Make a date to attend Engineering Expo 2000 at the University of Kansas Friday, when the laboratories and test facilities of the School of Engineering will be open to the public. Vann will speak at the Lied Center on KU's west campus.
All events are free, open to the public and for all ages.
Expo is an annual event of the KU School of Engineering that features displays of student work. Exhibits include demonstrations of robotics, computer modeling programs for engineering, how a computer sends electronic mail, alternative fuel vehicles and earthquake analysis equipment. Design competitions for high school students are from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Learned Hall. The challenge of this year's Rube Goldberg contest, an annual feature of Expo that honors the cartoonist who drew elaborate machines that accomplished simple tasks, is to build a machine that captures an object roughly the size of a mouse. Expo is held in conjunction with National Engineers Week.