The University of New Mexico

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Media Contact: Karen Wentworth (505) 277-5627

November 1, 2006

Students, Parents Invited to UNM School of Engineering Open House on November 11

Intrigued by technology? You can visit a lab where students design, test and build a formula-style racecar, and you can see the students race the car. Or go on a tour of a hydraulics lab, watch a vector drawing program construct scenes of interwoven surfaces, learn about a motion capture system and its multi-projector dome; watch a laser light show and much more at the UNM School of Engineering Open House on November 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Mechanical Engineering Building.

“This is an opportunity for high school students to see why engineering and computer science are the driving forces behind the world's technological revolutions,” says School of Engineering Dean Joseph Cecchi. “They can also experience the innovative, hands-on research environment at the UNM School of Engineering.”

High school students, their parents and high school faculty and staff are invited to attend from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. when advisors will be available to talk with students, and there will be information about advisement, tutoring and mentoring. There will also be a chance to meet current students, and talk with them about UNM and the engineering program. Students will give demonstrations and presentations of their work. Lab tours and interactive demonstrations will be conducted from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.

Students and their parents can get discount tickets to the Lobos vs. TCU game when they R.S.V.P. online at http://scemep.unm.edu or call Pauline at (505) 277-11104 or (505) 450-1537 or email her at pjhh@unm.edu Please R.S.V.P. by November 7.

Directions to campus: From I-25, take the Central/Martin Luther King exit. Turn east on to Martin Luther King; go straight until you cross University Avenue and turn left onto Redondo Drive. Parking is on the right. The Mechanical Engineering building is on the southwest corner of campus.


The University of New Mexico is the state's largest university, serving more than 32,000 students. UNM is home to the state's only schools of law, medicine, pharmacy and architecture and operates New Mexico's only academic health center. UNM is noted for comprehensive undergraduate programs and research that benefits the state and the nation.

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