Breakout Sessions

Spring 2025 Conference Breakout Sessions

  • Cosmetic Chemistry Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: EMU Chemistry


    Summary: Students will make and take a lip balm with their favorite fragrance. Students will also make a bead necklace that detects harmful ultraviolet radiation. Participants will also safely view chemical demos involving combustion and liquid nitrogen.


    Location: Mark Jefferson 107

  • Intro to Bearings Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: NSK


    Summary: Come learn about bearings in 4 activites: build your own bearing; build your own fidget spinner: stand and spin and then a VR activity with 3 games options related to bearings.

    Location: Sill Hall 104

  • Code Your Own Adventure Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: National Society of Black Engineers


    Summary: Students will be introducted to the fundamentals of programming using Scratch, a visual coding platform. Through hands-on activities, they will learn key coding concepts such as loops, conditionals, and events while creating their own interactive game or animation.


    Location: Sill Hall 113

  • Cyber Queens Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: EMU Women in Cybersecurity


    Summary: Students will become Cyber Heroes by playing Google's Interland, a fun, interactive game that teaches internet safety and digital citizenship.  Through hands-on challenges, they'll learn how to spot scams, create strong passwords, protect personal information, and promote kindness online.

    Location: Sill Hall 107

  • Air Powered Car Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: EMU Society of Women Engineers


    Summary: The session will have participants building their own air powered car, and then racing the cars to see whose car goes the farthest.

    Location: Sill Hall 204

  • Emoji Chatbots: Coding with Feeling! Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: EMU Women in Computer Science


    Summary: Get ready to bring your imagination - and your favorite emojis - to life!  In this fun, beginner-friendly coding session, you'll learn how to create your very own chatbot that responds with emojis based on what you type.  Using a simple programming language called Python, you'll discover how computers understand instructions, make decisions, and interact with users.  No experience needed - just curiosity and creativity!  And if you finish early, we've got extra challenges to level up your bot's personality. 🐱🍕🦄💬


    Location: Pray-Harrold 520

  • Virtual Reality & Interior Design - AM ONLY Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: EMU Interior Design 


    Summary: Two activities that will involve a Floor Plan Drawing and Color Flat Lay Excercise.  The floor plan will begin with a scaled floor plan of a space, representing hte layout from above, showing the arrangement of walls,doors, windows, and fixed furniture. You will then have an opportunity to explore various finishes to apply to your home design.


    Location: Roosevelt 209/Roosevelt 211

  • Building Block by Block Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: Eastern Constructors

    Summary: Student will build structures with large scale wooden blocks.

    Location: Sill Hall TBD

  • Astronomy & Astrology Expand dropdown

    Brought to you by: EMU Astronomy Club


    Summary: During this breakout session, students will learn the difference between Astronomy and Astrology, alongside seeing the planetarium and learning about the different constellations that make up the Zodiac constellations.  If weather permitting, we will plan to go outside and take a tour of the Sherzer observatory and do solar observing.


    Location: Sherzer 402, 404/Mark Jefferson 402