Day Two and Three. Mechanics, Electronics and Semiconductors.

Tuesday began with how you use power point and word. Our mechanics talk basically covered what’s in the leaving cert but just with more depth. The lab experiment was on Hooke’s Law and we also saw a demonstration of simple harmonic motion. Martin gave us a talk on renewable energy and biomedical physics. Ed finished the day off with a talk on mechanics in industry.

Wednesday was based around electronics and semiconductors. We got an electronics talk off Ed first thing in the morning and how semiconductors work and why off Vincent. We built a circuit on a bread board, many of us for the first time, in the early afternoon and soldered a circuit in the evening.