Expo is held in conjunction with National Engineering Week. In his position at Boeing in Seattle, Mulally is responsible for the company's defense customers and its government and commercial space customers. Mulally will speak about the opportunities he has found as a result of having an engineering education. The exhibits will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Learned Hall. Engineering Expo also will offer 10 design competitions for high school students.
All events are free to the public.
The high school design competitions will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Learned Hall. Contests include designing a World Wide Web home page, building the loudest gong from recycled materials, building bridges from pasta or popsicle sticks, constructing and flying a rubber-band glider, and constructing and operating a Rube Goldberg device. Demonstrations of engineering computer programs, of robotics and of testing equipment used in engineering, such as a shock tube, noise buster, concrete cruncher and wind tunnels. Feb. 20, Oread This site is maintained by University Relations, the public relations office for the University of Kansas Lawrence campus. Copyright 1998, the University of Kansas Office of University Relations.