In mid June, AYVA President Dianne Beveridge and Western Territory Manager, Stacey Metz attended the ASEE in Indianapolis, Indiana. This year’s theme was “360 Degrees of Engineering Education” and there were many sessions and workshops for attendees to take part in. The conference was well attended by educators and vendors from across the US and Canada.

Three of AYVA’s partners attended as exhibitors, displaying teaching equipment for a variety of engineering areas. TecQuipment, PASCO Scientific and PIGNAT were all in attendance and AYVA representatives were able to collaborate with them on new equipment and ideas to bring back to our customers to assist in reaching their educational goals.

Pictured is Stacey Metz, with PIGNAT representative Regis Rodriguez and PIGNAT’s mini distillation unit, which is similar to those that have been installed at schools across Canada.

We look forward to ASEE next year in Seattle, meeting with our partners in attendance and hope to see many of you there.

50 Days to Celebrate 50 Years

How do I change the view of data in a graph? How do I connect wirelessly to an IPad?

If you sometimes ask yourself these questions, you should check out PASCO’s new videos!

To coincide with its 50^th Anniversary, PASCO created 50 short videos in response to popular “How do I?” questions heard from customers on sensors, software, and hardware.

PASCO will release one video per day until March 11.

Fourteen of them are already available, on AYVA’s YouTube Channel.

If you wish to keep informed of video releases, click on the ‘Subscribe’ button on our YouTube page.

 

 

AYVA is pleased to introduce the NEW Photoelectric Effect System from PASCO.

Call us at 1 877-967-2726 and we will be pleased to assist you with your questions.

Diamonds may be a hot commodity here on Earth, but in space, they’re positively common.

Scientists have long believed in the existence of diamonds on Neptune and Uranus. Now, new research suggests the sparkly rocks may also be found on Jupiter and Saturn.

It was previously believed that these two planets were too cold to allow for the formation of diamonds, but a study conducted by Mona Delitsky of California Specialty Engineering and Kevin Baines of the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that the precious gem may rain down on Saturn and Jupiter.

The theory states that pressure within the planets’ atmospheres could be turning carbon into diamond. If this holds true, there could be fragments of the gem floating in the atmosphere of both planets.

As the diamonds sink lower, extreme heat could be liquefying the rocks, creating ‘diamond rain’.

Some scientists even believe there could be liquid diamond seas in our solar system.

Imagine that!

Researchers Nokia and the University of Southampton have charged a cell phone with simulated lightning, providing a sneak peek into the future of wireless charging.

“This discovery proves that the device can be charged with a current that passes through the air, and is a huge step towards understanding a natural power like lightning and harnessing its energy,” said University of Southampton scientist Neil Palmer in a statement, adding that the lighting was able to fully charge the phone in a matter of seconds.

The research is in its early stages, so it’s not known how the technology will be used, or when it will be available to a mass market.
Check out the video to learn more about the experiment.

The above experiment was conducted in a controlled environment under the supervision of experts – so don’t try this at home.

 

AYVA employees traveled to PASCO Scientifics’ Head Office in Sacramento California early in August to attend a week long training workshop.

In partnership with PASCO, AYVA employees are constantly exploring new technologies and looking for ways to make teaching more interactive. This workshop was designed to do just that. Our employees went back to the classroom to learn all of PASCO’s new product releases, updated software versions and refresher courses on popular products and experiments.

The workshops were interactive and hands on. PASCO product experts were on hand to answer any inquiries they had about the experiments.

Our recent back-to-school training has prepared us to help educators tackle the challenges presented in today’s teaching labs.

The AYVA team traveled to sunny Bahamas last week. Members enthusiastically participated in team building exercises. Some exercises were completed with ease, while others posed more of a challenge both mentally and physically!

Strategies were reviewed and new ideas generated for the upcoming months. It was difficult to leave the warm weather to head home, however most were excited to get back and implement the ideas learned over the four days.