Engineers Week 2023
The Embry-Riddle College of Engineering is celebrating Engineers Week (Feb. 19-25). Join us as we explore the many ways in which engineering creates our future, as well as the creativity and innovative spirit of the next generation of engineers.
2023 also marks the College of Engineering’s first-ever Week of Giving. Help our students thrive by supporting a student project during Engineers Week.
Tuesday, Feb. 21
- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. ET: Engineering Student Appreciation Day in the Lehman Building Atrium (open to students)
- Noon ET: Digital Dash in the Lehman Building Atrium (open to students, advance registration required)
- 7:30-9:30 p.m. ET: An Evening With Mentalist Mark Toland at Duva 1, 2 and 3 (open to students, alumni, faculty and staff, advance registration required)
- All Day: Online CATIA Competition (open to students, advance registration required)
Wednesday, Feb. 22
- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. ET: Engineering Student Appreciation Day in the Lehman Building Atrium (open to students)
- Noon ET: EcoCAR Balloon Car Competition (open to students, advance registration required)
- 5-7 p.m. ET: Keynote Address with Guest Speaker Dr. Kathleen Connor Howell at Duva 1, 2 and 3 (open to students, alumni, faculty and staff, advance registration required)
Thursday, Feb. 23
- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. ET: Engineering Student Appreciation Day in the Lehman Building Atrium (open to students)
- 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. ET: Engineering Fest on the Connelly Quad (open to students, alumni, faculty and staff)
- 5:30 p.m. ET: "Good Night Oppy" Film Screening and Panel Discussion in Duva 1, 2 and 3 (open to students, alumni, faculty and staff, advance registration required)
- All Day: Online CATIA Competition (open to students, advance registration required)
Friday, Feb. 24
- 10 a.m.-3 p.m. ET: Engineering Student Appreciation Day in the Lehman Building Atrium (open to students)
- 1:30-2:30 p.m. ET: Paper Airplane Competition in the Lehman Building Atrium (open to students, alumni, faculty and staff)
- 4 p.m. ET: Engineering Awards Ceremony at Duva 1, 2 and 3 (open to students, alumni, faculty and staff, advance registration required)
Keynote Address
Who: Dr. Kathleen Connor Howell, Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University
When: Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m.
Where: Duva 1, 2 and 3
Free: This event is open to students, alumni, faculty and staff. Advance registration is required.
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Kathleen Connor Howell
Dr. Kathleen Connor Howell
Dr. Kathleen Connor Howell is the Hsu Lo Distinguished Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics in the College of Engineering at Purdue University. She earned her B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from Iowa State University; her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Sciences are from Stanford University.
Professor Howell’s technical research interests and expertise are in astrodynamics, with particular applications in complex gravitational environments. Such analysis includes mission and trajectory planning, station-keeping and maneuver design, and low-thrust applications and small satellites. She has successfully applied these methodologies to numerous NASA missions.
Professor Howell served for many years as the Editor-in-Chief for the American Astronautical Society’s Journal of the Astronautical Sciences and is a current member of a number of other editorial and advisory boards. She is also an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the International Academy of Astronautics. Additionally, she is a Fellow of both the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Astronautical Society.