This Friday (Nov 16) is the Herff College of Engineering Open House at the University of Memphis from 9am till 5pm (although if you want to see everything I would suggest you come by 3pm).
Some things that might interest Makers include :
Laser Cutter demo in ET112
Mobile robotics in ET302
For more info see http://www.memphis.edu/herff/eday/index.php
Daniel Kohn