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Campus Sescelades
Marcel·li Domingo, s/n
43007 Tarragona
Spain
Science outreach activities


"La ciència a la plaça" 2010: Outreach activity developed by EMaS

The aim of this activity is to promote public awareness of some representative examples of the research carried out at EMaS by means of theater representations of scientific discoveries, principles, and applications, a methodology that has had great success in TV. The Research Center EMaS has designed and developed 2 activities related to their research tasks, devoted to the study and development of new materials with different applications. The activities are:

  • - Superconducting materials and superconducting levitation.
  • - How does an alcoholmeter work?
This action consists of two separate activities:
  • - Scientific outreach booth of the proposed themes: in the booth, which is instaled in a town's aquare early in the morning, there are 2 interactive workshops related with the proposed scientific themes. The workshops take place during all morning.
  • - Theater representation of the proposed themes: a theater group of 2-3 members performs 5-10 minutes representations that explain at a basic level the principles and applications of the scientific themes proposed.
This activity was performed on Saturday mornings (from 10:00h to 14:00h approximately) of the months of May and June is a centrally situated square of several towns in the Tarragona province: Tarragona, Reus, Valls, Tortosa, and El Vendrell. It is the first time that this type of initiative has been carried out in the province of Tarragona. The activity has had great success in its objective of approaching present research to society in general, represented in this case by the diversity of town pedestrian on a Saturday morning.


Participation of EMaS in the "Setmana de la Ciència" 2008, 2009, and 2010

The Research Center on Engineering of Materials and micro/nanoSystems, EMaS, has participated in the three last editions of "Science Week", that have been celebrated during the month of November in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The participation of EMaS has consisted on a booth for public outreach of the research acticities of the different groups that form EMaS. Precisely, EMaS presented 7 different activities:

  • - Activity 1. Catalytic Materials for Environment: Car Catalysts
  • - Activity 2. Laser crystals
  • - Activity 3. Superconducting materials and superconducting levitation
  • - Activity 4. A crystal which autodoubles frequency
  • - Activity 5. Comunications with laser diode
  • - Activity 6. Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDS) and light bulbs
  • - Activity 7. How does an alcoholmeter work?


Participation of EMaS in the "Saló de l’Ensenyament" 2009, 2010, and 2011.

The Research Center on Engineering of Materials and micro/nanoSystems, EMaS, has participated in the "Science and Technology Space" within de "Education Exhibition" in its three past editions, celebrated during the month of March in 2009, 2010, and 2011. EMaS accepted the invitation to represent the Rovira i Virgili University in this exhibition. EMaS ha participated in the exhibition with some of the activities also presented in the "Science Week" exhibition, choosing among them depending on the theme of this space in each edition. In each of the years EMaS has contributed with 2-3 of the following activities:

  • - Activity 1. How does an alcoholmeter work?
  • - Activity 2. Catalytic Materials for Environment: Car Catalysts
  • - Activity 3. Superconducting materials and superconducting levitation
  • - Activity 4. LEDS and light bulbs