The University of Houston’s Engineering Alumni Association will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of National Engineers Week with a reception and program on Tuesday.
Engineers Week is a worldwide celebration that gives recognition to engineers who annually contribute several hours toward public service.
The event is always held on the Tuesday during National Engineers Week.
“The UH EAA Engineers Week event is a celebration of the significant contributions of engineers, and how engineers’ work touches nearly every aspect of our lives,” Cynthia Oliver Coleman, founder and annual chair of the event, said.
The UH EAA was established over 25 years ago to create awareness and to support the UH Cullen College of Engineering, its students and its alumni.
After Tuesday’s event, the funds raised from the past seven years will total more than $166,000.
The funds are cash awards from engineering corporations and professional organizations, Coleman said.
“Each year UH EAA hosts the Engineering Alumni Awards Gala, Engineers Week reception and program, tailgating and other activities for UH engineering alumni, students, faculty and staff to participate in,” Coleman said.
The event is an opportunity for engineering students to unite with other students who are in the same field and have the same interests.
Steven Saing, an electrical engineering major, will be attending the event for the first time.
“Engineers Week sounds like a great idea and I’m definitely looking forward to going,” Saing said. “It’s really important to educate everyone about who engineers are, what their goals are and what benefits they provide to the society.”
The association is planning to continue hosting the Engineers Week event annually.
“The UH EAA Engineers Week event is dependent on the generous support of engineering corporations, professional organizations and engineering alumni,” Coleman said.
This year, the organization raised more than $37,000 from supporters, which include BP, Cameron, ExxonMobil, Fluor Corporation, FMC Technologies, GenOn, Hewlett Packard, Marathon Oil Corporation, Shell, the Society of Women Engineers-Houston Area, Traffic Engineers Inc., the UH Petroleum Engineering Advisory Board and engineering alumni.
Organizers expect about 200 engineering alumni, students, sponsors, faculty and staff to participate in the event, which will include a game of of “Engineering Jeopardy.”
There will be award presentations, light hors d’oeuvres and beverages, prizes and competition.
The UH Engineering Alumni Association is a chartered constituent association of the University of Houston Alumni Association. It has been an award-winning association for 11 consecutive years.
Go Engineering…..!