3-1-10 -- The UNM chapter of the Hispanic Engineering and Science Organization (HESO) is sponsoring a Science Extravaganza primarily for high school students enrolled in the NM MESA program on March 6, 2010 at the Kiva Auditorium on the UNM main campus from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm.
About 250 students are expected to participate in the half day of presentations and projects. The Science Extravaganza gives high school students a glimpse of the kind of problems that engineers solve and lets them try their skills in team projects such as building a bridge with everyday materials or creating a structure that will safely cradle an egg dropped from a predetermined height.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies is the primary sponsor for the event. “Ball Aerospace is looking forward to being part of the HESO Science Extravaganza,” says Dan Gibson, Vice President and General Manager of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Systems Engineering Solutions. “We’re very happy to help promote students’ interest in science, technology, engineering, and math in an environment that kindles their desire to pursue technical careers.”
Company representatives from Ball Aerospace, Proctor & Gamble, and the U.S. Navy will talk to students about job opportunities.
“The Science Extravaganza starts to get them thinking about what engineers do,” says Will Brenneman, treasurer of UNM HESO. “When students see exhibits like the UNM race car that students design, build and race, they say to themselves, ‘I could do that’,” says Brenneman.
The Science Extravaganza is a yearly project of HESO, one of the largest and most active student organizations at UNM. HESO sponsors the event as part of its work with the Mexican American Engineers and Scientists organization.