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Chemical engineer makes first grade classroom glow with engineering feats
Spring 2001 Alumni Newsletter Click on photo for high res image. |
| A class of Round Rock first graders became enchanted
with what makes fireflies shine, thanks to chemical engineering professor
Dr. Brian Korgel. Korgel, and a small group of graduate students demonstrated the principles of bio-luminescence— the emission of light from living organisms such as fireflies. About 40 first graders spent several weeks studying fireflies previous to the visit. With help from the UT Austin engineers, the students performed chemical experiments that produced light, and worked with a small digital microscope along with teachers Margo Vogelpohl and Angela Shaw. |
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