Illinois student leaders worked tirelessly with student groups, research labs, and others to ensure that over 200 exhibits were ready for the expected 40,000 – 50,000 campus visitors attending the 2025 Engineering Open House (EOH) on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus. Held on 4-5 April, the theme of this year’s EOH was “The Age of Innovation”. Each year this event draws thousands of students, families, teachers, and science-lovers to campus to partake in a truly unique experience celebrating all types of engineering. Click here for the 2025 EOH visitor’s guide.
The visitors that stopped by the Newmark Civil Engineering Laboratory had the opportunity to view six different rail exhibits. Some of the interactive rail exhibits included demonstrations of railway control and signaling, a train simulator, highway/rail crossings, intermodal game and a new train and track dynamics demo.
In addition, RailTEC hosted a group of middle and high school students and their chaperones from Hanson Professional Services at the event on Saturday. RailTEC was honored to continue this tradition which originally started in 2014. These students participated in STEM activities and listened to a presentation by Illinois student Grant Lindsay, Programs Chair of the UIUC Chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). The mission of NSBE is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.
