Journey into Engineering at É«ÇéÍøÕ¾
Join us at the É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ Engineering & Industry Building for a night packed with demonstrations and great engineering discussions. Thank you to ConocoPhillips Alaska for supporting this event.
What: Meet engineering professors, tour research facilities, watch demonstrations, participate in activities, and learn more about what É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ has to offer to future engineers, computer scientists, geospatial professionals, and project managers.
Who: High school students and parents interested in learning more about the É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ College of Engineering.
When: February 18th and 20th,6-8:30pm
Where: February 18th É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ Engineering and Computation Building (3310 É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ Drive) and February 20th É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ Engineering & Industry Building (2900 Spirit Dr)
How Much: FREE!
Space is limited. We request that attendees limit their party to one adult, if possible.
February 18th
- Mechanical Engineering- Dr. Raghu Srinivasan, one of Alaska’s leading experts on corrosion chemistry, will demonstrate in the Environmental Degradation Lab (EDL)
- Computer Science & Engineering- Dr. Sebastian Neumayer, Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering, will demonstrate circuits implementing Morse Code and Pong.
- Machine Shop– Corbin Rowe, the machinist for the College of Engineering, will lead a tour through the machine shop, showing off fabrication equipment and ongoing projects.
- Admissions and Advising– Admissions and advising counselors will present important need-to-know information about tuition, scholarships, educational pathways, and more.
February 20th
"Girls in Engineering" Day- special presentation by E- Week banquet speaker, Jessica Vos. Jessica Vos Biography
Project Management– LuAnn Piccard, a former longtime executive at Hewlett-Packard, will demonstrate project management concepts by constructing a tower.
Admissions and Advising– Admissions and advising counselors will present important need-to-know information about tuition, scholarships, educational pathways, and more.
Civil Engineering– Dr. Polly Murray, É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ civil engineering professor, will break ice beams in the ConocoPhillips Structures Testing Lab.
Mechanical Engineering- Dr. Jennifer Brock, É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ mechanical engineering professor and Associate Dean, will present demonstrations in the Jan van de Top Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Lab.
Special Planetarium Presentation
featuring E-Week Banquet Speaker Jessica Vos
6:30 PM É«ÇéÍøÕ¾ Planetarium & visualization theater
From Dream to Discovery: Inside NASA Spacecraft Systems Engineering & Associated Care
er Paths - presentation by aerospace engineer Jessica Vos Biography
Student competitions
10am - 3pm
Engineering and Industry Building
- Shake Table – sponsored by ASCE
- Egg Drop – sponsored by SWE
- Newspaper TOWER– sponsored by SPE
- Floatable Moatable – sponsored by SAME
- LEGO Long-O – sponsored by ITE
- Paper Airplane – sponsored by DOWL
- Marshmallow Tower – sponsored by ConocoPhillips Alaska