The public is invited to attend the annual MTSU Engineering Technology Open House Thursday, April 26, from 3 to 5 p.m. in Cantrell Hall of the Tom H. Jackson Building, 628 Alma Mater Drive.

A parking map is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParkingMap. Off-campus visitors attending the event can obtain a special one-day permit at www.mtsu.edu/parking/visit.php.

Competition judge Jeff Buck, kneeling, of Automation Nth, listens as MTSU senior Daniel Morgan, right, answers Buck’s question about the “Mailbot” during the Department of Engineering Technology Poster and Project Presentation at the Nissan Training Center in Smyrna, Tenn., in April 2017. Other mechatronics engineering team members include, from left, Bryan York, Maryam Sedhom and Sarah Gunger. This year’s open house is set April 26 from 3 to 5 p.m. (MTSU file photo by Randy Weiler)

The Department of Engineering Technology holds an annual open house for the public and MTSU community to see what students have been doing during each academic year.

Students’ posters and projects will be on display, and robotics will be among the projects demonstrated.

There will be prizes for the winning posters, free T-shirts and refreshments.

MTSU has more than 240 combined undergraduate and graduate programs. Engineering Technology is one of 11 departments in the College of Basic and Applied Sciences.

— Randy Weiler (Randy.Weiler@mtsu.edu)