Splat! 80-pound Silly Putty ball to drop from roof of NC State library
What: High school students at a North Carolina State University engineering camp will see how materials react under pressure when they watch a giant ball of Silly Putty drop from the roof of the 10-story D.H. Hill Library onto the campus Brickyard. The 80-pound ball is the largest ever dropped from the roof of the library; 50-pound balls shattered on impact during the same event in past years. Media coverage is invited.
Who: The event is held for rising high school juniors and seniors as part of Materials Camp, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering’s weeklong summer outreach program. The College of Engineering at NC State sponsors the camp and other summer programs in major engineering disciplines.
When: 2:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28
Where: The D.H. Hill Library at 2 Broughton Drive along the 2700 block of Hillsborough Street on NC State’s main campus in Raleigh, NC (map).
Media Contacts: Roberto Garcia, Materials Camp coordinator, 919.272.4861; Roger Russell, Materials Camp coordinator, 919.608.3540; Nate DeGraff, Engineering Communications, 919.515.3848
