Author: Alaska Professional Design Council

Purchase tickets to this year’s EWeek Awards Banquet for Saturday, February 24th 2024. This year’s banquet will feature Philip Wight, PH.D. as the guest speaker, and include awards for Engineer of the Year, Engineering Excellence Awards, Scholarships, and UAA College of Engineering Alumni Hall of Fame. Tickets can be purchased through the EWeek website: www.eweekak.com.

The Juneau STEAM Coalition is seeking volunteer engineers for their event: Curiosity Unleashed, geared for K-5 families. The event takes place on Monday February 26, 2024 from 5:30 – 7:30 PM. To learn more about the event, follow this link.

This year, Engineer’s Week (EWeek) will be February 18 – February 24. Check out the EWeek website to learn more about the week of programming, to donate, and to purchase tickets to the awards banquet scheduled for Saturday 2/24 at 6:00 PM in Anchorage.

ASPE + MathCounts to host an axe-throwing fundraiser on Saturday 2/17 at Frosted Axe Throwing. All proceeds will support MathCounts through Alaska Engineering Education Foundation (AEEF).

The EWeek student competitions will be held Saturday 2/17/24 at UAA. This year the competitions include:

• Tower Shaking & Breaking Competition presented by ASHRAE
• Newspaper Tower Competition presented by SPE
• LEGO Long-o Competition presented by ITE
• Paper Airplane Distance Competition presented by DOWL
• Floatable Moatable Competition presented by SAME
• Egg Drop Competition presented by SWE
• Marshmallow and Spaghetti Tower Competition presented by ConocoPhillips

To learn more about the competitions, visit the EWeek website’s Student Competition’s page.