Quote of the day: "As president, I believe that robotics can inspire young people to pursue science and engineering. And I also want to keep an eye on those robots in case they try anything." --Barack Obama, speaking to Washington D.C. schoolkids on Monday as part of his science education initiative.

Preparations are already well under way to ensure that the Anchorage area celebration of National Engineer's Week next February is a blast. We'll kick off the festivities with the Bayou Bash on Saturday, February 13. Throughout the week, we'll have student tours at area businesses and engineers at schools talking about that they do. Saturday, February 20 will be the E Week Student Competitions at the UAA Engineering Building in the morning, followed by the E Week Banquet in the evening.  For those who are curious, the results of the 2009 competition, as well as rules, photos and other information are available here.

In addition to the activities listed above, we will be awarding scholarships to students with a keen interest in pursuing higher education in the engineering field. If you haven't already received information and and application form, check back here soon for more details.

about National Engineer's Week, visit the national organization webpage at www.eweek.org. 

Forgive the mess - we're working to get the Anchoage E-Week 2010 website up and running.  We will soon have a full schedule of planned activities for our 2010 festivities.  Thanks for looking and check back soon.