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Aqua Magic

“A river is more than an amenity; it is a treasure.” – Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes

Modern technologies have allowed us to harness the world’s available water for energy and industrial purposes, but these technologies have failed us in finding a solution to the ever increasing industrial water scarcity. This module has found a way to help millions of global citizens who are facing challenges due to scarcity of water and support the UN Water Program and other international agencies working on water and sanitation issues.

Borrowing from one of nature's most water-...

Module Topics 

Physical Chemistry
Module details
TopicsPhysical Chemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement5 minutes
AIChE community affiliationVellore Institute of Technology AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers1
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Ninth Grade to Twelfth Grade (approximately ages 14-18)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

5.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Vellore Institute of Technology AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$2.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

1

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Technical Program

ALL DATES AND TIMES ARE IN EST - EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), five hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC−05:00) (New York Time) Time Zone Converter Please check back frequently as this schedule is subject to change. Speaker Abstracts Start (EST) End (EST) October 26, 2022 - Day 1 Program 8:...

Turning eggs into snow

The module seeks that K-12 students understand in a fun way the concepts related to surfactant compounds as well as the importance of protein denaturation and its relationship to achieving the snow point when whisking egg white.

Module Topics 

Materials & Properties
Physical Chemistry
Module details
TopicsMaterials & Properties, Physical Chemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement25 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAIChE UTEC, AIChE UNSA
Approx. # of volunteers3
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Third Grade to Fifth Grade (approximately ages 8-11)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

25.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

AIChE UTEC, AIChE UNSA

Approximate Budget 

$3.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

3

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Skin Friction

This module, backed with a sense of inquisitiveness, aims towards educating the young peers about the principle behind skin friction which is basically friction between the surfaces of objects. This very simple material science principle stands behind the deep pile foundations used to support structures built on sand such as the giant floating building - Arabian Tower/ Burj Al Arab standing on sand which uses the frictional resistance between soil and a structure or between soil and a pile being driven in it or why competitive swimmers wear swimsuits and swim caps or shave their heads for...

Module Topics 

Material science
Materials & Properties
Module details
TopicsMaterial science, Materials & Properties
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement10 minutes
AIChE community affiliationVIT University AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers2
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Sixth Grade to Eighth Grade (approximately ages 11-14)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

10.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

VIT University AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$5.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

2

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Chemistry of Super Absorbing Polymer With Different Liquids

The module is emphasized to give the students knowledge about super absorber polymer (SAP) and their action towards different liquids. The module is prepared to check whether the super absorber shows its action just like it does in the case of water.

Module Topics 

Polymers and Elasticity
Module details
TopicsPolymers and Elasticity
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAIChE GSFC University Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers2
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Sixth Grade to Eighth Grade (approximately ages 11-14)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

AIChE GSFC University Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$10.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

2

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Light of Water

In our module, we are generating electricity and turning on the LED. Electricity is generated using temperature differences.

Module Topics 

Conservation and Transfer of Energy
Electrochemical Fundamentals
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Module details
TopicsConservation and Transfer of Energy, Electrochemical Fundamentals, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement10 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAhmedabad University AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers6
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Ninth Grade to Twelfth Grade (approximately ages 14-18)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

10.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Ahmedabad University AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$10.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

6

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Identifying lipids in our daily food products

The main objective of this module is for K-12 students to identify the different kinds of lipids present in hand-made food compared to industrially processed food, in addition to identifying the process in which some foods such as butter are made on an industrial scale. Two experiments will be carried out, one to make homemade butter and learn in this way the unit operations present in its preparation, and another to identify lipids.

Module Topics 

Biochemistry
Module details
TopicsBiochemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement60 minutes
AIChE community affiliationUniversidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers3
Recommended audience size30-40

Audience best suited for module 

Ninth Grade to Twelfth Grade (approximately ages 14-18)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

60.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$58.88

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

3

Recommended Audience Size 

30-40

Separation Exhilaration!

This module introduces students to the concept of separation, provide examples of it, and to emphasize the importance of separation. Students will be able to separate dirty water by using various layers with different filter sizes in a soda bottle to learn the concept of separation.

Module Topics 

Separations
Module details
TopicsSeparations
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationWest Virginia Virginia AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers5
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Third Grade to Fifth Grade (approximately ages 8-11)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

West Virginia Virginia AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$30.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

5

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Diaper Doozy!

In this module, we examine the engineering design and scientific theory behind the design of diapers by dissecting two different kinds of diapers and testing the absorbent capacity of each. ...

Module Topics 

Materials & Properties
Physical Chemistry
Module details
TopicsMaterials & Properties, Physical Chemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationMississippi State University AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers3
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Sixth Grade to Eighth Grade (approximately ages 11-14)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Mississippi State University AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$25.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

3

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Crystal Suncatchers

Learn about the crystallization of Epsom salt and patterns of the crystal structures that form. The most interactive part of our module is the reflection of sunlight from the suncatcher when it’s hung in a sunny place.

Module Topics 

Material science
Module details
TopicsMaterial science
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement10 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAIChE NIT Rourkela, K-12 community, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Approx. # of volunteers4
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Kindergarten to Second Grade (approximately ages 5-8)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

10.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

AIChE NIT Rourkela, K-12 community, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India

Approximate Budget 

$10.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

4

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

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