Engineering students’ future

University of Utah students Scott Hudson, left, and Chase Dickerson inspect a tower built from straws during the University of Utah’s 14th annual Elementary Engineering Week at the U. in Salt Lake City Monday, March 28, 2011. The weeklong event is designed to introduce young students to the field of engineering. Each day during the event, more than 400 students from five schools will visit the U. to construct towers of drinking straws, catapult marshmallows and build clay fish.

Zach Coombs, left, Alison Davis and Victoria Ridge join hundreds of other fifth- and sixth-graders for the University of Utah’s 14th annual Elementary Engineering Week at the U. in Salt Lake City Monday, March 28, 2011. The weeklong event is designed to introduce young students to the field of engineering. Each day during the event, more than 400 students from five schools will visit the U. to construct towers of drinking straws, catapult marshmallows and build clay fish.

Morningside Elementary School teacher Liis Rametta, left, and Chandler Musgrave watch Team Sideburns’ slow fish move through the water tank during the University of Utah’s 14th annual Elementary Engineering Week at the U. in Salt Lake City Monday, March 28, 2011. The weeklong event is designed to introduce young students to the field of engineering. Each day during the event, more than 400 students from five schools will visit the U. to construct towers of drinking straws, catapult marshmallows and build clay fish.

Talyor Godfrey, left, Zach Coombs, Alison Davis and Victoria Ridge work on their straw tower during the University of Utah’s 14th annual Elementary Engineering Week at the U. in Salt Lake City Monday, March 28, 2011. The weeklong event is designed to introduce young students to the field of engineering. Each day during the event, more than 400 students from five schools will visit the U. to construct towers of drinking straws, catapult marshmallows and build clay fish.