Celebrating Engineering and Computer Science Week

Faculty, Staff and Students Contribute to Activities

February 24, 2009

 

College of Engineering and Computer Science, co-sponsor of MESA Day, holds its annual Engineering and Computer Science Week for its students this week.

ECS faculty, staff and students assist in organizing and running the two MESA Day events each year, helping with the planning and organizing and acting as staff and judges.

Other scheduled Engineering Week activities include a career fair Feb. 24 for engineering students that will draw at least 45 corporate and government representatives looking for engineering talent, and a student leadership day Feb. 26 to showcase student organizations and student-faculty interaction.

Organizations expected to attend the career fair include: California Air Resources Board, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, CornerTurn, Department of Defense Defense Contract Management Agency, Ericsson Inc., ESRI, Evisions Inc., Golden State Water Co., Hewlett-Packard Co., Hills Pet Nutrition, Kaiser Permanente, L3 Communications Interstate Electronics Corp., Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Mattson Resources, McCarthy Building Companies Inc., Naval Air Systems Command, Northrop Grumman Corp., Orange County Transportation Authority, Perot Systems Corp., Process Fab Inc., Raytheon Co., San Bernardino County and the U.S. Navy.