1. Engineering
Outreach
Society
Our Website:
http://publish.illinois.edu/engineeringoutreachsociety/
On Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/UIUC.EOS/

2. What Do We Do?
• Go to 6 Classrooms at Leal School in Urbana
– 1 2nd Grade Room
– 2 3rd Grade Rooms
– 3 4th Grade Rooms
• Teach fun and interesting projects
– Get kids excited about Science and Engineering
– First Semester: 1-2 Week Projects
– Second Semester: Larger EOH Project followed by
1-2 Week Projects

3. Projects
Project Chairs:
Michael Schmitt
Hannah Friedman

4. What We Do
• Choose and Create Projects
• Organize Supplies to Take to Classes
• Provide Understandable Directions

5. Example Projects
• Kites
• Newspaper Towers
• Candy DNA
• Homemade Ice Cream
• Circuits
• Boats
• Stroboscope
• Finger Printing
• Balloon Rocket

6. Engineering Open House
EOH Chair:
Stu Almeleh

7. Engineering Open House
• Showcase College
of Engineering
• Demos,
experiments,
projects, etc.
• Run by various
organizations,
students & faculty
• Over two days in
March Concrete crusher Rube Goldberg machine

8. EOS @ EOH
• Leal students work on project 4-6 weeks
• Field trip to UIUC
• UIUC students run project, give tours

9. Egg Drop – EOS 2012

10. Team EOH
• EOS needs:
– A committee to plan &
organize the project
– Volunteers on EOH
• Will start organizing
before winter break
Aftermath of EOH 2011
Help EOS gain greater visibility throughout
the college, university & community
Interested? Please talk to me after the meeting or email: almeleh1@illinois.edu

11. Football Games
Treasurer:
Mark Kamuda

12. Football Game Volunteering
• What? • Gate-keepers & Bag-checkers at home
football games
• Where? • Memorial Stadium
– Meet: Southeast corner
– Work: Usually Portal 2 on West side
• When? • Saturdays: meet 3 hours prior to kick-off
• Why? • We need money!
– So that we can provide supplies for more
interesting projects for the kids
• How? • Wait for my emails one week prior to
each game and reply ASAP!

13. Football Game Times
• Saturday, Sept. 15th vs. Charleston Southern – Game time 11am
• Saturday, Sept. 22nd vs. Louisiana Tech – Game time 7pm
• Saturday, Sept. 29th vs. Penn State – Game time TBA
• Saturday, Oct. 27th vs. Indiana – Game time 11am
• Saturday, Nov. 10th vs. Minnesota – Game time TBA
• Saturday, Nov. 17th vs. Purdue – Game time TBA

14. Social Events
Vice President:
Sebastian Bibat

15. We’re social too
• Back-to-school BBQ
–Sunday September 16th
–1 pm @ Illini Grove
• Happy Hours
• Barcrawls

16. How to get involved?
• Write down which days of the week you
would be able to visit Leal
– 2nd Grade: Day TBD, 2-3pm
– 3rd Grade: Monday and Wednesday, 10am-11am
– 4th Grade: Tuesday and Thursday, 9am-10am
Wednesday, 1-2pm
• Come to meeting next week (same time and
place) to go through volunteer training!

17. Why should you get involved?
• If you have an interest in science and/or
engineering
• If you like working with kids
• If you enjoy being involved in the community
• If you would like to make a difference in
children's education
• If you have creative ideas for hands-on projects
and demonstrations
• If you like being social and having fun

18. Questions for any of us?