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News Release
February 15, 2007
Boise State College of Engineering Celebrates National Engineers
Week Feb. 20-25
Boise State University’s College of Engineering will celebrate National
Engineers Week Feb. 20-25 with a variety of events, including guest lectures by
industry leaders, the second annual “Calculator Crunch” contest and a
presentation by the Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters.”
National Engineers Week is a program that promotes engineering as a profession
and celebrates the creative contributions engineers make to improve the quality
of life worldwide. The week is also part of the BSU College of Engineering’s
yearlong celebration of its 10th anniversary.
Highlights of National Engineers Week include:
• Caleb Chung, inventor of the robotic toys “Furby” and “Pleo” and co-founder of
the California-based company Ugobe, will speak on “The Intersection of Design
and Engineering” at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 20, in Room 110 of the Engineering
and Technology Building at Boise State. The ET building is located on the corner
of University Drive and Manitou Street. The public is invited.
• Ralph R. Peterson, chief executive officer and chairman of the board of CH2M
HILL will speak on “Engineering a Better World” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21,
in Room 110 of the Engineering and Technology Building. The public is invited.
• Mark Durcan, chief operating officer of Micron Technology Inc., will speak on
“Defining Tomorrow’s Technology” at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 22, in Room 110
of the Engineering and Technology Building. The public is invited.
• The second annual “Calculator Crunch” will be held at 3:30 p.m. on Friday,
Feb. 23, on the patio adjacent to the College of Engineering complex. Students,
faculty and industry members are invited to form teams and compete to see how
effectively they can throw and destroy their old, outdated, obsolete or simply
out of favor calculators. Celebrity judges will tally scores, prizes will be
awarded and free pizza will be available for participants. Deadline to sign up
is Wednesday, Feb. 21. To sign up, call Leandra Aburusa-Lete at 426-4432 or
e-mail laburusa@boisestate.edu.
• The Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters,” Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, will be
featured at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 25 at the Taco Bell Arena. The event is free but
tickets are required. An additional 1,000 tickets for the show will be
distributed to the public on a first-come basis starting at 9 a.m. Friday, Feb.
16, at the Taco Bell Arena box office. The public can obtain a maximum of four
tickets per person.
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Contact: Leandra Aburusa-Lete, College of Engineering, (208) 426-4432,
laburusa@boisestate.edu or Margaret
Scott, College of Engineering, (208) 426-5789,
margaretscott@boisestate.edu
Media contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208) 426-1790,
jbrown2@boisestate.edu
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Last reviewed on
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
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