In its 26th year, E-Week combines offbeat competitions showcasing technical smarts with a career fair and banquet.
Participants build devices that pull themselves up a vertical rope without any help.
The MacGyver Challenge also will reappear at E-Week this year. The popular and competitive Rube Goldberg Contest also will return, combining engineering innovation with the truly bizarre. Students must build a contraption capable of removing a twist top from a bottle of soda, with bonus points for intricacy, humor and creativity. More than 30 local engineering companies will participate in a career fair and sponsor activities. E-Week aims to highlight the importance of engineering and cooperation between universities and industry.