Running experiments–at home and in the lab
If you walked by one of Tracy Carter’s chemical engineering courses last week, you would have seen students testing the cohesion of household items: water, soapy water, vegetable oil—even ketchup and mayo were on the table. Some of those students were in the lab in the Mugar Life Sciences Building, and some joined from home via video, displayed on giant TV screens, a setup that has “worked really well,” one student says.