Over the last two weeks, we have been looking for experts from both Academia and Industry to be on our panel of judges at the “Cell”-a-brations. Many had stepped up…
No troubleshooting session on 2024-04-12
We are not holding a troubleshooting session on 12 Apr 2024. Justin is participating at the Calgary Youth Science Fair. For his science fair project, he is investigating whether mycelium…
Conducting Workshops at the Calgary Mayor’s Environment Expo
Today, we were selected to conduct 2 workshops at this year’s Calgary Mayor’s Environment Expo. Similar to the MFC Olympics, students will learn about the fundamentals of the Microbial Fuel…
Patches of MFC Olympics Mascot have arrived
Today the embroidered patches of our beloved MFC Olympics Mascot finally arrived. All participants in the MFC Olympics this year will have the opportunity to earn one of these limited-edition…
Troubleshooting at University Elementary School
All the MFC Units at the University Elementary School were blinking at one time. However, Mr. Matthew Cater mentioned that only two units were blinking today. We visited Mr. Matthew…
Finalists for YODA in the Environment category
We have been selected individually as finalists in the Youth Central’s Youth of Distinction Awards (YODA) in the Environment category. We were nominated for our effort in running the MFC…
Sponsorship by Professor Michael Manefield
We had a discussion with Professor Michael Manefield about the MFC Olympics. Professor Manefield is with the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of New South Wales…
Earth Science for Society exhibition
On March 17, Aaron volunteered at the 2024 Earth Science for Society exhibition (ESFS 2024) held at the University of Calgary. There were many hands-on activities at the exhibition, including…
Troubleshooting at GW Smith School
Justin was troubleshooting with the students from GW Smith School with the MFCs. He found that some of the MFCs were dry, so with the help of their teacher, the…
Mini MFC Olympics Pilot at Red Deer Schools
Today, we conducted the in-person Mini MFC Olympics workshop for a class of Grade 5 students at Glendale Science and Technology School and two classes of Grade 5 students at…