Time to celebrate the 65th annual National Engineers Week
February 21-27, 2016
Happy Eweek, everybody! National Engineers Week celebrates the positive contributions engineers make to society and is a catalyst for outreach. For the past 65 years, National Engineers Week (Eweek) has been celebrated each February around the time of George Washington’s birthday, February 22, because Washington is considered by many to be the first engineer in the US. This year Michigan Tech will celebrate Eweek with ten different engineering events on campus for all to enjoy. National Engineers Week at Michigan Tech is hosted by the Michigan Tech chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honor Society.
Eweek 2016 events include a kick-off event on Monday Feb. 22 with Mind Trekkers in Fisher Lobby from 11 am – 1 pm. Eweek cake will be served in Dillman 112 on Wednesday afternoon Feb. 24, courtesy of the Department of Engineering Fundamentals. Last but not least, on Thursday evening Feb. 25 at 8 pm, Tau Beta Pi will put on a high-tech music and light show at the Michigan Tech Husky Dog statue.
Please check out the full lineup of Eweek events below. Any questions? Contact Alex Reichanadter, Tau Beta Pi, amreicha@mtu.edu. Hope to see you there!
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22
Mind Trekkers
See electricity travel. Play a banana piano.
Create a tornado, and much more.
Fisher Lobby, 11 am – 1 pm
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23
Clean Snowmobile Challenge
Check out a zero emissions sled and more.
ME-EM Lobby, 10 am -11 am
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Quantify knife sharpness w/the CPM Enterprise.
Fisher Lobby, 11 am – 3 pm
Formula SAE
Take the 5-second seat harness challenge.
ME-EM Lobby, 1 pm – 3 pm
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Eweek Cake
You’re invited! All are welcome!
Dillman 112, 11 am – 3 pm
Am. Institute of Chemical Engineers
Try the “Minute to Win It” trivia contest.
Chem Sci Lobby, 12 noon – 1:30 pm
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25
SENSE
Check out the new Naval Systems Enterprise.
ME-EM Lobby, 10 am – 3 pm
Society for Environmental Engineering
Clean water via simple filtration.
Fisher Lobby, 12 noon – 3 pm
Tau Beta Pi
Enter the Rube Goldberg competition.
Wads Annex, 6 pm – 8 pm
Tau Beta Pi
Enjoy a technicolor light & music show.
Husky Statue, 8 pm