UK Invites Community to Celebrate Engineers Day Saturday
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 18, 2019) — From building bridges and discovering medication to writing software — Engineers Day, or E-Day, is a celebration of everything engineering has to offer.
The highly anticipated event, which is free and open to the public, will be held in the engineering complex at the University of Kentucky from 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Feb. 23.
E-day is intended to amaze, inform and delight attendees of all ages. Anyone interested in engineering and computer science will be able to explore what makes our 21st-century world work, while getting an up-close look at what it's like to be a UK engineering student or researcher.
The one-day celebration draws thousands of children and parents to campus with one goal in mind — to encourage girls and boys in elementary, middle and high school to consider pursuing a degree in engineering.
"E-Day celebrates engineering in a way that is fun. But it also plants seeds in kids’ minds and gets them thinking about engineering," Micaha Dean Hughes, chair of E-Day, said. "The more they’re exposed to engineering in an engaging context, the more they’ll begin to see themselves as future engineers."
Whether it's creating a device that will allow an egg to be dropped from a second floor balcony or building the strongest bridge possible with a set of Legos, there's plenty E-Day has to offer. The event will feature approximately 125 demonstrations, exhibits and contests hosted by UK students and departments, government organizations and industries. There will also be hands-on events, laboratory tours and door prizes.
Engineers Day comes at the end of Engineers Week, an annual event sponsored by a coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies dedicated to promoting math and science literacy and ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce.
More information about E-Day 2019 is available online.