Engineers Week 2007

The UH Engineering Alumni Association hosted the 2007 Engineers Week Reception on the Tuesday (February 20) of National Engineers Week to support future engineers (UH engineering students) and celebrate how engineers make a difference in our world. A total of $22,750 in awards was presented to 32 students and 3 student organizations at the reception program that was attended by about 200 engineering alumni, students, sponsors, faculty, and staff. The sponsors were UH Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board, Williams Brothers Construction Co., FMC Technologies, ExxonMobil Women Engineer UH Alumni, Shell Oil Company, Fluor Corporation, Bayer, Grant Prideco, Kalsi Engineering, Reliant Energy, UH Engineering Alumni Association, and TCB/AECOM.

The “Show Me The Engineer” game show (spin-off of “Show Me The Money” TV show) was performed by alumni and students. The finale of the “Engineers Make a Difference” speech contest was performed by FMC Technologies (sponsor), alumni, and student organizations. The audience participated in the “EWeek Fun & Prizes” game that was conducted by alumni and students.

Weeks prior to the reception, the UH Engineering Alumni Association hosted a new contest for the student organization to participate in and show how engineers make a difference in the community. The preliminary contest for the “Engineers Make a Difference” speech contest was held on February 13 at the UH Athletics/Alumni Center. The following nine student organizations participated: IIE, Phi Sigma Rho, ASCE, NSBE, EWB, SWE, SHPE, IEEE, and MAES. The top three organizations selected to compete in the contest finale were SWE, NSBE, and ASCE.

EWeek Committee

From left: Cynthia Oliver Coleman (chair), May Shek, Shubha Prasad, Craig Hester, Tony Catalano, Sharon James, John Schroeder, Okechukwu Ofili, Raquel Perez, Kay Babineaux Not shown: Marcus Anderson, Jeff Daly, Fred McGuire, Steve Reddick

EWeek Reception Recap
February 20, 2007
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Additional Information
Previous EWeek Receptions: 2006 | 2005
Contact Cynthia Oliver Coleman, EWeek Committee Chair