Objective

The New Faces of Engineering strives to promote the accomplishments of young engineers by highlighting their engineering contributions and the resulting impact on society. The campaign is designed to enhance and improve the image of engineering by:

• Putting faces to what has often been referred to as “the stealth profession”;
• Showing a group of young, diverse and talented engineers, thereby portraying engineering as an exciting profession open to everyone;
• Providing both stimulation and incentive for college engineering students to explore the variety of career options available to them with their engineering degrees as well as encouraging high school students to study engineering in college.
• Help engineering students understand they are part of a global profession.

Criteria for Recognition

• Engineers 30 years of age or younger are the focus of the recognition program.
• Nominees must have a degree in engineering from a recognized U.S. college or university, or from an equivalent international educational institution.
• New Faces of Engineering recognizes achievements in all engineering disciplines. However, n ominees must be a member of a sponsoring Engineers Week partner. See “Nomination Process.”

Nomination Process

• Nominations are made only through Engineers Week Sponsoring Societies and government agencies. See list of society sponsors and staff contacts. All nominees must submit their applications to these societies, not to Engineers Week headquarters.
• Applications must be complete and must be submitted electronically by Sponsoring Engineers Week societies on the nomination form provided. Incomplete nominations may delay processing and not meet deadline.
• Complete nominations must be submitted by the Sponsoring Society or agency to Anne Squire, Engineers Week New Faces Program Manager, at asquire@nspe.org by Wednesday, November 23, 2005. Questions about the New Faces program, criteria, or nomination process should be addressed to your society contact or to asquire@nspe.org.
• Individuals wishing to submit applications to their sponsoring organization should be aware that the organization may have additional criteria or deadlines.

Each engineering organization is asked to name 5 individuals and list them in priority order. Electronic color and black/white photos of each nominee (jpg or tif and at least 300 DPI) are to be included as part of the nomination package.

Recognition

The top individual New Faces will be featured in a full-page ad in USA TODAY during Engineers Week, February 19-25, 2006 . Each photo will be captioned with the engineer’s name, name of the engineering society providing the nominee, employer and a brief statement of that individual’s accomplishments as they relate to the public welfare.

National Engineers Week Foundation will profile each of the top individuals at eweek.org. The profiles will be posted on the National Engineers Week web site at www.eweek.org and at www.discoverengineering.org, the Engineers Week web site for middle school students.

The engineering trade press will be targeted for feature stories on the top individuals. Media contacts provided by nominees will also be provided information.

The additional nominees will be publicized on the EWeek web site and promoted by their sponsoring engineering society.

The top candidates may participate in an e-mail and/or online Question and Answer discussion forum with engineering undergraduates globally at a future date to be determined. Candidates are asked to list languages in which they are fluent.

Engineering Society Responsibilities

Complete the nomination form and submit electronically by Wednesday, November 23, 2 005 , to Anne Squire, Program Manager for the New Faces of Engineering campaign at asquire@nspe.org. Incomplete nomination forms may delay processing and miss deadline.

• Societies with international chapters are requested to nominate 2 of their 5 candidates from outside the U.S.
• Please provide two electronic (jpg or tif and at least 300 DPI) photos for each nominee—one color and one black and white . The color image will be used on the website and the black and white image will be used in the print ad. Photos should be head and shoulder shots of high quality resolution suitable for publication. Business attire is recommended.
• Please make an effort to tie at least one achievement to something the non-engineering community can appreciate.
• Engineering societies will provide recognition to their nominees in their publications and on their web site.

Nomination Form (MS Word)