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| Editorial from Alan L. Boeckmann Each year, we take a week from our busy schedules to celebrate our accomplishments as a profession during National Engineers Week. Despite many challenges, our vocation has contributed meaningfully toward improving the quality of life for millions of people around the world. From medical breakthroughs to enabling transportation infrastructure, from complicated manufacturing complexes to technological innovation, we envision a better future and make it happen. But our profession has changed much in recent decades with the globalization of the work force. Our co-workers no longer just sit down the hall from us or on another floor. Today, they are working at CAD stations in Bombay, on 3D models in Manila, at developing piping isometrics in London and on certifying designs at their workstations in Beijing. By leveraging this diversity of thought, we are realizing greater innovation, enhanced cost efficiencies and reduced project development schedules. To commemorate this advancement, this year’s National Engineers Week will – for the first time – expand beyond U.S. borders to involve our international colleagues. As part of our activities, we will be “Connecting the World to Engineering.” Using a new web-based communication vehicle, we will establish a global dialogue and explore opportunities in the electrical, civil, mechanical and other engineering disciplines, as well as in the aerospace, IT and chemical industries. We also will be honoring “New Faces of Engineering,” by recognizing rising young engineering talent and celebrating the promise that engineering holds for us in the future. I’m very excited to co-chair 2004’s National Engineers Week. We have much to be proud of; our legacy is profound. Please join me and your colleagues – both domestic and international – in celebrating our endeavors. Alan
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National Engineers Week Foundation
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