Journey into Engineering at É«ÇéÍøÕ¾

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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

 

 

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