Science is Wonder-ful – European Researcher’s Night
Sudharsan Srinivasan participated in “Science is Wonder-ful!”, an outreach event organized by the European Commission on 25/26 September at Parlamentarium, Brussels, Belgium. The event is set for popular science and fun learning and brought together more than 4000 visitors comprised of school-age students, researchers from different countries, investors and politicians amongst others.
The event provided a platform for Sudharasan to showcase his project in accesible terms to trigger curiosity and interests among the visitors. Moreover, this served to break the stereotypical understanding of researchers among the public. Thanks to a music box, an android tone generator application, an open-close end glass tube and some Styrofoam balls, they were made to dance for certain frequencies thus explaining the concept of resonance and its usage in medical accelerators. Special thanks to his supervisor Pierre-André Duperrex, as Sudharsan did not worry about the French speaking visitors and was a part-time visitor of his own stand. The attendees considered them to be “Magicians” and commented - “Wow, this is Magic” and “It’s Unbelievable”. Other attendees planned to try the experiment at home and in their schools to reenact the magic of “Resonance”.