Engineering Career Day at Marshall occurs during National Engineers Week each year and invites approximately 140 high school sophomores from 16 area high schools to attend the by-invitation-only event at Marshall. The event includes an opening ceremony, workshops, engineering exhibits, a luncheon and scholarship presentations.
The luncheon speakers this year include April Vance, a project manager for Stantec in Louisville, Kentucky; Dr. Greg Michaelson, a structural engineer and assistant professor in the Arthur Weisberg Division of Engineering at Marshall University; Taylor Lipscomb, a recent Marshall University engineering graduate; and John Stephens, a current engineering senior at Marshall University. The S.A.M.E. Huntington Post will award five scholarships to high school and college students during the luncheon.
Students from Marshall University’s Society of American Military Engineers-American Society of Civil Engineers (SAME-ASCE) student organization will be assisting with various portions of the event including check-in, exhibits and demonstrations.
For additional information, please contact April Vance, Director of S.A.M.E. Huntington Post, at 502-292-4736 or April.Vance@stantec.com.
About the Society of American Military Engineers Huntington Post: The Society of American Military Engineers (S.A.M.E.), the premier professional military engineering association in the United States, unites architecture, engineering, construction (A/E/C), facility management and environmental entities and individuals in the public and private sectors to prepare for – and overcome – natural and manmade disasters, and to improve security at home and abroad. More than 100 local posts or chapters exist worldwide. The S.A.M.E. Huntington Post is located in Huntington, W.Va., with more than 200 dynamic members in the Tri-State region.
WHO: Society of American Military Engineers (S.A.M.E.) Huntington Post, Marshall University and SAME-ASCE Student Chapter
WHAT: 23rd annual Engineering Career Day
WHERE: Marshall University Memorial Student Center
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016
Detailed schedule of events is below. All media are welcome to cover these events and will be given access with proper press credentials.
| 8:00 – 8:45 a.m. | Registration | Lobby |
| 8:45 – 9:15 a.m. | Opening Ceremony | Don Morris Room |
| Richard. F. McCormick, Ph.D., P.E., P.S.
Emeritus Professor of Engineering Weisberg Division of Engineering
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| Colonel Philip M. Secrist III
Commander, Huntington Engineer District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
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| Elizabeth A. Wolfe, Ed.D.
Director of Recruitment Marshall University |
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| 9:00 – 11:45 a.m. | Concurrent Workshops | |
| Session 1: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
USACE, Huntington District |
Marco’s Room | |
| Session 2: Engineering Encounters
Bridge Design Contest Jerry V. Elkins, II, PE Structural Engineer, HNTB |
Room 2W-22 | |
| Session 3: Floodplain Simulator
Ken Woodard, PE USACE, Huntington District |
Room 2W-37 | |
| Session 4: Exhibits
Presented by local Engineering Firms and Universities |
Don Morris Room | |
| 11:45 a.m. | Luncheon | Don Morris Room |
All events take place in the Marshall University Memorial Student Center.