Engine Week returns Feb. 20-24 with several events to increase awareness and excitement about what is happening in the College of Engineering.

All faculty, staff and students are welcome, regardless of their area of study. The week is filled with activities involving engineering departments and registered student organizations. 

The tradition of Engine Week began at the U of A in 1909. Its purpose is to celebrate engineers' role in ensuring a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Engine Week is an excellent opportunity to have fun while fostering and cultivating passion and dedication to engineering, said Patrice Storey and Thomas Carter, who lead the Engineering Student Council, which organizes these events.

"There is a national call to action to increase understanding and interest in engineering," said Storey, assistant director of the Office of Justice, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. "This is one way for us to celebrate the diverse majors within the College of Engineering and the entire university."  

Without the lively "Stick 'Em Up" competition, no Engine Week would be complete. Students must use all their engineering knowledge to tape a team member to the wall 24 inches off the floor. Teams have two minutes to use up to one full roll of duct tape to accomplish the task. The team with the last person still "standing" thanks to a creative tape job, is declared the winner.

Monday, Feb. 20

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. - All About Engineering RSO Fair - Learn more about the various RSOs in the College of Engineering on the ramp in Bell Engineering Center.

1 to 3 p.m. - The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) will host "Questions and Comida," with snacks and trivia on the ramp in Bell Engineering Center.

Tuesday, Feb. 21

9 to 10:30 a.m. - The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) will be giving out doughnuts at the top of the ramp in the Bell Engineering Center.

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ­- Popcorn with The American Institute for Chemical Engineers. AiCHE will be handing out popcorn in the Chemical Engineering Study Lounge.

1 to 4 p.m. - STEM Resume Reviews with Walmart in the Arkansas Union Connections Lounge.

5 to 6:30 p.m. - Ready. Set. STEM! Powered by Walmart in Arkansas Union Room 512.

Wednesday, Feb. 22

 9 to 10:30 a.m. - Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will be handing out engineering paper, pens, pencils and candy at the top of the ramp in Bell Engineering Center.

12:30 to 1:30 p.m. - Cupcakes with The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) at the top of the ramp in Bell Engineering Center.

2 to 4 p.m. - Engineering Games: Come and make model airplanes. See whose plane travels the farthest. Stop by the Engineering Playroom in the Civil Engineering Study Lounge to play with Legos, Hot Wheels, Rubik's Cubes, slime, Play-Doh, board games and more.

6:30 p.m. - Engineers Got Talent - The Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) is putting on Engineers Got Talent, a student-run talent show at the Faulkner Performing Arts Center. Sign up.

Thursday, Feb. 23

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Stick 'Em Up - Students must use all their engineering knowledge to tape a team member to the wall 24 inches off the floor. Teams have two minutes to use up to one full roll of duct tape to accomplish the task - bottom of the Bell ramp.

1 to 2:30 p.m. - Tau Beta Pi Faculty and Staff Face-off - This event will pit engineering faculty and staff against one another in a game show-style trivia contest, with the loser getting a face full of whipped topping, in Bell Engineering Center room 1108E.

3 to 4 p.m. - Conversations with Chancellor Robinson - Join the Fulbright College of Arts & Sciences Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and the College of Engineering Office of Justice Diversity and Inclusion for a Real Conversation with the Chancellor in Arkansas Union rooms 507-508.

Friday, Feb. 24

Noon to 2 p.m. - Ice Cream with the Deans - American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) will host ice cream with the deans on the ramp in Bell Engineering Center. College leaders will be handing out your favorite ice cream sandwich.