Engineers Week

Come meet the dean, your department head, faculty, and new friends over a sandwich from Macey’s. Learn about what happens during Engineers Week and pre-register for events to enter a raffle for prizes. Lunch will be held in three locations:

• ENGR 3rd floor study area
• EL 2nd floor – vending area
• Old Main 4th floor across from the CS office

Sponsor: Engineering Student Council & E-Sports

Time and Place
Tuesday, Feb. 19 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Engineering Atrium

SUPER SMASH BROS ULTIMATE!!!!! Come play with friends between classes, de-stress and KO your peers in the ENGR Atrium from 1 pm - 3 pm. Remember to pre-register to enter the raffle!

Come and go as you please, it is not a tournament.

Sponsor: Engineering Student Council

Time and Place
Wednesday, Feb. 20 | 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM | Engineering Building 103

Come listen to an F-16 pilot from Hill Air Force Base on his experience as a pilot and his perspective on engineering. Q&A will open after a short presentation, so bring questions.

Pilot Jesse "Dagger" Hoover will be presenting F-16 capabilities from an ultimate end user's view

Topics will include:

• Software and systems
• Avionics now and in the future
• Question and answer opportunity

Additional information on hiring opportunities at Hill AFB for Electrical Engineers, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineers, and Computer Engineers, and Physics. IT qualifying certificates include CISSP, Security+ – no degree required with certs.

Sponsor: Engineering Student Council

Time and Place
Tuesday, Feb. 19 | 7:00 PM | HPER Pool

• Who: teams of two
• What: make a boat out of cardboard and duct tape and race it against other boats
• When: Tuesday, Feb 19th arrive at 7pm. Race time begins at 7:30.
• Where: HPER large pool
• Why: winners receive some awesome prizes! (to be determined)

Get your first roll of duct tape free from the table on the third floor of the Engineering building the week before or the week of Engineers Week.

Costumes are encouraged!

Create an account on HackerRank and solve coding challenges. The challenges give you an input and tell you to write code that would give the requested output. Get points for each of the five challenges. Open from Monday at 12:00 am to Thursday at 11:59 pm

Two locations:

• ENGR 3rd floor in front of advising office
• Old Main 4th floor across from the CS office

Description/Rules:

There are two categories in the Black Box Competition, the analog category and the digital contest.

Students competing in the analog category are given an analog circuit enclosed in a “black box” and are asked to draw the electrical schematic of the circuit inside. The box contains only four terminals which teams use to make electrical measurements that help them unravel the mystery of what is inside.

In the digital contest, students are given a programmable logic device with a pre-programmed circuit. They observe the behavior of the circuit and then try to draw a schematic for the “mystery” design.

Sponsor: Society of Women Engineers

Time and Place
Wednesday, Feb. 20 | 4:30 – 5:30 PM | Engineering Building room 103

Come learn from industry leaders from various engineering fields about their career journeys. Our theme this year is "Navigating the Frontiers of Engineering." Be inspired while they explain why they chose to get a STEM degree and what they are doing with it today. They will also share tips and insights they have gained from their careers. Free catered food will be provided! Hosted by SWE, we encourage EVERYONE to attend, you do not want to miss it!

Model a design to represent your discipline and fabricate it using 3D printing, CNC, or Laser Cutter.

Submission deadline: Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 6:00 PM

Rules and Guidelines

Sponsor: USU Dining Services

Time and Place
All Week | Taggart Student Center

If you like the Marv n’ Joe open-faced sandwich, you have these two guys to thank: Dr. Marv Halling and Dr. Joe Caliendo. Get yours all this week at the Hub for just $2!

Two fleet races will be held, exact race structure will be determined based on number of participants. Participants will build their boats and then race them in their chosen race. Prizes will be awarded at the completion of each race.

Race 1 will be held at 12:45

Race 2 will be held at 13:45

Boat Design Rules

This event is first and foremost a yacht race. Therefore, all boats must be wind-driven, they must be entirely supported by water, and they must function in a "right side up" condition. There is no limitation on the number of sails or hulls a single boat may have. Legal boats must be able to pass through the "rule can" without deforming any hull or sail features. Boats will be constructed out of the available materials.

Sponsor: Society of Women Engineers

Time and Place
Thursday, Feb. 21 | 2:00 PM | Engineering Building 3^rd floor

In the Calculator Quick Draw, five to six contestants will face off in each round. The top two contestants from each round will go on to the final round. There will be three judges (each with their own answer sheet), one judge to note who's hand is raised first, and someone to switch the slides and keep score.

Sponsor: Society of Women Engineers

Time and Place
Thursday, Feb. 21 | 7:00 PM | TSC Ballroom

The talent show is open to anyone in the College of Engineering. We are accepting talents of all kinds, the nerdier the better, but any talent is welcome. We will accept 20 applications. The participants will be judged by a panel of professors. Prizes will be given to overall 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, and another prize for nerdiest talent, and another prize for most unique talent. First place prize is $50. All participants will receive a pad of engineering paper.

Participants are required to attend a planning meeting on the Monday or Tuesday before the talent show. There is a question on the sign-up sheet to indicate which day works better.

Sponsor: Tau Beta Pi

Time and Place
Friday, Feb. 22 | 12:30 PM | Engineering Building 3^rd floor

Teams compete in a college bowl with a JEOPARDY! format. The games will consist of teams answering questions and accumulations points. Questions are from categories such as math, science, art, music, humanities, etc. The team with the most points will be the winner of the round. Competition will be a single-elimination tournament

USU Civil and Environmental Engineering Public Lecture "Building Grand Coulee Dam: The mightiest thing ever built by a man" presented by Paul Giroux at the Eccles Conference Center.

Join AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) and the Rocketry Club on the Quad to build and launch compressed air rockets! Compete to win your very own rocket kit and experience the triumph of victory!

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Competition Categories

1. Paper & Tape
   • Longest Flight Time (Top 3 win prizes)
   • Closest to 5 Seconds of flight (Top 3 win prizes)
2. Open (any materials)
   • Longest Flight Time (Top 3 win prizes)

Information

1. The launch pressure can be adjusted between 0-100 PSI, the competitor can specify their choice of launch pressure
2. Construction supplies (letter paper, scotch tape, and bright paint/tape) will be available – event, rockets may be made beforehand or – event.
3. The launch angle will be fixed at 90 degrees
4. Launch order will be determined on a first-come first-serve basis, starting with those who pre-register for the event
5. Launches will occur for two hours, or until competitors are satisfied with their launch opportunities, whichever happens first
6. For questions or clarification, contact aiaa.usu@gmail.com

Rules

1. The rocket shall be powered solely by the provided compressed air launcher
2. The rocket may not pose a threat to spectators or the launch equipment
3. The rocket has to be retrieved in order for the flight to count
4. Rockets entered in the paper and tape category can only be made of paper and tape

Additional rule information

Submit a technical document written for a class project/assignment or student competition. Individual and team documents accepted.* Awards given in two categories: Graduate Papers and Undergraduate Papers

1. 1^st Place: $100
2. 2^nd Place: $75
3. 3^rd Place: $50

Submissions due Friday, February 22, by 5:00 p.m. Winners notified the week of February 25. Email documents to ewc@usu.edu (pdf format)

Additional questions? Email Shelly Halling at shelly.halling@usu.edu.

*one submission per person/team

Download Technical Writing Competition Flyer

Sponsor: Dean's office

Time and Place
Friday, Feb. 22 | 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM | TSC Ballroom

The Awards Banquet is one of our most popular Engineers Week events! Join us in the TSC ballroom for a gourmet catered dinner, awards ceremony, and special guest speaker Michael Armstrong.

Michael Armstrong, PhD – Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Michael Armstrong is the Chief Technology Officer at Electric Power Systems. He is an industry leader in the field of aerospace hybrid electric and distributed electric propulsion systems.

In his role at EP systems, he is responsible for the technical development of lightweight, certifiable battery technologies and innovative battery-based integrated propulsion systems. At EP Systems, Dr. Armstrong has led multiple battery design, demonstration, test, and deployment programs. These include systems that enable everything from supercars to electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles.

Prior to his role at EP Systems Dr. Armstrong was the hybrid propulsion lead for Rolls-Royce LibertyWorks. He has led propulsion systems integration and design activities for multiple electrified aircraft propulsion programs. He was the principal investigator on multiple electrified aircraft propulsion systems concept development programs including Boeing’s SUGAR Volt Aircraft, NASA’s N3-X and ECO-150, and other smaller on-demand mobility aircraft.

He has published over 25 scholarly articles in areas of advanced design methods, engine-integrated electrical systems, and aircraft electric propulsion and has filed over 20 patents. Dr. Armstrong is active in a number of technical societies including the SAE International’s Electric Aircraft Steering group and the AIAA’s Aircraft Electric Propulsion and Power Working Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Brigham Young University and a master’s and PhD in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Tickets must be purchased from the Advising office to attend this event.

Sponsor: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers

Time and Place
Saturday, Feb. 23 | 10:00 AM — 4:00 PM | Engineering Building

Science and Engineering Day is a free event for local k-12 students. The event is organized by student members of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. Participants learn about multiple areas of science and engineering including electricity, rockets, the basics of chemistry, and more. Join us for this popular event by registering today.