Engineers' Weekend

Prospective Students: Come learn more about us!

Every year, the Messiah College Engineering Department invites high school juniors and seniors to learn more about us by coming to Engineers' Weekend. Engineers' Weekend dates for Spring 2010 are February 19-20 and March 5-6.

Purpose: A gathering of prospective engineering students to:

1. Meet other interested students and get to know Messiah's Engineering faculty,
2. Learn more about engineering practices and studies,
3. Hear how faith can inform the engineering of Christians, and
4. Have some fun in the engineering laboratories!

Activities:

1. Stay overnight in Messiah College housing, hosted by engineering students.
2. Join a team of your peers and compete in our design challenge.
3. See a sampler of  Engineering student run projects, clubs and organizations.
4. Learn how students are applying appropriate engineering  to design systems that address real world needs and how they implement them through local and international projects under the Collaboratory for Strategic Partnerships and Applied Research: such as solar energy, handicap-designed water pumps and transportation, and portable water purification and irrigation systems.

Attendees: A maximum of 25 persons who have an interest in engineering. In case of over enrollment, we will give preference to:

1. Persons who are accepted for admission at Messiah College;
2. Those who register early; and
3. for February 19th date only, to those who are also attending Accepted Students Preview Day.

Family: Parents and other family members are invited to attend a reception and visit our laboratories at 2:00 PM and the Design Play-Offs at 3:00 PM on Saturday in Frey Hall.

Nominal Fee: The $20 registration fee partially offsets our expenses for meals and supplies. You are responsible for transportation to and from the college.

Accommodations: Attendees will stay with Messiah Engineering students in a dormitory room or apartment. Please bring your overnight belongings and a sleeping bag.

Registration: Please click here to register for Engineers' Weekend or contact Jean McCauslin, Department Assistant (Phone 717-796-1800 ext 7283, E-mail jmccaus@messiah.edu). This information is also available as a flyer in PDF format.

For more information: Contact Dr. Timothy Whitmoyer (Phone: 717-796-1800 ext 6810, E-mail: whitmoye@messiah.edu).

Photos

Below are some pictures from a previous Engineers' Weekend.  The activities pictured involved some warm-up games lead by Issachar's Loft, a design contest (which involved using Legos to kill a dragon and rescue a princess), and presentations by different student groups.
 

	I didn't know they had traffic jams in Grantham!
	Is this the corner?
	You want us to do what?
	This is going to take some energy.
	We've only got 5 minutes left, but I'm sure we can still make this work!
	The lego pieces won't break apart.  They won't break apart!
	We can rescue that princess!