New Faces of Engineering 2005
A Recognition Program Sponsored by Engineers Week

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 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.
• Engineers Week sponsoring societies will nominate young working engineers from among their membership.
• New Faces of Engineering recognizes achievements in all engineering disciplines
• Societies with international chapters are requested to nominate 2 of their 5 candidates from outside the U.S.

Nomination Process

Each engineering organization is asked to name 5 individuals and provide them in priority order. An electronic color and black/white photo (jpg or tif and at least 300 DPI) and a brief description of each individual are required.

Please submit nominations electronically on the nomination form provided (follows).

Nominations BY E-WEEK SPONSORING SOCIETIES must be submitted to Kelly Cunningham at klcpr@bellatlantic.net by Friday, October 29, 2004. Nominations submitted BY INDIVIDUALS FOR FORWARDING TO E-WEEK SPONSORING SOCIETIES must be sent to Kelly Cunningham by Friday, October 1.

Individuals please note: The various engineering organizations may have additional nominating criteria and might require their nominees to be (or become) members of that organization. Engineers Week will not evaluate nominations from individuals but will forward them to the appropriate organization.

Recognition

The top individual New Faces will be featured in a full-page ad in USA TODAY during Engineers Week, February 20-26, 2005. 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 will profile each of the top individuals. The profiles will be posted on the National Engineers Week web site at www.eweek.org and at www.discoverengineering.org, the EWeek web site for middle school students.

The engineering trade press will be targeted for feature stories on the top individuals. The hometown media of all the nominees will be targeted to capture general press coverage.

New Faces provides a unique opportunity to learn from new engineers. EWeek and the engineering societies’ staff will interview the top individuals re: the experiences leading them to select engineering careers, the challenges in making the transition to the work force, and other key experiences that can be used with K-12 and college students.

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

The top candidates will 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 Friday, October 29, 2004 (submission deadline is October 1 for individual nominations) to Kelly Cunningham at klcpr@bellatlantic.net.

• Please provide two electronic (jpg or tif and at least 300 DPI) photos for each nominee—one color and one black and white. Please do not embed the photos in the nomination form. The color image will be used on the website and the black and white image will be used in the ad. Photos should be head and shoulder shots of high quality resolution suitable for publication. Business attire is recommended.
• For the top nominee only, please provide a statement of 200 words or less clearly explaining the engineer’s work and the importance of it. Describe its application and its impact. Please avoid acronyms.
• For each additional nominee, please attach a statement of three to five sentences describing the candidate's work or engineering achievements.
• Provide a list of student chapters both in the U.S. and internationally to be used to begin dissemination of Engineers Week programs.
• Engineering societies will provide recognition to their nominees in their publications and on their web site.

Nomination Form
Please download and complete, then email to Kelly Cunningham at klcpr@bellatlantic.net. Any questions regarding the nomination process should also be directed to Kelly.

Download Form (Word File)

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