LSU Engineering Field Trip: Frost Jr. High

On Wednesday, April 2nd, 2025, Frost Jr. High students attended the "ENGage LSU" event at the LSU College of Engineering. Students toured the renovated and expanded Patrick F. Taylor Hall while participating in a variety of engineering demonstrations. 

This educational field trip as a great learning opportunity for students. They were able to not only tour part of LSU, many seeing a college for the first time, but also learn about the engineering field. Each grade was split into 2 - 3 groups and each group toured 5 of the 24 available engineering demonstrations.

Demonstrations Available:

1. What Is Catalysis & Why Is It Important

2. Fizz, Foam, and Fun: The Science of Bath Bombs

3. Photolithography: Using Light Pattern Computer Chips

4. Nano-gold Catalysts

5. How AI Can Benefit the Construction Industry

6. Ethical Hardware Hacking Party

7. Slip Casting of Ceramics

8. Engineering DNA for New Functions

9. Cancer Treatment Garden

10. Soft Materials for Stretchable Electronics

11. Resonance of Structures and Mitigation

12. Help Doctors "See" Cancer in Surgery with Invisible Light

13. Performance of Oil Tanks During Floods

14. Sea Crete Explorers

15. Build Better Roads

16. Drinking Water Treatment Demo

17. Using Computers to Design Polymers

18. A Sustainable and Clean Energy Future

19. How Can You Build a Strong Sandcastle That Won't Fall Down

20. Funky Magnetic Materials and Microplastic Madness

21. Visualizing Gas Hydrates and Subsurface Reservoirs on Meta Quest 3

22. How Tough is the Brain?

23. The Magic of Quantum Computing

24. Building the Future: A Hands-on Exploration of Construction and Technology

    
    

Question to students: What was your favorite part of yesterdays field trip?

"When we got to see the DNA in a strawberry." - Caroline M. 6th Grade

"It was when we found out that the wind turbines can generate electricity." - Logan N. 6th Grade

"The sand castle building when they taught us about structures." - Bradley B. 6th Grade

"We mixed baking soda and other chemicals to make a bath bomb that dissolved in water and it made sticky powder." - Ernesto A. 6th Grade

"My favorite part was the robot dog Pepper but she was low key scary." - Reice B. 8th Grade

"My mentor Mica was awesomesauce." Chad K. 8th Grade