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    • Boo in the Courtyard 2017

    The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering won first place in the 2017 Boo in the Courtyard Halloween competition.
    The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering won first place in the 2017 Boo in the Courtyard Halloween competition.

    Staff and faculty from multiple departments and engineering offices participated in the 2017 Boo in the Courtyard on Friday, October 27. This annual spirit competition inspires different sparks of creativity in every team.

    This year’s winning teams were:

    • First Place: The Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering presented a Roman senate, which turned on Julius Caesar (Department Head Chris Cox) after his announcement of new rules got a little out of hand.
    • Second Place: The Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science formed a league— a Justice League, complete with Batman (Department Head Leon Tolbert) arriving in a Batmobile.
    • Third Place: The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering celebrated the Day of the Dead with their haunting costume theme.
    The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
    The Min H. Kao Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science took a heroic second place.
    Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
    The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering celebrated the Day of the Dead with their haunting costume theme, and earned third place in the costume contest.
    The Department of Nuclear Engineering
    The Department of Nuclear Engineering entertained with their “Herd of Cats” concept, complete with cat-herding Department Head Wes Hines. His cat-herding tools were a laser pointer and a stick horse.
    The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering presented a human "Cards Against Humanity" game set.
    The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering presented a human “Cards Against Humanity” game set.
    Faculty and staff from Engineering Fundamentals created their own personalized Lego heads.
    Faculty and staff from Engineering Fundamentals created their own personalized Lego heads.
    Staff from the Reliability and Maintainability Center personified "Shark Week." When asked where Monday was, they said, "We ate Monday."
    Staff from the Reliability and Maintainability Center personified “Shark Week.” When asked where Monday was, they said, “We ate Monday.”
    After the contest, everyone enjoyed refreshments on the courtyard.
    After the contest, everyone enjoyed refreshments on the courtyard.
    Administrative staff served as judges for the competition.
    Administrative staff served as judges for the competition.