2006 National Engineers Week
Preliminary Schedule
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday
Sunday, February 19
Engineering Broom Hockey
Sponsor: Omega Chi Epsilon
Activity includes four teams, a team for each undergraduate discipline: Chemical, Electrical/Computer, Mechanical, and Civil/Environmental competing in a round-robin fashion. Points will be awarded to the winning teams.
- Place: Fred Rust Ice Arena
- Time: 12:00 midnight – 2:00 AM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: bsteuer@udel.edu
Engineering Alumni Association Panel Discussion and Reception
Sponsor: UD Engineering Alumni Association
UD Engineering alumni host engineering students for an afternoon of networking. An alumni panel representing Civil & Environmental, Electrical & Computer, Chemical and Mechanical professionals will provide a forum for open discussion regarding career opportunities, job preparation, etc. Panel discussion will be followed by pizza and soft drinks and an opportunity for informal discussions and networking.
- Place: Center for Composite Materials Lobby
- 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
- Audience: Interested alumni, staff and students
- Info: dsmith@udel.edu
www.engr.udel.edu/alumni/alumniAssociation.html
Diversity in Engineering Workshop
Sponsor: National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
What does diversity mean in an engineering environment? A diversity professional will lead a workshop to create a dialog to capture diversity perspectives in the engineering workforce.
- Place: Gore 103
- Time: 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: cherish@udel.edu
Monday, February 20
EWEEK Kick-Off Reception
Sponsor: The College of Engineering
Join us for the official College opening for our Engineers Week celebration. Dean Eric Kaler will provide words of welcome.
- Place: DuPont Hall Lobby
- Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: ddalex@udel.edu
Ethics Speaker
Sponsor: Sigma Phi Delta
This activity is a presentation and discussion from Dr. Caroline Whitbeck on engineering ethics.
- Place: Gore 104
- Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: jaydub@udel.edu
Kinex® Building Competition
Sponsor: Alpha Omega Epsilon
Informal design teams compete to create structures using Kinex® building materials. Come and join the fun.
- Place: Memorial 049
- Time: 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: scromyak@yahoo.com
Tuesday, February 21
Order of the Engineer Ring Ceremony
Sponsor: The University of Delaware, College of Engineering (COE)
A formal ceremony to induct students into the fellowship of engineers trained in science and technology, and dedicated to the teaching, administration, and/or practice of their profession.
- Place: Mitchell Hall, UD Campus
- Time: 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM, Reception following in lobby
- Audience: Graduating seniors, graduate students and their families
- Info: ddalex@udel.edu
Dress for Success Workshop
Sponsor: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
With the proliferation of new dress codes and constructs in many professional areas what is the contemporary meaning of “dress for success” in an engineering environment? A career professional will lead a workshop to provide career enhancing perspectives in the engineering workforce.
- Place: Gore 103
- Time: 8:30 PM – 9:30 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: tatycruz@udel.edu
Wednesday, February 22
Business Etiquette Luncheon
Sponsor: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
This activity informs and introduces engineering students to the written and unwritten rules of dining in a professional or meeting situation. An etiquette professional will be on hand to provide practical and useful information.
- Place: Blue and Gold Club President’s Room
- Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students (tickets free but limited)
- Info: prsman5150@aol.com
Women in Engineering Mentor Reception
Sponsor: College of Engineering (COE) and Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Activity provides an opportunity for current UD students to interact with women professional engineers, faculty members and graduate students.
- Place: Trabant University Center Multi-Purpose Room
- Speaker: Sue McNeil, (Professor in the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department) and several students will share their mentoring and internship experiences.
- Time: 4:30 — 5:00 PM – Mentor/Mentee Participants
5:00 — 6:00 PM – General Program - Audience: Interested faulty, staff and students
- Info: werrell@udel.edu
UDEL Senior Design Presentations – Dinner Meeting
Sponsor: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Delaware Section
An opportunity to experience mechanical engineering student design at its best. The University of Delaware Senior Mechanical Engineering students finished their Fall Semester Design Course in December. The top project presentations will be presented at this dinner meeting along with awards for their winning project efforts.
- Place: Clayton Hall
- Speaker: Student Presenters
- Time: 6:00 PM Social Hour
7:00 PM Dinner
8:15 PM Student presentations
Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
Reservations: Prof. Michael Keefe (302) 831-8009
keefe@me.udel.edu
Graduate School Panel
Sponsor: National Society of Professional Engineers
This activity provides a discussion to explore information and perspectives on Graduate Education.
- Place: TBD
- Time: 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: criswell@udel.edu or frankiet@udel.edu
Thursday, February 23
8th Annual Engineering & Technology Jobs Fair
(Engineering, Computer Science and other Technology
Companies)
Sponsor: The UD MBNA Career Services Center
A career development activity to introduce engineering, science, and technology students to the employment opportunities and career challenges in the high-tech workforce. Over 40 companies will be present.
- Place: Trabant University Center Multi-Purpose Room
- Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: The MBNA Career Services Center, 831-2392
http://www.udel.edu/CSC/techfair.html
Engineering Quizzo Night
Sponsor: Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) and College of Engineering (COE)
Teams of students, staff, and/or faculty will compete against one another in a college bowl format activity.
- Place: Perkins Student Center – The Gallery
- Time: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: mjshaio@udel.edu
2006 Engineers Week Celebration
Sponsor: Delaware Council of Engineering Societies (DCES)
A celebration of the accomplishments of the Professional Engineers of Delaware.
- Place: DuPont Country Club, Rockland Road Wilmington, DE
- Time: 5:30 PM Social
6:30 PM Dinner - Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students (tickets required)
- Reservations: (302) 831-2401 or ddalex@udel.edu
Friday, February 24
Explore Research Pizza Lunch
Sponsor: Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Faculty and students from each academic department will have an opportunity to explore research possibilities in a chat and chew format. Each department will have a designated location which is currently TBD.
- Place:
- Chemical Engineering TBD
- Civil & Environmental Engineering TBD
- Electrical & Computer Engineering TBD
- Mechanical Engineering TBD
- Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students
- Info: jkonchar@udel.edu
College of Engineering Eweek Banquet
Sponsor: College of Engineering and COE Student Organizations
This activity provides an opportunity for the college to come together to formally celebrate National Engineers Week 2006. A hot buffet dinner meal will be provided to those in attendance.
- Place: Trabant University Center Multi-Purpose Room
- Speaker: Mr. Adam Carlton Lynch
General Manager, Aerocraft Heat Treating (Paramount, California) - Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
- Audience: Interested faculty, staff and students (tickets free but limited)
- Reservations: (302) 831-2401 or ddalex@udel.edu
Saturday, February 26
Teams Competition
Sponsor: Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) and COE
Teams of High School students solving challenging engineering problems.
- Place: Smith Hall
- Time: 8:30 AM – 1:30 PM
- Audience: Area High School Students
- Info: werrell@udel.edu
For more information on any of these programs, please call (302) 831-2401
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