UPbeat

News for and about University of Portland faculty and staff.

Engineering E-Week

Franz Center Create-A-Thon, Feb. 25

The Franz Center for Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation will present a Create-A-Thon in conjunction with the Shiley School’s Engineering Week, February 20-24. This event is open to all UP students on Saturday, February 25, in Franz Hall room 120, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to Franz Center director Peter Rachor, the Create-A-Thon offers the chance for an individual or team to ideate and develop a basic prototype for a product, service, or venture. Prizes will be awarded in 5 categories, and the event will mark the start of UP’s participation in Invent Oregon, a Statewide program for student inventors.

For more information about the Create-A-Thon contact the Franz Center at rachor@up.edu and more information about Invent Oregon is here.

Fun, Festivities For Engineers E-Week, Feb. 23-27

Shiley HallThe Shiley School of Engineering is celebrating Engineers E-Week from February 23 to 27, and all members of the campus community are invited to take part in the fun and festivities. A sampling:

  • Monday: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Engineers Without Borders Soldering Competition, 2 p.m., Shiley 110; Biomedical Engineering Society Bone-Conduction Headphones, Shiley 110
  • Tuesday: Mechanical Engineering Club: Cookies and hot chocolate, 1 p.m., Shiley Lobby; Engineers Without Borders Water Bucket Race, 2 p.m., between Shiley and LP Center
  • Wednesday: Robotics Demo, noon, 1st floor Shiley; American Society of Civil Engineers Spaghetti and Marshmallow Structures, 1 p.m., location TBA; Tau Beta Pi Chili Cook-off, 2 p.m., Shiley Lobby
  • Thursday: Mechanical Engineering Club Water Balloon Launch, 1 p.m., Academic Quad; Biomedical Engineering Society Smoothie Sale, 3 p.m., Shiley Lobby; Tau Beta Pi Ultimate Frisbee, 4 p.m., Turf Field
  • Friday: Society of Women Engineers Career Fair, 1-4 p.m., Shiley Hall, all floors; Tau Beta Pi Tug-of-War, 4 p.m., Academic Quad.

Engineering E-Week will also feature the MAT-LAB Art Display in the dean’s display case (2nd floor Shiley), UP Robotics 3-D Printing Display competition and voting, and career services resume reviews all week long.

For more information contact the School of Engineering at 7292 or stroheck@up.edu.