On March 24, 2018, Yale GradSWE hosted CT SEED (Connecticut Students Exploring Engineering Day), our first state-wide outreach event. The goal of our event …

This activity consists of two parts: an experiment and a design challenge. The experiment is designed to teach concepts of hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity, and how we can learn from hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions in nature to design materials with these distinct properties. The design challenge is a building competition, where …