Cailyn Ludwig, Anna Biela, and Clare Wilsbacher led hands-on activities with approximately 25 high school freshmen and sophomore girls at the one-day event designed to increase interest in engineering among early high school students.

Sponsored by Purdue Women in Engineering Program, this on-campus event allows girls to explore different engineering disciplines, meet and work with current engineering students, and make new friends.

Ludwig, Biela, and Wilsbacher conducted a scenario, “radioactive” golf ball, where participants had to create a device that safely transported radioactive golf balls from one place to another without contaminating themselves. Students also experienced using detectors to determine how much radiation is in everyday life.

Pictured left to right: Anna Biela, Cailyn Ludwig, and Clare Wilsbacher.

To learn more about the Purdue Nuclear Engineering Ambassadors, visit: https://engineering.purdue.edu/NE/people/student-orgs/neamb

To learn more about the Women in Engineering Program, visit: https://www.purdue.edu/wiep/index.html