Engineering Open House
March 27, 2010
Note: The following information will be updated in February 2010. Please check back.
Start your day on Main Campus at the Talley Student Center, building # 102 on the campus map (park in the Coliseum Deck, # 99 on the map), or Centennial Campus (park in the Partners Way deck, # 713 on the map). Wolfline buses will run continuously between the two campuses from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Detailed Open House handouts, schedules and maps will be available at the Talley Student Center and in the Atrium of EBII on Centennial Campus.
All engineering departments will have an exhibit in the Talley Student Center Ballroom, and most engineering buildings will be open, offering tours and demonstrations.
Main Campus Departments and Locations
Biological Engineering--exhibit at Talley Student Center only
Biomedical Engineering--Weaver Labs (and EB II on Centennial Campus)
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering--Mann Hall
Industrial and Systems Engineering--Daniels Hall
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering--Broughton Hall
Nuclear Engineering--Burlington Labs
Paper Science and Engineering--Pulp and Paper Labs
Centennial Campus Departments and Locations
Biomedical Engineering--Engineering Building II (and Weaver Labs on Main Campus)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering--Engineering Building I
Computer Science--Engineering Building II
Electrical and Computer Engineering --Engineering Building II
Materials Science and Engineering --Engineering Building I
Textile Engineering--exhibit at Talley Student Center only
Prospective Student Information Sessions
(For high school students, transfer students and admitted first year students for the fall of 2009--parents welcome, too!)
Main Campus--Witherspoon Cinema 9:30, 10:30, 11:30
Centennial Campus-Room 1025 Engineering Building II 10:00, 11:00
Women in Science & Engineering (WISE)
Information sessions 10:00, 11:00 Blue Room, 4th floor Talley Student Center
Tours of Lee Residence Hall, where WISE is housed 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30
Honors Village Tours
In addition to the display in the Ballroom, the Honors Program will offer tours at 10:30 and 12:00 starting in front of the Honors Commons Building on Dunn Avenue
University Housing
In addition to the display on the second floor of the Student Center (in front of the elevator), University Housing will offer continuous tours of Owen Residence Hall from 9:00 a.m. -1:00 p.m.. Meet on the front porch of Owen Hall. Virtual housing tours are available at www.ncsu.edu/housing.
Scholarships and Financial Aid
In addition to the display in the Ballroom, the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid will be open in 2016 Harris Hall to answer questions about your current financial aid application from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Computer Information
Student Owned Computing Information Sessions
Get information on Student Owned Computing and the Eos computing environment for the college. Details and decision making helps on purchasing a new computer or bringing an existing one will be provided. Recommended models will be on display following the sessions with opportunities for hands-on interaction.
Walnut Room, 4th floor Talley Student Center
9:15, 10:00, 10:45, 11:30
Demonstrations for Middle School Students
"What is Engineering?" presentation followed by hands-on activity
3118 Talley Student Center 10:00, 11:00
Displays in Talley Student Center Ballroom
All engineering departments will have displays, information and faculty available to answer your questions in the Ballroom, and most of them will also be open in their buildings on Main Campus and Centennial Campus. The following additional University departments will also have displays and staff to assist you:
- Undergraduate Admissions
- Scholarships and Financial Aid
- University Honors Program
- University Scholars Program
- University Housing
- Cooperative Education
- University Career Center
- Army ROTC
- Air Force ROTC
- Navy ROTC
- Music Department (with performances in the Student Center lobby 2nd floor)
- NC Solar Center
- Engineers Without Borders
- Engineers Council
- Engineering Summer Programs
- NCSU Transportation
- Study Abroad
- Minority Engineering Program
- Women In Science & Engineering
- Ben Franklin Scholars Program (double major combining an engineering discipline with a humanities or social science major)