National Engineers Week
ACTIVITIES
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Engineering Dodgeball Tournament
Sponsors: College of Engineering, National Society of Black Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013
Time: 12:00 noon-4:00 PM
Venue: Carpenter Sports Building (Little Bob) Racquetball Courts
Audience: All interested faculty, staff, and students
Contact: Aaron Yancey ayancey@udel.edu with questions
To Sign Up: Please complete this Google Form!
Details: This tournament highlights the classic, fast-paced game of dodgeball, bringing together fellow engineers and students to strive for victory and take home the ultimate prize! The 1st place team will take home $20 voucher to any restaurant on Main Street per member. Drinks will be provided!
Meet the Engineering Greeks
Sponsors: College of Engineering, Alpha Omega Epsilon Sorority, Sigma Phi Delta Fraternity
Date: Sunday, February 17, 2013
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Venue: Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center
Audience: College of Engineering undergrads
Contact: Zack Rogers zrogers@udel.edu
Details: Interested in meeting some new friends in the Engineering department? Want to check out the University greek scene? Have have a question some upperclassmen in your major can answer. Are you an undeclared engineering major looking for help finding your niche? If any of these apply come to this event and speak with the brothers and sisters of Sigma Phi Delta and Alpha Omega Epsilon the national chartered professional and social engineering fraternity and sorority on campus.
Monday, February 18, 2013
EWeek 2013 Opening Reception & Carnival - Celebrate Awesome!
Sponsors: College of Engineering, JPMorgan Chase, Registered Student Organizations/Student Groups
Date: Monday, February 18, 2013
Time: 11:00 AM-1:00 PM
Venue: Lobby, P.S. Dupont Hall
Audience: Open to all interested faculty, staff and students
Contact: Sue Zatto, Dean's Office - zatto@udel.edu or 302-831-2401
Details: The official college opening of National Engineers Week 2013. Join us for food, fun and face-painting as we kick off Eweek 2013! Watch vanilla ice cream being made before your eyes using Liquid Nitrogen and enjoy carnival foods such as cotton candy, popcorn, pizza and more! All are welcome to attend!
Engineering Texas Hold'em: A Mathematician's Game
Sponsors: College of Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, National Society of Black Engineers
Date: Monday, February 18, 2013
Time: 6:00-10:00 PM (first hand dealt at 6:10 sharp)
Venue: Trabant University Center - Multipurpose Room A
Audience: All interested faculty, staff and students
Contact: Matthew Ashley, President ASCE, mashley@udel.edu with questions.
Details: This activity highlights a Texas Hold'em style card game, used to unite fellow engineers in a highly popular game and teach probability techniques which can be used to make choices. Prizes will be awarded -- 1st place $50.00 voucher for any restaurant on Main Street; 2nd place $20.00 and 3rd place $10.00. Note: No money is exchanged during the games.
Tuesday, February 19. 2013
Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony
Sponsors: College of Engineering
Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Time: 6:30-8:00 PM
Venue: Mitchell Hall Auditorium
Audience: Open to all graduating seniors, graduating graduate students, faculty members and DCES community.
Family members are welcome to attend.
Contact: Sue Zatto, Dean's Office zatto@udel.edu 302-831-2401 or Michele Brown, Office of Academic Advisement, Student Development & Support eg-advisement@udel.edu
Details: A formal ceremony to induct students into the fellowship of engineers trained in science and technology, and dedicated to teaching, administration, and/or practice of their profession. Additional information and historical significance can be found at http://www.order-of-the-engineer.org/.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Come and celebrate Engineers Week with SAMPE!
What: Annual SAMPE Baltimore-Washington University Research Symposium
When: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 – 5:30-8:30 PM
Where: University of Delaware – Center for Composite Materials (UD-CCM)
The annual Student Night, sponsored by the Baltimore-Washington professional chapter of the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE), will feature students presenting their research from four affiliated student chapters (University of Delaware, University of Maryland-College Park, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and West Virginia University). Hosted this year by the SAMPE-University of Delaware student chapter, two students from each member university will showcase their research by giving either a poster or PowerPoint presentation. These students will be competing for cash prizes, up to $500, and the winner of the PowerPoint presentation will have the opportunity to present their research at the SAMPE University Research Symposium at the upcoming SAMPE international conference in Long Beach, CA.
Come network with professionals from the material and process engineering community, learn about the SAMPE student chapter and see cutting-edge materials research. The symposium and dinner are free to all but please RSVP to SAMPE-UD President Maxime Dempah dmax@udel.edu by February 19th.
Schedule of Events
5:00 - 5:30 Arrival and Setup
5:30 - 6:30 Poster Competition
6:30 - 7:00 Dinner and Networking
7:00 - 8:00 PowerPoint Presentations
8:15 - 8:30 Announcement of Awards
Engineering Broomball
Sponsors: College of Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Time: 11:30 PM-1:00 AM (Wednesday evening into Thursday morning)
Venue: Fred Rust Ice Arena, Olympic Rink
Audience: All faculty, staff and students of UD are welcome to support the event by participating or watching!
Contact: Jason Coffman, AIChE, President, coffmanj@udel.edu for details or questions.
Details: What is Broomball? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomball In a game of broomball there are two teams, each consisting of six players: a goaltender and five others. The object of the game is to score more goals than your opponent. Goals are scored by hitting the ball into your opponent's net using your broom. Tactics and plays are similar to those used in sports such as ice hockey, roller hockey and floorball.
Thursday, February 21, 2013
2013 Engineers Week DCES Banquet
Sponsor: Delaware Council of Engineering Societies (DCES)
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2013
Time: Social hour begins at 5:30 PM followed by dinner at 6:00 PM and awards ceremony at 7:30 PM
Venue: Bella Vita at Cavaliers Country Club, 100 Addison Drive, Newark, DE 19702 (http://www.bellavitaccc.net)
Contact: Jim Quigley, P.E., jquigley@pennoni.com or (302) 351-5248 for ticket information.
Details: A celebration of the accomplishments of the Professional Engineers of Delaware. The program will highlight Gregory Moore, P.E. (Becker Morgan Group) and Shante Hastings. P.E. (DELDOT) as the recipients of Delaware's 2013 Engineer of the Year and Young Engineer of the Year awards, respectively. In addition, scholarship recipients, and award-winning engineering design projects will be recognized at the annual event, including the newly inducted Delaware P.E.'s. Proceeds benefit future scholarship recipients.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Tour of Boeing Company Facility
Sponsors: College of Engineering, SAMPE
Date: Friday, February 22, 2013
Venue: Boeing, Philadelphia, PA
Time: 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Audience: All interested faculty, staff and students.
Contact: Registration currently closed. Contact sampe.ud@gmail.com if you would be interested in attending future tours.
Aircraft Challenge: Optimization of distance and accuracy... and dodging nerfs
Sponsors: MEGA (Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association)
Date: Friday, February 22, 2013
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM
Venue: A top McKinley Lab
Audience: Paper plane warriors of all kinds
Contact: Ben Gould, Secretary MEGA, bengould@udel.edu with questions.
Details: You are making a paper airplane. You are faced with three challenges. The first, accuracy — can you hit the target? The second, distance — how far can you go? And the third, a nerf gun battle — can your plane stand the battle? BYO Nerf Gun. The elite will be rewarded.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
TEAMS Competition
Sponsors: College of Engineering, Technology Student Association (TSA)
Date: Saturday, February 23, 2013
Time: 8:30 AM– 1:30 PM
Venue: Smith Hall, 120
Audience: Area High School Students
Contact: Melissa Jurist, UD K-12 Engineering, mjurist@udel.edu or 302-831-6316
Details: Teams of high school students compete to solve challenging engineering problems.
Eweek 2013 Student Banquet — Celebrate Awesome!
Sponsors: College of Engineering, Lockheed Martin Corporation, College of Engineering Registered Student Organizations
Date: Saturday, February 23, 2013
Time: 4:30 – 6:30 PM
Venue: Trabant University Center, Multi-Purpose Rooms A-C
Audience: Open to all interested faculty, staff and students
Speaker: Charles T. Johnson-Bey, Ph.D., Corporate Open Innovation Program Manager, Lockheed Martin Corporation, UD Alum
Contact: Michele Brown, Office of Academic Advisement, mlbrown@udel.edu, by Wednesday, Feb. 20th, to reserve your 'virtual' ticket!
Admission is free but seating is limited.
Details: This event provides an opportunity for the college community to come together to formally Celebrate the Awesome events of Eweek 2013 at UD as well as the profession! A hot buffet dinner will be provided and a 'free' silent auction will be held (pictured below). Hope to see you there!
----For further information and updates contact 302-831-2401 engr-contacts@udel.edu or 302-831-8659 eg-advisement@udel.edu
