Spark is the day of STEM at UP Academies, hosted at one of UP’s schools in Dorchester. Students across UP academies spend the day learning about STEM subjects and careers. The goal is to bring hands-on immersive STEM experiences to the students to spark joy, excitement and wonder for STEM learning and career pathways.
CUA provided demonstrations for SPARK 2024 on flux pinning in a YBCO superconductor, liquid nitrogen, and walked the students through making holograms and spectroscopes. You can see more about this event in UP Academies’ highlight reel below.
Arian Jadbabaie (in the lab coat), a postdoc in the Doyle group, demonstrates flux pinning in a YBCO superconductor to students at UP Academy Dorchester.
Arian drops a liquid-nitrogen frozen grape.
Alex Deters, Michal Szurek, and Annie Zhi from the Greiner group walk students through making holograms and spectroscopes.
Photo Credit: Javier Rivas Photography