“Over the years, I have been part of many science events for the general public. The Texas A&M Physics and Engineering Festival stands among the very best. It is a high quality, wonderfully creative, world-class offering.” -Brian Greene
April 8-9, 2016
The Department of Physics & Astronomy at Texas A&M University invite the public to an entertaining and informative event. People of all ages will find funny, puzzling, and fascinating hands-on experiments. Everyone is invited to participate.
With over 100 amazing, interactive physics demonstrations, specialized programs by age groups, and public lectures by prominent scientists and astronauts, it’s no surprise that over 4,000 visitors annually come from across the United States to join in the excitement!
2016 Schedule of Events
Friday, March 31
Saturday, April 9
10:00 am – 3:30 pm
Mitchell Physics and Mitchell Institute Buildings
An interactive science exhibition. Kids of all ages and grown ups are invited to be astounded by all kinds of amazing phenomena, to experience them live, and just to play.
11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30 pm
Mitchell Physics Lecture Hall
Science Circus is physics taught with hilarity and dexterity by Rhys Thomas
Special Events
Large Hadron Collider Virtual Tours
12:00 pm, 1:30 pm
Mitchell Physics Building (MPHY) 331
Low Temperature Extravaganza
10:30 am, 12:00 pm, 1:30 pm, 3:00 pm
Mitchell Physics Building (MPHY) 213
Krishna Narayanan and Tie Liu – “Claude Shannon: A pioneer of the information age”
12:00 PM
Room 106, Jack E. Brown Chemical Engineering Building
5-Barrel Depth Charge Demo
3:30 PM
South-side of MPHY Building
View last year’s Physics Festival Schedule
Festival Poster
» Download 2016 Physics Festival Poster
Press Release
View the 2016 press release from the College of Science here.More Information
Please contact us at festival@physics.tamu.edu if you have questions or would like more information.
Videos
The Physics & Engineering Festival is attended by people from across the world. The map below is illustrative of this.
View last year’s image here
The Texas A&M Physics and Engineering Festival is an Affiliate Festival to the USA Science & Engineering Festival.