Óbuda University
Óbuda Cluster on Buda side
˗ Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering
˗ Rejtő Sándor Faculty of Light Industry and Environmental Engineering
˗ John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics (www.uni-obuda.hu)
Programmes:
· Classic logical and strategic games from chess to Rubik’s cube
· “Tech kindergarten”
· Scientific conference for 10-12-year-old talented young researchers
· Workshop of innovative SMEs
· MassVentil mass ventilator developed for COVID-19aboratory visits
· Blind robot and walking track for the blind
· eHealth applications and autopsy on mammal preparations
· The decomposition of waste
· The benefits of patient telemonitoring and the opportunities of DaVinci surgical system (the only one in Hungary)
· Robotic applications driven by voice commands of visitors
· VR and AR simulations of cars, trains and aircrafts
· Demonstration lab, energy community management
· Skool representatives will educate girls between age 9-14 on Lego Robotics and Scratch programming
· special STEM lectures for disabled visitors
· Mobile App Development contest both for age group of 14-18 and 18-23 aiming the topic of engineering in everyday life applications
· Video Game will be developed on to test the STEM related skills
· In-place contest on playing this video game (STEM-VGC)
· A rock band of the professors and student of the University will provide the music in the “Science café” during the event
Downtown of Budapest (Józsefváros)
˗ Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering
˗ Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering
˗ Keleti Károly Faculty of Economics (www.uni-obuda.hu)
Programmes:
· Laboratory visits
· Industry 4.0 laboratories demonstrating the benefits of using high performance computing technics
· The infrastructure of autonomous cars can be observed and tried out
· New type of energy sources – thunder simulation
· The production of paper, packaging and industrial printing
· Interior design tools
· Fashion makers “to-be”: insight into the costume design steps
· 5G lab will present the new age of telecommunication
· The visitors experience on the orientation of blind people by using “A-bot” unit developed at OE Disability Lab
· Quiz on social and economics disciplines – Escape room at Keleti Károly Faculty of Economics
· Sensitization to different cultures and religions
· Lectures and common talks on gender studies. Online streaming possibility will be organised to other European partner events
· “EU-CO-Tour” (European Cooperation Tour) – live connection at the NIGHT with other available organisers all around Europe
Székesfehérvár – Alba Regia Campus
˗ Alba Regia Technical Faculty (http://www.amk.uni-obuda.hu/index.php/hu/)
Programmes:
· The biggest industrial robotics center of the region entertains the visitors with all the aspects of collaborative robotics
· Developments of lego robot mock-ups in lab courses
· The challenges of cybernetics and cyber security – ethical hackers
· 3D design and production – from CAD design tools to additive manufacturing
· VR applications used for design and industrial purposes
· UAV-s applied on agricultural and land surveyor projects
· STEM Video Game contest and will be in on-line contact with Budapest and Salgótarján
Salgótarján – Salgótarján Campus
˗ Training and Research Centre (http://www.amk.uni-obuda.hu/index.php/hu/)
Programmes:
· The laboratories of regional automotive cluster open
· The design and test facilities can be observed
· The developments of AR and VR tools
· Creativity and skills of “young researchers” – BrainStorm competition
· STEM Video Game contest and will be in on-line contact with Budapest and Székesfehérvár
Szombathely– Szombathely Campus
˗ Szombathely Campus (http://uni-obuda.hu/)
Programmes:
· STEM Video Game contest and will be in on-line contact with Budapest and Székesfehérvár
· Algae growing laboratory
NaTE, Zipernowsky House of Science and Arts – a public space (http://www.nokatud.hu/)
Programmes:
· Hands-on experiments led by the members of NaTE Ambassador Network and Scindicator Alumni members
· ERS and those benefitted from EU support
· Simulation of the brain’s neuron network – co-creation of a brain model
· Mini talks and debates moderated by the Scindicator Alumni members:
o The role of communication between cells in developing cancer
o The protection of soils and its consequences to sustainable food supply
o The importance of protect the biodiversity of the oceans – the latter one directly tailored to children in terms of language and perspective
· Science Café – a meeting with the grantees of the Women in Science Excellence Award Hungary to break down the stereotypes – particularly gender stereotypes - towards researchers and scientific career targeting young students and their families
· Speed dating: encouraging participants to speak with young researchers and outstanding senior researchers acting as role models for younger generations
· NaTE will be present on the sidewalk in front of the Zipernowsky House, a public space, to be more visible and accessible for those who are just passing by with guerrilla experiments: “Science in the City” and flash mob activity
Fasori Lutheran Secondary School (http://www.fasori.hu/)
Programmes:
· Laboratory visits with the assistance of its young “scientist” (aged 12-18)
· Mini lectures from ex-students for small groups of students about their career and personal examples
· “Do it yourself” biology-chemistry lab
o “glowing letters by Kalium-nitrate”
o “making Natrium acetate tincture”
o the mammal and reptile autopsy
· Physics-geography lab electrostatics, electromagnetism, optical and resonance phenomena is experimented
Palace of Miracles (https://www.csopa.hu/)
Programmes:
· A full-day program with more than 250 games and tools demonstrating various physical, chemical and biological phenomena
· Fascinating lectures and experimental demonstrations
· Spectacular multi-D, circle cinema ride movies with 5D and 9D movies, diverse programs and games in 8 different scientific thematic areas
· Thematic exit games
· A round; interactive exhibitions, illusions, flash mobs in Newton’s Apple Garden and Birth Section
· Spectacular science shows
· Popular social games like table football and touchscreen tables;
· Laboratory activities carried out by the young generation in a well-equipped chemical laboratory under the supervision of adult experts, researchers.
· Some further educational activities will be:
- Nature's workshop – thematic area for discovering the world that surrounds us
- Öveges auditorium – special science shows dedicated to meteorology using physical and chemical experiments
- Gedeon Richter lab – thematic lab sessions connected to chemistry, physics and biology
- Teacher’s Club – sharing methodological sources with the registered club members in the frame of interactive activities
CERN Data Centre (https://wigner.mta.hu/wignerdc/)
Programmes:
· Lab visits guided by the researchers
· Growing diamonds
· What is my jewellery made of?
· Deciphering the code in the brain
· Rays around us
· New types of solar panels?
· How far is space?
· We build new materials!
· The first seconds of our world
· Examination of artifacts and artefacts
· Adventures in the solar system
· Nanoparticles in suspension
· Electrochemical metal deposition
· Charged particles in action
· Other diverse programmes:
o Visit to the Wigner Data Center
o Virtual visit to CERN
o Physics escape room
o Experiments with lasers, cosmic particles and gravitation
o Particle physics board and card games
o “touch the scientist” – visitors can ask anything from the researcher behind the presented knowledge
Centre for Ecological Research
Institute of Ecology and Botany, Vácrátót (https://www.okologia.mta.hu/en/IEB)
Programmes:
· The Centre for Ecological Research offers lab demonstrations, lectures, film-screening, interactive activities for all ages
· Offer lab demonstrations such as: algae, peracarid crustaceans and insects
· To bring closer the amazing microscopic organisms to the next generations
· The most pressing issues of terrestrial ecology – ecological impacts of climate change and the loss of biodiversity
· Basic ecological knowledge – the role of the pollinators, the biodiversity of forests, and the sustainable environmental conditions
· Climate change and biodiversity crisis danger – how to handle the growing eco-anxiety in the society with sober and attitude shaping information
· A respond to future crises (new diseases, invasion of species, reduction of indigenous species, etc.) with the involvement of society
Hungarian National Museum (https://mnm.hu)
Programmes:
· Guided interactive lab visits with for children and adults (examining human and animal bones, ceramic and stone tools, wooden remains, conserving metallic and ceramic objects, etc.)
· Instruments and methods for everyone
· Workshops: painting and making ceramic objects
· Mini mock excavation: simulating the archaeological digging works for children
· „Conservators, please help”
· Guided visits to the warehouses of the museum
· „When I grow up, I will be a pro”
· Game of interpretation
· Presentations
o From excavation to exhibition
o Regional issues in archaeology
o Interactive anthropology: families in focus
o Interdisciplinary
Museum of Applied Arts - György Ráth Villa (http://www.imm.hu/en/index)
Programmes:
· Exhibition Art Nouveau – a Hungarian Perspective
· The Decorative Art Objects from the Collection of György Ráth
· Guided tours from an alternative perspective in György Ráth Villa
· Contemporary Hungarian art
Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (https://biokutatas.hu/en/)
Programmes:
· “Presentations and lectures on the Role of landrace and ancient varieties in biodiversity
· Sustainable soil cultivation technologies: inter-row crops in vineyard and orchard, green manure in practice, reduced till, no-till in soybean cultivation
· From Farm to Fork: how a research institute can play role in organic product development?
· Ensure a more sustainable food system: hyperspectral remote sensing in animal husbandry, arable and tomato cultivation
· Green Deal and Farm
· Fork Strategy, Organic Action Plan: expectations and opportunities for the development of organic farming in Hungary.
TIT venues (www.titnet.hu)
Béres József TIT – Kisvárda
Jedlik Ányos TIT – Miskolc
Koch Sándor Csongrád megyei TIT – Szeged
Soproni TIT – Sopron
TIT Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok megye – Szolnok
TIT Komárom-Esztergom megye – Tatabánya
TIT Körösök vidéke – Békéscsaba
TIT Nógrád megye – Salgótarján
TIT Vas megye – Szombathely
TIT Bács-Kiskun megye – Kecskemét
Programmes:
· Alternative energy, environment-friendly lifestyle
· Astronomy for children, the wonders of the autumn sky
· Spectacular experiment shows on Physics
· Mysterious biology
· Physics vs Chemistry
· Minerals and gemstones
· Geographical curiosities, travel experiences, the effects of global climate change
· The effects of global environmental problems in Hungary
· What do we leave to our grandchildren?
· Women in science
· Meeting with the award-winning team of vehicle builders
· Environmental biology program - experiments, measurements, environmental games
· How does a 3D printer work?
· Visiting the 3D printing laboratory
· Flight simulation, from interesting biological experiments to genetics
Children’s University at BME (https://www.bme.hu/?language=en)
Programmes:
· Competition among participants of CU to receive rewards
· Visit of the flight simulator
· Wind Tunnel Laboratory
· Sensory analysis of foods
· From wheat grain to bread
· Flame organ and flame speed measurement
· Water rocket
· The world of automotive electronics
· Intelligent home (smart home)
· Seeing the unseen
EU Point at the EU representation in Budapest
Programmes:
· Interactive presentations about our digital future, the possibilities digitalisation offer by start-ups and SMEs.
· Special EU corner
· Élménybiológia — FunBiology: a Dissection-Show standup to engage youngsters with biology.
· COVID-19: Innovative EU responses to the pandemic crisis
· Cancer: Ethical issues in cancer research will be discussed with the visitors.
