Summer Bridge Program

The Farnum group participated in COSAM’s Summer Bridge program for incoming freshman for the 4th consecutive year. This program helps new college students acclimate to a college environment prior to their first semester. Each year we have participated, students in the program have constructed ice-tray batteries with Cu/Zn electrodes and measured their current-voltage properties as a function of series or parallel combinations. This module emphasis scalable methods of electrochemical energy storage and primes students on fundamental chemistry concepts such as redox reactions and thermodynamics.