What Is The Engineering Family Day Festival?




       The annual Washington DC Engineering Family Day is:
  • Enjoyed by over six thousand participants every February at the beginning of E-Week.
  • Hands-on with over 20 activities presented by local engineering chapters and national organizations.
  • Aimed at children of all ages, so they can experience the excitement of engineering.
  • Exciting with characters and actors from popular engineering and science TV shows.
  • Produced by a committee of enthusiastic local volunteers, representing many engineering organizations.
  •  Held in the historic and impressive main hall of the National Building Museum.


ARTICLES AND PRESS CLIPPINGS

About Family Day - Article in IEEE-USA Today's Engineer

Interview - Teaching Math and Problem-Solving To Children

 "7,000 Visitors ZOOM Into Engineering..."


Orange County Register - Feb. 18, 2007 (PDF file, 360kB)

The Exponent - Feb. 1, 2007 (PDF, 159 kB)

The Prince George's Post - Feb. 8, 2007 (PDF, 49 kB)

The Washington Post - Feb. 15, 2007 (PDF, 240 kB)

The Washington Post - Feb. 16, 2007 (PDF, 175 kB)

The Washington Post "Our Picks" - Feb. 16, 2007 (PDF, 289 kB)