The annual UF Engineers’ Week will continue this week to encourage students to learn about UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.
This year, Engineers’ Week, or E-Week, consists of 19 events aimed to educate others of the opportunities UF’s College of Engineering offers. E-Week, a two-week series of events that started Feb. 13, is open to everyone and continues through Friday. There are seven events planned for this week both on and off campus.
Nick Poindexter, the executive director for E-Week, said he’s been preparing for the events with other students since September.
“The point of E-Week is to celebrate the diversity we have within the college,” said Poindexter, a 19-year-old UF electrical engineering sophomore.
One of the goals for this year’s E-Week was to host more service events, he said. Two new events, Project Pawsitivity and Bowling with Faculty, which were held last week, were added to the schedule, he said.
This week, the events will include an engineering Trivia Night on Wednesday at the Brass Tap, located at 3833 SW Archer Road. There will also be a gaming social and an Engineering Leadership Forum held on campus.
Jacob Hay, a UF chemical engineering sophomore, said he plans to give tours this week for elementary and middle school students participating in the Engineering and Science Fair on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., which starts at the Reitz Union. The fair gives the younger students a chance to learn about being an engineer.
Hay said he appreciates all of the E-Week events held at UF.
“It’s a pretty unique opportunity that not a lot of the colleges at UF put on,” the 19-year-old said. “It’s a way to give back to the college, but it is also an opportunity to have some fun and volunteer.”
Upcoming Events:
- E-Wiik gaming social from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora on Monday
- Hour of Code event to teach students how to create a website, from 6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in McCarty Hall A, Room 2196, on Tuesday
- Trivia Night at Brass Tap from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., located at 3833 SW Archer Road, on Wednesday
- College of Engineering’s annual Town Hall SWOT analysis from 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. in McCarty Hall C, Room 100, on Wednesday
- Engineering Leadership Forum from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Arredondo Cafe on Thursday
- STEM Olympiad from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Little Hall, Room 125, on Thursday
Attendees of the Engineering Festival crowd around a display area in the rain on Saturday. The group watched robots go head to head in what some called "combat robotics."
