Derrick Walker, a student at the Australian Science and Mathematics School, has just finished his research project featuring the ATLAS LEGO model. As part of his project, Derrick found supporters to finance the necessary 9517 pieces, ordered them and spent more than 72 hours to build the model. Currently, Derrick’s model is on display at his school and he plans to show it various exhibitions in the Adelaide area.

Kudos to Derrick for this great effort! Well done! Continue reading Building ATLAS from scratch →

We have a winner …

Please also take part in the vote for our audience award, were we are looking for the design with the most likes (until end of October 2015) on our Facebook gallery.

The pictures are online and the jury has started its work …

We’ll have our next BYOPD event in Geneva, as part of the Researchers Night at Balexert, next Friday, 25 September 2015! So please pass by, take part in our model building competition and learn something about particle physics using plastic bricks 🙂

It’s time! The jury has come to a decision! Five models have qualified for a prize.

Congratulations to the winners, whom will be contacted soon.
Big thanks also to all other participants. We hope you had fun and look forward to seeing you for our next event.

The audience award, as mentioned earlier, will be decided by the end of July and you can continue to vote until then.