WHO:
More than 3,000 schoolchildren, their teachers and parents, and University of Washington engineering faculty.

WHAT:
The College of Engineering Open House, with more than 100 exhibits and activities.

WHEN:
Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WHERE:
The information booth for the event is at Loew Hall, located on Stevens Way across from the HUB on the UW campus. Activities are at a number of engineering buildings around campus.

POSSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

„X Robots: See Rainmaker 1 and 2 -- robots built by UW engineering and local high school students -- in action, as well as soccer-playing Lego robots that pass, shoot and score.
„X Nature's Lightbulbs: Manipulate bioluminescent bacteria and watch the creatures flash.
„X Launching of water-propelled rockets to learn what causes thrust.
„X A look at Dawgstar, the smallest known self-propelled satellite, designed by UW students and scheduled for launch from the Space Shuttle in 2002.
„X Photo morphing with computerized special effects.
„X Augmented Groove: Experience music augmented by virual reality, courtesy the UW Human Interface Technology Laboratory.
„X Nisqually Earthquake: See a demonstration of liquefaction, learn how and where it happened locally on Feb. 28 and find out how structures respond in an earthquake.
„X Autonomous Flight Vehicle: See how self-flying aircraft are designed and built.
„X The 2nd annual TechnoBowl, a Jeopardy-style competition among high school teams to test students' knowledge of math, engineering and science. Guest can compete after 11 a.m. (Saturday only).

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For more information, call (206) 685-1785.
Check the Web at www.engr.washington.edu/openhouse/