Crazy chemistry demonstrations, a paper airplane competition and sticking a person to a wall with duct tape are part of the campus events planned for EnWeek 2007, celebrating National Engineers Week, Feb. 18-24.
EnCouncil, the undergraduate student government for the School of Engineering & Applied Science, is hosting the free activities.
On Feb. 19, crazy chemistry demonstrations will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Bowles Plaza.
If you can make a paper airplane that flies across the gallery in Lopata Hall between 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 21, you could win a prize.
How many rolls of duct tape does it take to stick someone to a wall? Find out from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 21 in the gallery of Lopata Hall.
Other highlights of the week include:
• Join the weeklong “Golden Mouse Hunt,” with clues leading to places throughout the engineering school, beginning Feb. 19.
• Add stickers and rhinestones to your calculator at the “Pimp Your Calculator” event from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 19 in Mallinckrodt Student Center.
• Watch students take on engineering school faculty in basketball and dodgeball from 7-9 p.m. Feb. 19 at the Athletic Complex.
• See the construction of a swing from Styrofoam and packing tape — and maybe an engineering dean swinging in it — from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 20 in Bowles Plaza.
• Watch a tricycle race around the Ann W. Olin Women’s Building from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 23.
• Bid on a date with a man or woman from the engineering school at the “Date Auction” from 9-11 p.m. Feb. 23 at the Gargoyle. Proceeds from the event benefit the American Cancer Society.
For more information, visit enweek.net.