Quantum levitation, electrostatic isolation, silver mirror test. Only a few interesting experiments of the almost thirty that were presented on the Researchers’ Night at the University of Dunaújváros.


As a part of the nationwide program series called Researchers' Night, the University of Dunaújváros opened its doors again to host residents of the city and its neighborhood on the last Friday of September. Organizers were about to provide an insight into the world of applied sciences by presenting lectures and interesting experiments. The entire Campus area was open to visitors, who could choose among the programs of the higher education institution educational units (Institute of Engineering Sciences, Institute of Information Technology, Social Sciences, Teacher Training Center). For example, hundreds of visitors could learn about MAIDLAB's work in the Hungarian Acoustic Industrial Diagnostic Laboratory such as: - screening solid bodies with ultrasonic scanners; detecting surface scars of solid bodies with eddy current scanners; displaying standing waves in Kundt tube - fast-paced examinations; endoscopy; sound source localization; visualization of sounds on real-time spectrogram.

 

 

Like last year, most of the attendants were curious about dr. Miklós Horváth’s (Director of the Institute of Engineering at the University of Dunaújváros) presentation, entitled: "Let's Prevent Gravity! Spectacular Physics Experiments!" The participants could experience fascinating, interesting phenomenons presented through demonstration tools, illustrating physics of them by tools like Van den Graaf generator - Lenz cannon - Gauss cannon - Magnet levitation - Superconducting: Meissner effect - Quantum levitation - Thermoacoustic Rijke tube - Water boiling at room temperature - Magdeburg hemispheres - Nitrogen rocket.

Those who were interested in media were acquainted with the mystery of the autocue, broadcasting, greenbox, and studio cameras at the University's television studio.

During this year's Researchers' Night took part two hundred and seventy places across the country, nearly three thousand programs were presented to everybody from youngsters to elders to make researchers’ job more attractive.