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Weeklong celebration to engage campus and community in the world of engineering

Students participate in a bridge building competition sponsored by Williams and the Engineering Undergraduate Student Council during Engineers Week 2015. Credit: Stefanie Tomlinson / Penn StateCreative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State’s College of Engineering will join individuals, schools and organizations across the country in celebrating Engineers Week Feb. 21-27 with a dozen entertaining and educational activities planned at the University Park campus.  

Organized at the national level by DiscoverE, Engineers Week aims to recognize how engineers make a difference in our world, increase public dialogue about the need for engineers, and bring engineering to life for kids, educators and parents.

This year’s Engineers Week festivities at Penn State include a wing eating contest, trivia night, a bridge building contest, and a paper airplane competition, as well as three panel discussions, with topics including academic excellence and integrity, the school to work transition, and women’s leadership.

The week will culminate with the annual Rube Goldberg Machine Contest on Feb. 27. 

A complete schedule of events is available at www.engr.psu.edu/EWeek/.

Most events are open to the public. Registration is required and space is limited for some activities.

Participants are encouraged to help promote the College of Engineering’s Engineers Week activities by uploading photos and stories to social media and tagging posts with #PSUEWeek.

Members of the Penn State Engineering Alumni Society and students from the Engineering Graduate Student Council, Engineering Undergraduate Student Council, Engineers Without Borders, the Society of Women Engineers, and the Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society coordinated this year’s weeklong celebration.

For the second year in a row, Williams, an energy infrastructure company located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is sponsoring multiple events.

Questions can be directed to Emily Gallagher at emg5174@psu.edu or 814-865-9031.

Formerly the National Engineers Week Foundation, DiscoverE helps unite, mobilize and support the engineering and technology volunteer communities.

Last Updated February 8, 2016

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