Science Collaboration with The University of Bath

  • Kate Rutherford
An interactive exhibit for The University of Bath's Chemistry Public Enagement Programme.
The exhibit communicates the fundamental aspects of the research that PHD students are carrying out about the process of purifying waste water before it enters back into the environment, in the form of a game and informative poster. The process is centred around the activation of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) using UV light.
The interactive 3D game is aimed at children age 7-10 and their parents. Using magnets the players race to find all of the magnetic ‘toxins’ within the ‘water molecules’.
Once the water is clean (all of the ‘toxins’ have been removed) the successful players win a sticker of a happy sea creature.
The prototype I created was chosen to be in the New Designers Exhibition at the Business Design Centre in London in June 2017, where it was exhibited before being given to Bath University to use as part of their Public Engagement Programme.