K-12 Campus Visits
Dr. Nunes, PCCM Education Outreach Director, welcoming Edison district middle school students for a full day lab experience
2025 visits-
Science Park High School
April 14, 2025
PCCM Education Outreach Director Dr. Janine Nunes and Prof. Sanfeng Wu welcoming students and teachers from Science Park High School
PCCM fellow Viliam Vano describing how the Yazdani lab “sees” quantum behavior with high-resolution scanning quantum microscopy techniques
Prof Sanfeng Wu showing students his research lab
Omelan Stryzak demonstrating refraction and reflection
Graduate students Brianna Hoff and Mulan Yang introducing their research to the students
Students and teachers from Science Park High School in the Frick Chemistry Laboratory
Chemistry demonstrations with Angie Miller
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On World Quantum Day (April 14, 2025), PCCM partnered with to host 30 high school students from Science Park High School to learn about quantum research. The students toured the research labs of and in the Physics Department, where they learned about the cutting-edge research carried out in those labs. During lunch, the students worked on a quantum activity kit involving light polarization, developed by the . An impromptu sneak peak in the physics lecture hall where Physics department’s Lecture Demonstration Specialist, Omelan Stryzak, was setting up for class, led to a wonderfully spontaneous optics demonstration for the students. After lunch, the students visited the Chemistry Department, where graduate students from the introduced their research on quantum materials and described their experiences in graduate school. Then Angie Miller, the chemistry department lecture demonstrator, showcased the wonders of quantum chemistry, and of course, there was at least one explosion to close the show!
Special thanks to Prof Sanfeng Wu, Prof. Ali Yazdani, PCCM fellow Viliam Vano, graduate students Brianna Hoff and Mulan Yang, Omelan Stryzak, Angie Miller, for leading the tours and the interactive demonstrations.
2024 visits-
Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science, visit
PMI/PCCM welcomed high school students from the Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science on October 21st, 2024
PRISMS students interact with postdoctoral fellow, Ipsita Das.
Dr. Janine Nunes welcomed PRISMS students in the Andlinger Center.
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PMI/PCCM welcomed high school students from the Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science on October 21st, 2024. The students had an in-depth tour of the Micro/Nanofabrication Center, led by MNFC director Dan Woodie, Assoc. director Dr. Zuzanna Lewicka, and Packaging Lab manager Bert Harrop. The students learned about the various instrumentation and processes in the nanofabrication facility. After, the students also had an opportunity to interact with PCCM postdoctoral fellow, Ipsita Das, who works in Sanfeng Wu’s research group and is MNFC user. Ipsita described her research to the students, and then the students talked about the nanotechnology projects that they are currently working on at PRISMS under the direction of their physics teacher, Dr. Taryl Kirk. It was a fun exchange!
AIM Academy, visit
High School students from AIM Academy- a day at PCCM
Dr. Tanya Berry, presenting to AIM Academy students
Students learning about the SEM in IAC
Students observing different types of hydrogels
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On April 22, 2024, PCCM welcomed high school students and teachers from AIM Academy. The students attended short research talks led by PCCM postdoctoral fellow, Tanya Berry (Schoop lab), graduate student Sanjana Kamath (Davidson lab) and postdoctoral researcher Aimane Najmeddine (Moini lab). They learned about magnetic materials, hydrogels and 3D printing cementitious materials! The group also toured our Imaging and Analysis Center.
Edison School District ACES program, visit
Students visiting different engineering labs
Middle school students gowned in bunny suits in cleanroom
Students in the Clean Room
Students testing gliders
Students testing gliders in the Robotics lab
Student with Origami finished project
Student with Origami finished project
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On April 12 2024, PCCM, in partnership with Science Outreach, welcomed 27 middle school students from the Edison School district ACES program to explore engineering and materials science. The students visited the Micro/Nanofabrication Center, where they experienced being in a cleanroom and learned from Dr. Zuzanna Lewicka and Joe Palmer about microfabrication. Led by MAE graduate students from Prof. Aimy Wissa’s research group, the students built and tested their own gliders in the Princeton Robotics Lab. They also learned about surface tension, bubbles and high-speed imaging in Prof. Luc Deike’s research lab. The fun-filled visit concluded with an interactive demonstration about origami engineering with Dr. Tuo Zhao, where the students created their own origami while learning about folding and origami design applied to soft robotics.
Special thanks to all the Princeton University graduate students, postdocs and staff for leading the interactive demonstrations, especially Megan Mazzatenta, Hannah Wiswell, Dr. Tuo Zhao and Dr. Zuzanna Lewicka.