MTSU Engineering Technology’s Open House

May 01, 2013 at 12:32 pm by bryan


The MTSU Department of Engineering Technology will hold its annual open house from 3 to 5 p.m. Thursday in the Tom H. Jackson Building on campus.

Student projects that will be on display include the solar boat, Formula SAE, Baja SAE and Moonbuggy, which placed third overall and was best in the U.S. during the college and university division at the 20th annual Great Moonbuggy Race April 26-27at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.

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The public and campus community are invited to the open house. A printable campus map is available online at http://tinyurl.com/MTParkingMap12-13.

“We are having our awards ceremony for scholarships and outstanding seniors, and about 20 student poster presentations,” engineering technology chair Dr. Walter Boles said. “Our Experimental Vehicles Program projects will be on display and we will provide departmental tours for those who are interested.”

Dr. Charles Perry, Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence chairholder, coordinates the student awards portion of the event.

Refreshments will be served and free engineering technology T-shirts will be available.

Engineering technology is one of 10 departments in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences.

For more information, call 615-898-2776.

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