• Thur Mar 1 3:50 pm- 5:10 pm
• Thur Mar 1 5:15 pm – 6:30pm
• Fri Mar 2 10-11:30am

63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY Room 618 UC
Event open to the public
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Science +Art + Design Lab Workshops Microbial Fuel Cells

Explore microbial fuel cells and other alternative forms of energy being developed by scientists and designers. We will learn how to harvest metabolic energy using a microbial fuel cell to power a calculator.

Content and skills learned in this lab include scientific principles of energy, photosynthesis, and electrogenic microbes.

This event is sponsored by The Department of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and The Provost Office.

Resources: 

Video: PopUpComputerRepair. “Electricity – Bill Nye the Science Guy.” YouTube. YouTube, 05 Apr. 2012. Web. 27 Jan. 2017. Link

Microbial Fuel Cell Video:  “The Microbial Fuel Cell.” Sebastian De Bruin. YouTube. April 2013. Link.

Wastewater Treatment Video: TEDx Youth. “Turning Wastewater into Energy: Nurul Mohdreza.” YouTube. May 14th, 2014. Link

Research/Paper Battery: SUNY, Research Foundation for. “Binghamton University engineer creates origami battery.” Binghamton-Origami Battery – RF for SUNY. Link