Carpenter Technology partners with Alvernia University on science camp

For the third year Carpenter Technology Corp. has teamed up with Alvernia University to offer 150 Reading, Pa., middle-school students a free, weeklong immersion into the world of science, dubbed the Project Exploration Science Institute.

Students in grades seven through nine from 30 different schools learned about chemistry, engineering, and physics through experiments that explored liquid nitrogen, chemical flames, slope mechanics, and trajectory launch engineering. They also were given a behind-the-scenes tour of Carpenter’s No. 5 mill and R&D building. According to Carpenter, Mill 5 can roll more alloys in more sizes than any other known specialty steel mill.

Alvernia’s Holleran Center for Community Engagement, designed to be a bridge between the university and the community, generated a team of 30 volunteers to help the scientists bring Project Exploration to the university’s O’Pake Science Center and campus this summer.

Carpenter is a manufacturer of cast/wrought and powder metal stainless steels and specialty alloys.