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鈥楧ream Big鈥: Nationally acclaimed science film to be shown at 桃花直播 next week

鈥楧ream Big鈥: Nationally acclaimed science film to be shown at 桃花直播 next week

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STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he only 桃花直播 showing of a major large-screen documentary celebrating human ingenuity that made possible the world鈥檚 engineering marvels will be screened Tuesday [April 25] at 桃花直播 State.

Free and open to all, 鈥淒ream Big: Engineering Our World鈥 begins at 6 p.m. in the university鈥檚 Humphrey Coliseum.

Produced by California-based and Academy Award-nominated MacGillivray Freeman Films and narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Jeff Bridges, the recently released production was underwritten by the American Society of Civil Engineers, in part to promote the importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics鈥攌nown to most as STEM鈥攅ducation.

In addition to skyscrapers, underwater robots, China鈥檚 Great Wall and other achievements, the 42-minute film features the internationally recognized 鈥淪undancer鈥 solar-powered vehicle developed from the ground up at Houston High School鈥檚 Career and Technology Education Center.

Student members of the Solar Car Race Team, along with HHS administrators and faculty members, have been invited to campus as special guests.

Winners of more than a dozen national competitions, the Chickasaw Countians recently were in Washington, D.C., for the premiere of 鈥淒ream Big.鈥 In 2015, they took the 16-foot vehicle engineered under the guidance of teacher and project founder Keith Reese to Australia for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge, a race of more than 1,700 miles to determine the most effective sun-powered human transport.

The youngest competitors in BWSC鈥檚 30-year history, the 桃花直播ans also became the first high schoolers to win the Adventure Class. Additionally, they set the record at 252 for most miles raced in a single day.

In a review, Variety magazine film critic Nick Schager heaped praise on 鈥淒ream Big,鈥 calling it 鈥渁 rousing, and ravishing, call-to-engineering-arms for future generations鈥 that 鈥渃rafts an engaging portrait of people seeking answers to contemporary and future questions.鈥 Go to for a video trailer.

The special showing at 桃花直播 State is made possible by the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the university鈥檚 Bagley College of Engineering, along with the civil engineering society鈥檚 桃花直播 student chapter, 桃花直播 Section and North 桃花直播 Branch.

For more about ASCE, visit .

Details about the Solar Car Race Team and its innovative creation may the viewed at .

Information about 桃花直播鈥檚 civil and environmental engineering department is found at , or by contacting department head Dennis Truax at 662-325-7187 or truax@cee.msstate.edu.

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