The University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) hosted its Engineers’ Fair on Wednesday at the Harris Engineering Center Lawn in recognition of Engineers Week.
Engineers Week is nationally recognized by the National Engineers Week Foundation and is celebrated on all U.S. engineering college campuses. This special week was created in recognition of all engineers around the nation and to commemorate them for their work that aids society.
The Engineers’ Fair was a public event held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday Feb. 25, where all students and faculty were invited to join in interactive games like playing giant Jenga or launching bottle rockets, talk to members of various engineering clubs and enjoy free food/refreshments.
Jeremy Young, a senior and aerospace engineer major at UCF, is the president of a club called SEDS (students for the exploration and development of space). He gave a little insight as to what the club does and how its members compete in aerospace competitions in various states.
“What we do here at SEDS, we do a lot of high-powered rocketry, a lot of NASA competitions,” Young said. “Last year we went out to the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah and launched some rockets. This year we’re gonna be out in Huntsville launching some high powered rockets. We also do hybrid rocket competitions as well as weather balloons.”
Young went on to say that the club is a social one as well. He enjoys being in the company of friends that are like-minded in the technical side of things.
Michael Bambula, a senior and mechanical engineering major at UCF, is a team leader at the University of Central Florida Formula Society of Automotive Engineers. He talked about his society, where they use what they learn in the classroom and other real world experience to aid them in their future careers.
“What we do is we design and build a brand new racecar every single year from scratch,” Bambula said. “And we do it on a budget given to us by the university. And we apply what we do and what we learn in our classes, in our workshop, when we design and manufacture.”
Engineers Week took place at UCF from Feb. 23-28. You can check out the full list of activities that were done here.
