Opportunity for Community Outreach: Discover Engineering Family Day

Tom Noyes
Great opportunity for community outreach hours - Discover Engineering Family Day. I did this last year and it is a lot of fun. Kids aged 4-12 come and learn about engineering through hands on projects. We also show demos like a mini wind tunnel and hand out spacecraft and airplane pictures. This year it is on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10am until 4:30pm at the National Building Museum in downtown DC. See: http://www.nbm.org/families-kids/festivals/discover-engineering-family.html

If you want to sign up to volunteer, send a message to Dr. Wereley ([mailto:wereley@umd.edu wereley@umd.edu]) and Juergen Rauleder (juergenr@umd.edu). You should also let the SI group know so they can track the hours. I plan to be there the full session 10am-4:30pm.

Hope you join me, I really had a fun time last year. The kids are eager to hear you tell them about aerodynamics and spaceflight. Be sure to wear your department polos, AIAA t-shirts, etc.!