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More than 2,000 attend CHS Engineering Expo
By Dan Eakin, deakin@starlocalnews.com
More than 2,000 people attended the fifth annual Engineering Expo at Coppell High School Sunday afternoon, including representatives of 43 engineering schools from around the country.
The event, sponsored by the Coppell High School Stem Academy and the CHS Engineering Booster Club, provided an opportunity for students from surrounding schools and all people in the Coppell area to come and learn more about the field of engineering, according to Mike Yakubovsky, coordinator of the Coppell School of Engineering.
The event featured displays and activities by learners in the STEM academy. Numerous companies and colleges also had exhibits at the event.
“Visitors got a chance to see how the work done by CHS learners fits with the work done at the university level, and then how that education leads to industry,” Yakubovsky said.
The engineering learners presented a number of workshops for visitors.
“There was everything from robots to automatically closing blinds to a pair of Ruben's tubes,” Yakubovsky said. “A Ruben's tube gives a visual representation of the frequencies produced by sound waves in fire. Think of an oversized gas grill burner attached to a speaker so that the flames dance with music being played.”
The students from Coppell's FIRST Robotics Team also hosted a mock-FIRST Lego League Tournament for area elementary students.
“There was something for students of all ages,” Yakubovsky said.
Among the engineering schools from around the country that participated in the event were MIT, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, The University of Texas and Texas A&M.
Eighteen engineering companies and societies were also in attendance. Among them were IBM, GM and Peterbilt. GM brought out several hybrid and gasoline automobiles courtesy of Classic Chevrolet in Grapevine and Peterbilt displayed their newest hybrid truck.
Romelia Flores, an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Master Inventor, gave the keynote presentation.
She talked about IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative, then invited the audience to play a few Jeopardy-like rounds with Watson, the IBM computer that recently played on the television game show, Jeopardy.
The event, sponsored by the Coppell High School Stem Academy and the CHS Engineering Booster Club, provided an opportunity for students from surrounding schools and all people in the Coppell area to come and learn more about the field of engineering, according to Mike Yakubovsky, coordinator of the Coppell School of Engineering.
The event featured displays and activities by learners in the STEM academy. Numerous companies and colleges also had exhibits at the event.
“Visitors got a chance to see how the work done by CHS learners fits with the work done at the university level, and then how that education leads to industry,” Yakubovsky said.
The engineering learners presented a number of workshops for visitors.
“There was everything from robots to automatically closing blinds to a pair of Ruben's tubes,” Yakubovsky said. “A Ruben's tube gives a visual representation of the frequencies produced by sound waves in fire. Think of an oversized gas grill burner attached to a speaker so that the flames dance with music being played.”
The students from Coppell's FIRST Robotics Team also hosted a mock-FIRST Lego League Tournament for area elementary students.
“There was something for students of all ages,” Yakubovsky said.
Among the engineering schools from around the country that participated in the event were MIT, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, The University of Texas and Texas A&M.
Eighteen engineering companies and societies were also in attendance. Among them were IBM, GM and Peterbilt. GM brought out several hybrid and gasoline automobiles courtesy of Classic Chevrolet in Grapevine and Peterbilt displayed their newest hybrid truck.
Romelia Flores, an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Master Inventor, gave the keynote presentation.
She talked about IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative, then invited the audience to play a few Jeopardy-like rounds with Watson, the IBM computer that recently played on the television game show, Jeopardy.
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