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related stories are encouraged to visit the media newsroom. July
7, 2009 By John Trent Washoe County School District students
have known about the College of Engineering’s Mobile Engineering
Education Lab for several years. But at no time has this unique
outreach arm of the college been more successful, or as far-
reaching. During the recently concluded school year in Washoe
County, it is estimated that the Mobile Engineering Education
Lab brought a host of fun, interesting and educational
engineering activities to as many as 250 kindergarten through
eighth grade students each week. And since its inception in
1997, the Mobile Engineering Lab has presented lessons and
information to more than 100 schools in northern Nevada, serving
more than 5,000 students in the community. Thanks to private
funding from the Mallory Foundation, the Mobile Engineering Lab
has generated untold excitement in the areas of mathematics,
technology, science and engineering. “It