Students and faculty took a social break from the serious side of engineering during CEAS E-Week

The lobby area transformed into a party Feb. 13-20 with students, staff and faculty joining in the revelry during the CEAS E-Week festivities for engineering and computer science students. More than 400 engineering students made at least one appearance at the week’s events and many faculty and instructors turned out to socialize and play games.

Beginning with a promotional tour with Pounce Panther on Feb. 13 and two job fairs hosted by the Student Experience and Talent office on Feb. 12 and 13, the fun spilled into this week when the “Heat Transfer Soup & Chili Cookoff” unfolded in the lobby on Feb. 17.

a man and a mascot take a selfie — Pounce Panther takes a selfie with a friend on his tour of the building Feb. 13.

two men and a mascot — Pounce gets a lesson from members of the tutoring center while drumming up excitement for E-Week.

a crowd shot — A great crowd showed up for the “Heat Transfer Soup & Chili Cookoff.”

two men serving food — Associate Professor Ben Church, materials science & engineering, shows off his Cuban Picadillo.

2 women and a man — It took three people — Bessie Francis (from left), Mr. Khan and Madiha Ahmed to man the table from industrial engineering which offered five different entries.

a woman playing checkers — A student is deep in thought, hoping to beat her opponent in checkers.

a man with an afro — There’s something cathartic about making slime – and lots of colors to choose from!

two women playing ping pong. — Ping-pong challenges included both the competitive and the laid back.

a man displays an award — The diners have voted and Nathan Salowitz accepted the Heat Transfer Soup & Chili Cookoff award for the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

The 21 offerings provided something for everyone: Some of the entries were flaming hot chili (computer science), turkey chili (career services), Cuban Picadillo (materials science & engineering), vegetarian chili (associate deans), leek and potato soup (marketing), tomato soup (mechanical engineering), and Arabian lentil soup (industrial engineering). There was even homemade hummus (mechanical engineering).

Games and free lunches took center stage Feb. 18-20 with friendly rivalries, some between faculty and students, in ping-pong, air hockey, bean bag toss, giant checkers, Jenga and giant Connect Four.

Meanwhile, student orgs gave demonstrations and activities filled in after lunches in the Kulwicki Garage. Students enjoyed everything from slime-making, hosted by the Society of Women Engineers, to international trivia, hosted by the Arab American Association of Engineers & Architects.

Thank you to the organizers of this year’s E-Week: Steven Anderson, Michelle Boehm, Avie Judes, Sean Lybeck-Smoak, Lisa McGovern, and Juli Pickering.