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Date: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3
Date	Time	Type	Details	Venue
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DEPT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS	DEPT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS - BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTRE Department Demonstrations and Experiments OVERVIEW: Range of experiments including - Extracting DNA at Home from fruits - Potato Cloning demonstration - Making paper from floral parts and Newspaper - Demonstration-Wine making from local fruits	Biotechnology Centre, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DELIVERY DRONE DEMO	DELIVERY DRONE DEMO - Autonomous Delivery Drone Demo DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTING ACTIVITY: Autonomous Delivery Drone Demo OVERVIEW: The display will demonstrate a delivery drone capable of accepting ‘orders’ from a website, retrieving the payload from a pick up point and navigating to the drop off point and back to its base. This project has applications in logistic services for retailers, service providers and government agencies. It is a collaboration between the Computing Society, Electronics Club, Alternative Energy Club and the UWI IEEE Student Branch.	Lawns Opposite The Assembly Hall
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:00AM - 4:00PM	DEPT EXHIBIT AND DEMOS	DEPT EXHIBIT AND DEMOS DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Department Exhibit and Demonstration OVERVIEW: Various Displays from the Departments on Research in Climate, Medical Physics, Energy, Optics, Materials, etc.	The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	10:30AM-12:30PM	ONLINE JOURNAL LAUNCH	ONLINE JOURNAL LAUNCH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION EVENT: Launch of SOE Online Journals Journals: The Mona School of Education’s Journals: Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean (JEDIC) and the Caribbean Journal of Education (CJE) OVERVIEW: The Publications Unit of The School of Education has officially launched their hallmark journals online which include the Journal of Education and Development in the Caribbean as well as the Caribbean Journal of Education.	The Undercroft, Senate Building
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	11:00AM - 12:30PM	DEPT TOURS	DEPT TOURS - Tour of Electronics Engineering and Civil Engineering Labs SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Department Tours OVERVIEW: Tour of Electronics Engineering and Civil Engineering Labs. Demonstrations include using an electric multimeter and conducting a concrete compression test.	Electronics and Civil Engineering Labs, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	11:00AM - 12:00PM	DEPT TOURS	DEPT TOURS - Tour of GIS & Remote Sensing Labs DEEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY Department Tours OVERVIEW: The following tours are scheduled during the times provided. - Tours of the DOGG Research Facilities - Tour of GIS & Remote Sensing Labs - Tour of Geology Museum and Rock Preparation Lab - Tour of Map Library	Department of Geography and Geology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	11:00AM - 2:00PM	FACULTY TOURS	FACULTY TOURS - MONALAW MONALAW Faculty Tours OVERVIEW: Visitors to MonaLaw will be taken on a guided tour of the facilities. MEETING POINT: Faculty Foyer	Faculty of Law Building
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	12:00PM-1:30PM	DEPT HERBARIUM TOUR	DEPT HERBARIUM TOUR - Herbarium Tour and Introduction to Virtual Herbarium DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES Department Tours OVERVIEW: Herbarium Tour and Introduction to Virtual Herbarium	The Herbarium, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	12:00PM-4:00PM	DEPT EXHIBIT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS	DEPT EXHIBIT DEMOS AND EXPERIMENTS - Department Chemistry DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY Activity: Department Exhibit and Demonstration Overview: Various interactive demonstrations will be set up to excite and inspire sixth form students.	The Spine, Faculty of Science and Technology
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3	1:00 PM-1:30PM	INTEERACTIVE GAME	INTEERACTIVE GAME - Pinata Game MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES Pinata Game OVERVIEW: An Explosion of sweets! Volunteers are blindfolded as they break a decorated figure to retrieve sweets. COORDINATORS: Spanish Students	FHE Courtyard

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