Students Share 'Plastics Experience' Via Racing, Workshops

Area high school students were on campus Wednesday for the "Plastics Experience," which culminated in a remote-control car race in Bardo Gymnasium. The campus visitors attended a variety of workshops and other activities prior to racing, including injection-molding flying disks and key chains, blow-molding bottles, extruding grocery bags, thermoforming personalized signs, polymer testing, and an industry roundtable with plastics engineers. Video of the event exemplified by this time-lapse footage of the racetrack preparation will be included in an upcoming plastics-themed episode of the "degrees that work." series on public television. The event also drew the attention of WBRE's Jeremy Deebel, who filed a report for the NBC affiliate's evening newscast. Photos by Jessica L. Tobias, student photographer; video by Leah C. Mather, video production intern, College Information and Community Relations