoms really behave.