STEM

Inspiring Wonder—National Engineers Week 2018

Wednesday, February 7, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

In celebration of National Engineers Week (Eweek), the  will host a series of special events beginning on Sunday, Feb. 18. The events will bring students together to promote engineering and computer science disciplines to the broader campus community. The entire SU community is invited to attend. This year’s theme is Inspiring Wonder.

2018 Engineering Week logo "Inspiring Wonder" with colorful abstract designDoor prizes will be awarded at many of the events, with a grand prize drawing at the conclusion of the Eweek where students can win a Google Home Mini, Amazon Fire TV Stick or a Google Chromecast.

Sunday, Feb. 18 

    • 5 p.m., Schine Underground
    • $5 tickets on sale Monday, Feb. 5, at the Schine Box Office

Monday, Feb. 19

    • 6-7:30 p.m., Assemble monitors, 369 Link Hall
    • Door prize
    • RSVP on OrangeLink
    • 8-10 p.m., 369 Link Hall
    • Door prize
    • RSVP on OrangeLink

Tuesday, Feb. 20

      • 6 p.m., 331 Link Hall
      • Door prize
      • RSVP on OrangeLink
    • 6 p.m, 331 Link Hall
    • Door prize
    • RSVP on OrangeLink
    • 7:30 p.m, Hendricks Chapel

Wednesday, Feb. 21

    • Noon– 2 p.m., Lobby of Link Hall
    • Door prize
    • 5:30-7 p.m., Goldstein Alumni & Faculty Center
    • Featuring Invent@SU student demos
    • Register at 

Thursday, Feb. 22

    • 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Schine Student Center Atrium
      • 10 a.m.-noon Invent@SU Information Table
      • noon-2 p.m. Ruby Batbaatar (Invent@SU)
    • 4 -6 p.m., 024 Link Hall
    • RSVP on OrangeLink
    • 6:30 p.m., 107 Hall of Languages
    • Door prize
    • No RSVP Required

Friday, Feb. 23

    • 9 a.m.-2 p.m., SRC Corporate Headquarters
    • For more information, including how to sign up, please contact the SRC-Engineering Ambassadors at litinits@syr.edu
    • 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Schine Student Center Atrium
      • 10a.m.-noon, ASME
      • Noon-2 p.m., Invent@SU 2018 Information Table
      • 2-4 p.m., Geri Madanguit and Francis Marinez (2017 Invent@SU Team)
    • 4:30 p.m., 105 Link Hall
    • Door prize
    • RSVP on OrangeLink
    • 7 p.m., 105 Link Hall
    • Door prize
    • RSVP on OrangeLink

Saturday, Feb. 24

    • Noon-4 p.m.
    • Free with paid admission to the MOST

About Eweek

Founded by National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, EWeek is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of, and interest in, engineering and technology careers.

Today, EWeek is a formal coalition of more than 70 engineering, education and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies. Dedicated to raising public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to quality of life, EWeek promotes recognition among parents, teachers and students of the importance of a technical education and a high level of math, science and technology literacy, and motivates youth to pursue engineering careers in order to provide a diverse and vigorous engineering workforce. Each year, EWeek reaches thousands of schools, businesses and community groups across the United States.