Here is a list of the Biological Engineering sponsored activities at MIT Open House 2016:

10:00 AM to 11:15 AM
Slime! An Elementary Adventure in Polymer Science
Participants have the opportunity to create simple, non-toxic polymer from everyday household materials.
LOCATION: Walker Tent
SPONSORED BY: Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS) and Biological Engineering

11:45 AM to 1:15 PM
Human Physiome on a Chip
Demonstration of platform that connects multiple 'organ' plates.
Demonstration of 'chip', showing dye traveling through plates.
Technician on laptop manipulating the movement of dye through plates.
Poster with simple biology and application of hardware.
LOCATION: Walker Tent
SPONSORED BY: PhysioMimetics and Biological Engineering

1:30 PM to 3:00 PM
What is Biological Engineering?
Describe and demonstrate the following concepts and methods that make up biological engineering:
targeted immunotherapy; biomaterials (gels of different stiffness, absorbent polymers, etc); microbiome;
and imaging (fluorescence, expansion microscopy, etc).
LOCATION: Walker Tent
SPONSORED BY: Biological Engineering

In addition…
10:00 AM to 2:30 PM
The Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS)
CEHS will sponsor activities throughout the first floor corridor and classrooms of building 56.

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Distinguished Lecture with Professor Robert Langer,
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biological Engineering
"Biomaterials and how they will change our lives”
LOCATION: Building 10 - Room 250, Huntington Hall
SPONSORED BY: MIT2016 Committee