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Education: MRSEC-Inspired Exhibits at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry.
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Education: MRSEC-InspiredExhibits at Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry Science Storms, the newest permanent exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, opened to the public on March 18th. MRSEC graduate students, postdocs, research staff, and faculty (Sibener, Guyot-Sionnest, and Engel) assisted in compiling an inventory of chemical reactions for the Interactive Periodic Tables. In addition, aspects of granular materials research (Jaeger, Nagel,Witten) in IRGs 1 and 2 are featured prominently. Jaeger and Sibener participated in advisory groups for this new exhibit. The Museum of Science and Industry serves roughly 2M visitors annually, with about 400,000 school children. Work made possible through NSF MRSEC DMR-0820054 University of Chicago MRSEC: Education