ZOOM Into Engineering Activity Roster
Updated February 6, 2002
Aiken (SC)
At Savannah River, engineers will incorporate ZOOM Into Engineering into the annual Tech Day and teach-ins during National Engineers Week. Some 300 volunteers participate in the teach-ins and this year four schools have been selected to pilot-test ZOOM Into Engineering. Approximately 60 volunteers will facilitate activities in 30 classrooms. Volunteers received special training in January.
Contact: Bonnie Toole, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, 803-725-7473.
Austin (TX)
The Austin Engineers Week coalition will venture into its first-ever community events in conjunction with local PBS affiliate KLRU. The first event was January 26th at Highland Mall (click for photo). More than 1,000 visitors worked with students from LBJ High School. Engineers joined the KLRU Kids Club Anniversary Celebration and hosted tables for Gumdrop Dome and Puff Mobile activities. On February 23, engineers will be work with KLRU and the Children's Courtyard to present six of the ZOOM activities. These will probably include Puff Mobile, Hoop Glider, Flinker, Polishing Pennies, Paper Tower and the eggless Egg Drop. Engineers will provide children's "passports" to be initialed at each activity. Completion of the activities will earn a glow in the dark Junior Engineer key tag. These activities are compatible for Brownie Try Its and Junior Girl Scout Badges and area Girl Scouts will attend. This is a project of IBM, 3M, Dell, URS and University of Texas students.
Contact Rick or Leslie McMaster at texeweek@us.ibm.com
Austin (TX)
Texas A&M University hosted a ZOOM Into Engineering training session on January 30 for invited faculty, the Student Engineers Council, NSBE, SHPE, SWE and MAES organizations. On February 19, 15 A&M volunteers will help 500 second and third grade students ZOOM into Engineering at John C. Webb Elementary School in Navasota.
Contact: Angie Hill Price, Ph.D. at price@entc.tamu.edu
Boston (MA)
ZOOM Into Engineering at the Museum of Science on Saturday, February 23, 2002, 1-5pm; free with museum admission and open to the public. Sponsors anticipate 2000 guests. Cast members from ZOOM may make an appearance and kids will make "puff" mobiles and newspaper towers. The event is organized by WGBH and the Boston Society of Civil Engineers. Get info at 617-300-1623 and www.wgbh.orgOutreach Contact: Rhonda Gray, 617-300-3674, rhonda_gray@wgbh.org
Cedar Rapids (IA)
Rockwell Collins engineers will host ZOOM Into Engineering activities at Westdale Mall and Lindale Mall on February 16 and 17, respectively. From February 18 -22, they will set up ZOOM Zones at four area elementary schools and spend one half day working with students in grades K-5. On January 26, during the National Engineers Week Future City Competition regional finals, guests also enjoyed ZOOM Into Engineering activities.Contact Nancy Craig at nlcraig@rockwellcollins.com
Dallas (TX)
The Chinese Institute of Engineers and KERA joined IEEE to host Zoom Into Engineering at the Women's Museum the afternoon of January 26. Also that afternoon, the Association for Women in Computing (www.awc-dallas.org) and IEEE (www.ieee.org) hosted a Mom/Child Design a Web Site Seminar from 1-3 PM. The seminar was a fun way to introduce technology to young adults.
Contact Maura Schreier-Fleming at Maura@BestatSelling.com
Hoboken (NJ)
The Lore-El Center for Women in Engineering and Science at Stevens Institute of Technology will provide a series of ZOOM Into Engineering training sessions in February for engineers interested in leading ZOOM Into Engineering classroom workshops. Training participants will be recruited primarily from the Center's alumnae network and Stevens' student section of the Society for Women Engineers, but all engineers in the Northern New Jersey area are welcome to attend. The Lore-El Center will assist volunteers in scheduling classroom workshops in local schools and afterschool programs. For more information, contact Kathleen Hadford at201-216-5182 or by email at khadford@stevens-tech.edu.
Houston (TX)
During National Engineers Week, The Children's Museum of Houston will run five ZOOM Into Engineering activities. And, on February 17 and 24, they will host special EWeek activities with help from Channel 8, the local public television station and engineers from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Contact: Keith Ostfeld, The Children's Museum of Houston, 713-522-1138, ext. 303
Leominster, MA
From February 20-23, the National Plastics Center & Museum hosts ZIE activities for grades 1-5, from 1-4pm. The Museum is at 210 Lancaster Street.
Contact: Anne-Marie Arnold, In-House Education Director, 978-537-9529
Mesa (AZ)
Motorola and The Women's Business Council are conducting a Zoom into Engineering training session on February 5 . The session will introduce the engineers to the program and give them an opportunity to sign up for EWeek classroom visits and extracurricular programs. Engineers attending the training event will receive training credits and letters of appreciation for the school visits. We are pretty excited to have so many volunteer efforts to support this function! In January, engineers conducted ZOOM Into Engineering activities at the AAUW Explorathon at Gateway Elementary School.
Contact: Julia Staley at 480-441-0534 or julia.staley@motorola.com
North Bend (IN)
The North Central Branch of the Indiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers will host a hands-on exhibit at University Park Mall, Mishawaka,. on February 16, from 10 AM to 9 PM. In addition to ZOOM Into Engineering activities, engineers will help construct a geodesic dome from rolled newspapers and run computer stations so visitors can visit the West Point Bicentennial Bridge Design Competition. On February 6, ASCE will also participate in "Science Alive" at the St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend.
Contact: Theresa Harrison at tharriso@lawson-fisher.com
Philadelphia (PA)
The Philadelphia Section of ASCE has trained 20 engineer volunteers for the ZOOM into Engineering program. The volunteers will put their training to good use on Saturday, February 23, 2002, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Cheltenham Mall when they incorporate the activities into the Sixth Annual Student Activity Workshop. The event will be sponsored by ASCE’s Philadelphia Sections, the Delaware Valley Engineers’ Week Council and Drexel University.
Portland (OR)
Engineers Andy Daleiden (Kittelson & Associates) and Tova Peltz (GRI, Geotechnical & Environmental Consultants), attended the October 15 ZOOM Into Engineering Summit in Washington, D.C. and are ZOOMing in Portland. They have planned 20 events and will schedule more over the next several months. They plan to reach at least 500 children in year one.
For all events and information on ZOOM into Engineering - Portland, Contact Andy Daleiden or Tova Peltz at adaleiden@kittelson.com or tpeltz@gri.com.
ZIE Volunteer Training Workshop
Date: January 12, 2002
Time: 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Location: Portland State University, Oregon
Volunteers: approximately 10
ZIE Volunteer Training Workshop
Date: January 21, 2002
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: Portland Community College, Sylvania Campus, Oregon
Volunteers: approximately 30
Girl Scouts FairPlay & Science Fair
Date: February 2, 2002
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Location: Portland, Oregon
Kids: approximately 200
Date: February 5, 2002
Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Location: Tualatin, Oregon
Organization: Girl Scouts, Brownie Troop #1015
Kids: 11
Girl Scout Leader Resource Day
Date: February 9, 2002
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Organization: Girl Scouts
Leaders/adults: 200
Date: February 15, 2002
Time: TBD
Location: Portland, Oregon
Organization: Boys & Girls Club - Meyer Club
Kids: approximately 40
Date: February 16, 2002
Time: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. / 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Portland State University, Oregon
Organization: Saturday Academy
Kids: approximately 50
Date: February 18, 2002
Time: 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Organization: Cedar Mill Library
Kids: approximately 30
Date: February 21, 2002
Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Organization: West Slope Library
Kids: approximately 30
Date: February 24, 2002
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location: Portland, Oregon
Organization: Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Kids: approximately 20
Dishman Family Night
Date: March 1, 2002
Time: TBD
Location: Portland, Oregon
Organization: Dishman Community Center
Kids: approximately 75 kids and 150 adults
Date: March 12, 2002
Time: TBD
Location: Portland, Oregon
Organization: Boys & Girls Club - North Portland
Kids: approximately 40
Sping Break ZOOM Event
Date: March 26 - 28, 2002
Time: TBD
Location: Portland, Oregon
Organization: Dishman Community Center, Montavilla Community Center, & Mt.
Scott Community Center
Kids: approximately 25 each
Date: March 29, 2002
Time: TBD
Location: Portland, Oregon
Organization: Boys & Girls Club - Wattles Club
Kids: approximately 40
Date: April 1, 2002
Time: 2:00-3:00
Location: Beaverton, Oregon
Organization: Beaverton City Library
Kids: approximately 30
Date: April 18, 2002
Time: 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Location: West Linn, Oregon
Organization: Girl Scouts, Girl Scouts Troop #5400
Kids: 15
San Diego (CA)
Members of ASCE and SWE made presentations to 19 third graders at Rosebank Elementary in Chula Vista, CA, on Jan 15. They plan to make presentations to another second/third grade class at the same school in February, as well as to other schools. More than 20 volunteers were trained during the November and December ASCE meetings. More ZOOM training sessions planned for: Tuesday, February 19, Society of Women Engineers (SWE) meeting in San Diego; YMF (Younger Member Forum of ASCE) meeting; student chapter meeting of the San Diego State University NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) on February 12.
Contact: Miriam McKenna at mckenna@bhiinc.comor 858-451-6100.
Washington (DC)
The week's activities will kickoff with a ZOOM into Engineering Family Festival at the National Building Museum (www.nbm.org) on Saturday, February 16. The festival will feature an appearance by cast members from the hit PBS kids' show ZOOM, the first public showcase of NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon's show car with its DuPont 200th anniversary paint design, a robotics engineering exposition and a host of hands-on activities from ZOOM Into Engineering and other activities for kids of all ages. The event is hosted by a partnership of National Engineers Week, the National Building Museum, American Society of Civil Engineers and DuPont, with participation by, among others, the National Society of Black Engineers, U.S Navy, The American Ceramics Society, Construction Specifications Institute, U.S. Air Force, Society of Automotive Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, IBM, IEEE-USA and American Institute of Chemical Engineers, US First, National Society of Professional Engineers, NASA, and MATHCOUNTS. Sponsors expect 4,000-6,000 guests.
Contact: Kelly Cunningham at klcpr@bellatlantic.net
Northern New Jersey
Engineers with the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers and American Society of Civil Engineers are sponsoring an activities day at the Liberty Science Center and will introduce ZOOM Into Engineering. Adults will be able to sign up for group workshops to be presented throughout a Spring Training Program.
Contact Peter Schkeeper, PE, at pschkeeper@msn.com
Vermont
IBM and the University of Vermont have invited 55 schools in three counties to have their 5th and/or 6th grades participate in National Engineers Week. Zoom Into Engineering activities will be the base. Some volunteers may even do an all-school blitz on one day. IBM also plans to use ZIE with some mentor/protege pairs. These are women and 7th grade girls from the EXITE summer camp. Together they will take ZIE activities into 6th grades at their schools on February 21 in honor of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day.
Contact Marian Lawlor, IBM Vermont, 1-802-769-1970 mlawlor@us.ibm.com
National
Members of Women in Engineering Programs and Advocates Network participated in a teleconference briefing session with National Engineers Week and WGBH staff on January 29.
Members from Hawaii to Illinois and New York registered.
www.wepan.org or www.eweek.org
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) members can participate in a hands-on training session with WGBH, hosted in part by 3M, at the SHPE National Conference on February 8 in Minneapolis.
