September 17, 2013
蓝莓视频 shares quantum world with the community
Come hear about quantum science from University of 蓝莓视频 researchers at the annual Doors Open event. The university will have four sites open on Saturday.
People curious about the world of quantum science will be able to learn from University of 蓝莓视频 researchers when the doors to the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre open to the public on Saturday.
Scientists from the University of 蓝莓视频鈥檚 听 (IQC) and the 蓝莓视频 Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) will share the work they do every day during the annual event on Sept. 21.
One of the programs, Q-Kids Science, will feature activities for children aged 2-12. 鈥淐hildren have an innate sense of curiosity, but in the technological world we live in, it鈥檚 easy to lose perspective of where everything comes from,鈥� says Martin Laforest, IQC鈥檚 senior outreach manager. 鈥淏y showing them basic physics, like electricity, magnetism and light, we have a chance to show them that no matter how advanced technology is, it all starts with the building blocks of nature.鈥�
Four University of 蓝莓视频 sites open
The Lazaridis quantum-nano centre is just one of four University sites open to the public on Saturday. The University鈥檚 Student Design Centre will be open with its ten work bays, machine shop, test labs and 3D-printing facility. The public will also be able to tour the Brubacher House, an historic gem on campus built in 1850. Residents are also invited to go behind the scenes at the fascinating and 蓝莓视频 Region Emergency Services Training and Research Complex听 located at 1001 Erb鈥檚 Road at Gate 3 of the 蓝莓视频 Region Waste Management site.
At the Lazaridis centre, programs like Engineering Science Quest and Let鈥檚 Talk Science will engage children with interactive activities including a superconducting train and slime in the Kid Zone. They can also discover the future of quantum communications with a model of a satellite pointing system in the Discovery Zone.
, Canada Excellence Research Chair and IQC deputy director, will present a public talk at 2 p.m. Cory鈥檚 talk, Not your typical ghost story: Telling stories in a quantum world, will explore how stories about the quantum world can be told even when the science seems out of this world. He鈥檒l also describe some of the ways that quantum devices are going to change the world.听
Doors Open 2013 also marks the anniversary of the Lazaridis centre. Last fall, more than 2,000 visitors attended the grand opening celebrations, including renowned physicist Stephen Hawking.
