b'Partner News Autumn 2023 13AcademicBusy building torches and learning about Morse Code with the DSP Centre (Credit: Daniel Roberts) Playing with Lego Mindstorms with the NFI (Credit: Daniel Roberts)Sarah Vallely, an NFI PhD student and Outreach Coordinator said: Showing young scientists the captivating brand-new NFI lab and engaging them in hands-on demos is a transformative experience that sparks a passion for discovery and fuels their imagination. By immersing them in the realm of science and technology, we empower the next generation of innovators to dream big, ask bold questions, and turn their ideas into reality.Code Breaking with Technocamps (Credit: Daniel Roberts) The school was delighted to receive overwhelmingly positive feedback from the Dr Daniel Roberts, the Schools Outreachchildren and families who attended, with Officer and organiser of the event said: Itone parent saying: This was a wonderful was a pleasure to welcome so many aspiringexperience! We should have more events young minds to the department to join inlike this more frequently for kids to ignite our activities and to inspire them to exploretheir minds! My 8-year-old loved the event. potential joy for STEM related subjects inAnother commented it was a great learning the future. We hope we have played a smallWe are delighted to have hadexperience for the whole family.part in encouraging them to pursue theirthe opportunity to open our passions and lay the foundations for what isOverall, the school was thrilled to see so possible in a scientific discipline. doors to the future generationmany messages saying attendees would like of engineers. Our aim was toto see more events like this in the future. Dr Roger Giddings, Deputy OperationThe School is now looking forward to taking Director of the DSP Centre also commented:give the children a glimpse ofon the feedback received, and to plan the We are delighted to have had thethe work we do here in thenext event to open its doors to welcome opportunity to open our doors to the futureback the inspiring young minds of the local generation of engineers. Our aim was toDSP Centre, opening theircommunity. give the children a glimpse of the workminds to the exciting world we do here in the DSP Centre, openingof optical communicationThe School is open to hearing from other their minds to the exciting world of opticalpartners about their experiences with communication technologies. It wastechnologies. organising similar events. thoroughly rewarding to hear the children say they learnt something new about sendingIf you are interested, please reachlight through fibre optic cables, so we hopeout to Dr Daniel Roberts at we have ignited a spark of curiosity into theDr Roger Giddings, d.r.g.roberts@bangor.ac.uk.possibilities of communication technologiesDeputy Operation Directorand potential future careers in this area. of the DSP Centre'