More than 1,300 students from nearly 60 Ontario high schools will gather at the centre
of campus Thursday to test their skills at the 22nd annual McMaster Engineering &
Science Olympics. Over $20,000 in tuition entrance prizes will be on the line at the
competition.

The Engineering & Science Olympics provides an opportunity for high school students to
meet University undergraduates, faculty and staff, and to be exposed to scientific topics
of interest.

Chemical Forensics, the Mini-Car Jump, Bio-Tech to the Rescue, the Egg High Jump and
Mechanical Transporter are just a few of the competitions students will participate in.
Seven Hamilton schools are expected to take part, in addition to those from Alliston,
Penetanguishene, Guelph, Windsor, St. Thomas and Niagara Falls.

Students are also welcome to attend guest faculty lectures, including Hubert deBruin's
talk Engineering and the Brain, Randall Dumont's Cool CHem CaBaReT and Leyla
Soleymani's lecture on Microchips for Macro-change.

High school teachers will be put to the test in their own lunch hour challenge, where
they will have the chance to win up to $7,000 in tuition awards for their students.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in front of the John Hodgins Engineering
Building. For more information, visit olympics.mcmaster.ca.