UT College of Engineering is hosting a 100-year tradition on Thursday, Oct.18 called Engineer's Day. This event allows high school students all across Tennessee to gather on UT's campus to learn about the exciting aspects of engineering through exhibits, discussions and demonstrations.

It is estimated that nearly 800 high schools will come participate this day, where last year there were 700 participating schools. Will Zhou, chairman of Engineer's Day and a senior in material science and engineering, said that Engineer's Day shows students what the engineering field is all about. "It is a way to get students interested in coming to UT and possibly to the engineering department."It is a way to get students interested in coming to UT and possibly to the engineering department. Will Zhou, chairman of Engineer's Day.

All undergraduate engineering classes will be cancelled so UT students will be free to run the 25 exhibits for Engineer's Day, which range any where from egg drop challenges to moon buggy demonstrations. The event is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. An opening session will be held in the UC Ballroom with speaker Dr. Way Kuo, Dean of Engineering and University Distinguished Professor.

The fourth and final Challenge X event, a nationwide sustainable vehicle design competition, will commence at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot by Perkins Hall.  Team Tennessee, which only consists of graduate and undergraduate students, has remodeled a Chevrolet Equinox to run solely on electricity and biodiesel fuel.