CSE at the Minnesota State Fair

A variety of College of Science and Engineering exhibits will showcase the relevance of science, engineering, and mathematics to people’s everyday lives at the 2019 Minnesota State Fair. The University of Minnesota exhibit on Dan Patch Avenue and Underwood Street will feature students and faculty in a wide range of fields. College of Science and Engineering faculty and students will also be featured during STEM Day at the Fair in Dan Patch Park, the Eco Experience Building, and the U of M's Driven to Discover research building.

• Women in Mathematics
  9 a.m.–9 p.m.
  U of M Crossroads Exhibit Building—Dan Patch Avenue and Underwood Street
  
  This exhibit is focused on helping all of us appreciate math in our everyday lives. We have interactive activities, games, and tricks for fair-goers to learn about symmetry and pattern in mathematics. Highlights include origami paper and spirographs!
   
• University of Minnesota Robotics 
  9 a.m.–9 p.m.
  U of M Crossroads Building—Dan Patch Avenue and Underwood Street
  
  This exhibit features a variety of robots built by college students, including Bot Shot, a basketball-shooting robot featured during the Final Four college basketball championship weekend. Also, see Lego robots that you can drive yourself and learn about STEM opportunities for students of all ages. 
   
• "Guided Navigation in Virtual Reality"
  2:30–9 p.m.
  Driven to Discover Building—Cooper and Cosgrove Streets
  
  We are exploring how two people using virtual reality communicate when one person has to guide another person through a virtual environment.
   
• "Create your own 3D avatar"
  9 a.m.–2 p.m. and 2:30–9 p.m.
  Driven to Discover Building—Cooper and Cosgrove Streets
  
  Learn to dance while artificial intelligence creates a 3D avatar for you.

• Center for Sustainable Polymers 
  9 a.m.–9 p.m.
  Eco Experience Building—Randall Avenue and Cosgrove Street
  
  Learn about bioplastics at this interactive exhibit. Plastic products are a major part of everyday life but are plagued with problems including their petroleum-based origins and end-of-life pollution. This new exhibit at the Eco Experience building showcases the work of the Center for Sustainable Polymers by illustrating the differences between traditional plastics and bio-based plastics. The multi-faceted exhibit includes displays highlighting the latest research and hands-on activities for fair visitors.