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2012 San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering

Organized by UC San Diego, the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering is the largest celebration of innovation in Southern California.<br> <br>Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications

Festival attendees pose for photos at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center booth.

K-12 students craft bubbles at the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center booth.

Students and volunteers learn about DNA structure at the Salk Institute booth.

The Lilly Biotechnology Center booth hands out balloon hats.

The UC San Diego Alumni Association booth passes out foam tridents.

Festival attendees pose for a photo with UC San Diego Alumni Association foam tridents.

The San Diego Super Computer Center booth displays 3D videos from engineering work at UC San Diego.

A member of the Preuss School UC San Diego robotics team, The Midnight Mechanics drives their team robot “Solomonster.”

The “Solomonster,” created by the Preuss School UC San Diego robotics team, The Midnight Mechanics, launches basketballs.

Festival participants practice life saving techniques on human dummies at the UC San Diego Health Sciences booth.

K-12 students wear tinted optics to gaze at the sun.

K-12 students look through telescopes provided by OPT, Oceanside Photo and Telescope.

UC San Diego Near Space Balloon Team displays how camera equipment is sent up with their weather balloons.

UC San Diego Near Space Balloon Team discuss the harsh near space environment.

UC San Diego Near Space Balloon Team has participants experiment with balloon pressure.

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography booth lets attendees look and touch real shark egg cases and shark skin.

Festival attendees could watch live science experiments at the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering.

The UC San Diego Biodiesel Action Awareness Network booth discusses real world biodiesel research.

Animals like owls and lizards where on show to interact with at the festival.

UC San Diego BioMedical Engineering Society booth uses strawberries to explain and exhibit DNA.

UC San Diego BioMedical Engineering Society booth explores though demos the smart design of the human body.

Festival participants adopt plants at the UC San Diego Briggs Laboratory booth.

K-12 students launch rockets at the Boeing Company booth.

K-12 students participate in beanbag toss vision experiment at UC San Diego Socrates Fellows Program sports booth.

UC San Diego Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences test attendees glucose levels.

Students create slim at Cymer headquarters.

Students learn about plasma at Cymer headquarters.

Solar powered cars where constructed by community students and their families at Cymer headquarters.

Students learn how plastic is made at Cymer headquarters.

Students race solar powered cars.

Tony Hawk signs autographs for K-12 students.

Birdhouse skate team demonstrated ollies, kick flips and other tricks while Delson, de Callafon and Schmitt explained the science behind the moves.

Jacobs School of Engineering students built and presented a robotic skateboard to teach the physics behind skateboarding.

Tony Hawk discusses the physics of skateboarding with K-12 students.