Engineering Outreach Society

Our Website:http://publish.illinois.edu/engineeringoutreachsociety/On Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/groups/UIUC.EOS/

What Do We Do?

• Go to 6 Classrooms at Leal School in Urbana– 1 2nd Grade Room

– 2 3rd Grade Rooms

– 3 4th Grade Rooms

• Teach fun and interesting projects– Get kids excited about Science and Engineering

– First Semester: 1-2 Week Projects

– Second Semester: Larger EOH Project followed by 1-2 Week Projects

Projects

Project Chairs:

Michael Schmitt

Hannah Friedman

• Choose and Create Projects

• Organize Supplies to Take to Classes

• Provide Understandable Directions

What We Do

• Kites• Newspaper Towers• Candy DNA• Homemade Ice Cream• Circuits• Boats• Stroboscope • Finger Printing• Balloon Rocket

Example Projects

Engineering Open House

EOH Chair:

Stu Almeleh

Engineering Open House

• Showcase College of Engineering

• Demos, experiments, projects, etc.

• Run by various organizations, students & faculty

• Over two days in March

Concrete crusher Rube Goldberg machine

EOS @ EOH

• Leal students work on project 4-6 weeks

• Field trip to UIUC

• UIUC students run project, give tours

Egg Drop – EOS 2012

Team EOH

• EOS needs:– A committee to plan &

organize the project

– Volunteers on EOH

• Will start organizing before winter break

Help EOS gain greater visibility throughout the college, university & community

Aftermath of EOH 2011

Interested? Please talk to me after the meeting or email: almeleh1@illinois.edu

Football Games

Treasurer:

Mark Kamuda

Football Game Volunteering

• What?

• Where?

• When?

• Why?

• How?

• Gate-keepers & Bag-checkers at home football games

• Memorial Stadium– Meet: Southeast corner

– Work: Usually Portal 2 on West side

• Saturdays: meet 3 hours prior to kick-off

• We need money!– So that we can provide supplies for more

interesting projects for the kids

• Wait for my emails one week prior to each game and reply ASAP!

Football Game Times• Saturday, Sept. 15th vs. Charleston Southern – Game time 11am

• Saturday, Sept. 22nd vs. Louisiana Tech – Game time 7pm

• Saturday, Sept. 29th vs. Penn State – Game time TBA

• Saturday, Oct. 27th vs. Indiana – Game time 11am

• Saturday, Nov. 10th vs. Minnesota – Game time TBA

• Saturday, Nov. 17th vs. Purdue – Game time TBA

Social Events

Vice President:

Sebastian Bibat

We’re social too

• Back-to-school BBQ

–Sunday September 16th

–1 pm @ Illini Grove

• Happy Hours

• Barcrawls

How to get involved?

• Write down which days of the week you would be able to visit Leal

– 2nd Grade: Day TBD, 2-3pm

– 3rd Grade: Monday and Wednesday, 10am-11am

– 4th Grade: Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-10am

Wednesday, 1-2pm

• Come to meeting next week (same time and place) to go through volunteer training!

Why should you get involved?

• If you have an interest in science and/or engineering

• If you like working with kids

• If you enjoy being involved in the community

• If you would like to make a difference in children's education

• If you have creative ideas for hands-on projects and demonstrations

• If you like being social and having fun

Questions for any of us?