eDay Walk-Up Activities and Demonstrations
All activities listed on this page are open to everyone!
Walk-ins are welcome to participate in any walk-up activity, demonstration, or lab tour.
Walk-Up Activities
These activities are free and open to the public. However, we are asking everyone to register to attend eDay, so we can ensure we are able to accommodate all attendees.
Robotic Tic-Tac-Toe Competition
Location: Engineering Technology 226
Faculty: Matt Hale
Robotics Demonstration
Location: Engineering Technology 226
Faculty: Dr. Berisso
Robotics Demo: Autonomous & Complex Systems
Location: Engineering Science 231
Faculty: Dr. Davoodi
Faculty: Dr. Herickhoff
Location: Edwards Research and Innovation Center 104
Demonstrations
These activities are free and open to the public. However, we are asking everyone to register to attend eDay, so we can ensure we are able to accommodate all attendees.
Experience real-time heat transfer with the Carlton Lab! Students will explore thermal imaging technology through three guided, interactive stations:
1. Thermal Mapping: Scanning the environment for hot and cold spots.
2. Friction and Heat: Measuring temperature changes from kinetic energy.
3. Insulation Station: Visualizing the protective effects of winter gear.
Laboratory Tours
These activities are free and open to the public. However, we are asking everyone to register to attend eDay, so we can ensure we are able to accommodate all attendees.
Explore the Autonomous & Complex Systems Laboratory, where researchers design, analyze, and control the next generation of intelligent systems. This lab focuses on autonomous ground and aerial vehicles, multi-agent systems, cyber-physical networks, and robots that safely interact with people.
During the tour, visitors will learn how tools from control theory, optimization, graph theory, and machine learning are used to make complex systems more reliable, adaptive, and safe. The demonstration will feature a robotic arm performing autonomous tasks using artificial intelligence and advanced control systems, offering a hands-on look at how engineering research is shaping the future of robotics and autonomy.
Water on Wheels (WOW)
Location: ERIC parking lot
Water on Wheels (WOW) is a mobile learning experience focused on the science of water. Why water? Because water is essential for life.
The WOW is a teaching tool that allows schools to increase student knowledge about the water cycle and its impact on daily life. Instead of taking an off-site field trip, the WOW is a field trip that comes to your school at a fraction of the cost and time, in the form of a 24' trailer that is a mini-museum.
Inside the WOW, educational displays are colorful, interactive, and visually appealing. Because the source of tap water for the Mid-South is groundwater, one important display in the WOW spotlights the Memphis aquifer system, a vast underground resource with some of the cleanest water on Earth.