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a Girl to Engineering Day 2005 National Pledge Roster
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Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2005 is celebrated Thursday, February
24th. That date is simply a rallying point. We plan to record participation
as long as organizations report to us. Some organizations will participate
on that day but given professional schedules and school breaks, many
will take place just before and just after Engineers Week 2005. To the
many organizations and volunteers who are working to increase diversity
in the engineering profession, thank you for your efforts!
Business
Fleetguard, Monterey, TN
We will be participating in Engineering A Future 2005. This is a day-long hands-on workshop to introduce young women to engineering through fun activities that could be expanded into science fair experiments. We are planning on 30 engineer hosts for 320 girls. Contact
karen.m.ramsey-idem@fleetguard.com
DuPont, with the Society of Women Engineers, Wilmington, DE
Eighty engineers from DuPont and the Society of Women Engineers DelMar Peninsula Section will present “Engineering Your Tomorrow,” scheduled for February 26 at the DuPont Experimental Station in Wilmington, Delaware. The event allows 200 sixth to eighth grade Girl Scouts to do hands-on experiments and encourages their interest in science, math, engineering and technology. Go to http://www.cbgsc.org/Resources/GSCB%20Jan%20-%20Jul%202005%20Program%20Calendar%20Teen.pdf .
Judith Nitsch Engineering, Boston, MA
The women engineers at Judith Nitsch Engineering and the Department of Captial Asset Management will present a program for 40 6th - 12th grade girls plus their parents, on the top floor of a Boston skyscraper. The program will include a panel of women engineers and a “sidebar” conversation/panel with the parents, hands-on activities for the girls, breakfast tours, and possibly a “visual” engineering scavenger hunt. Contact Judith Nitsch, PE, at jnitsch@jnei.com.See www.jnei.com. An encouraging note: a participant from a previous year’s event is now applying to college biomedical engineering programs, and mentioned the event in her applications!
ExxonMobil, Houston, TX
At five sites in the Houston area, ExxonMobil invites 5th, 6th, and 7th grade girls to their facilities to meet with panels of women engineers who talk about engineering school, jobs, etc., followed by a site tour and hands-on experiments. Everyone gets together for lunch with women engineers before returning to their schools.
Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Rockwell Collins will host its third annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering activities on Tuesday, February 22 and Thursday, February 24. Over these two days, we will host up to 50 8th grade girls from Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa. These young women will have the chance to visit engineering lab areas, talk one-to-one with women engineers and technicians, and ask questions about the challenges and rewards available to women in engineering today.
cmdietz@rockwellcollins.com and
www.rockwellcollins.com.
Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho, and Lehi, Utah
Micron plans to host several activities to encourage girls pursuing engineering careers. Careers@Micron is a day-long job shadow that provides students a mentor experience, hands-on science and math activities, and small group interaction with Micron Engineers. Up to 50 students in Boise and 25 students in Lehi will participate.
Taking their experiences right to the schools, Women In Technical Careers (WITC) luncheons will provide female high school students with a glimpse into why different technical women have chosen and been challenged by their given careers. Up to 200 students in the Boise, Idaho, area will participate over the month of February.
Finally, on February 23 we will offer a "Women in Technical Careers" session at an area high school career fair. We hope to draw 30 females to this session.
arbaker@micron.com. and
www.micron.com/students
SESA Coalition, Lima, OH
SESA stands for Science Enhancement for Science Advancement and is a cooperation between the Lima area companies of BP Chemicals, Premcor Refinery, Ft Amanda Specialties, PCS Nitrogen, and the Allen Country Board of Education.
Every two years, SESA sponsors Women in Science, a science program for 7th and 8th grade girls from Allen County and Lima City schools. The day is filled with experiments, hands-on activities, and demonstrations presented by Ohio women scientists, many of them leaders in their field. This year, Women in Science will be held February 3 at the Premcor Lima Refinery for about 100 girls. The keynote speaker for this year's conference will be Dr. Carol Whitacre, chair of the Department of Virology, Immunology, and Health Services at The Ohio State University, Columbus. Many speakers and presenters have also been secured for the event.
If you have questions about this year's activities, please contact Dan Edwards at 419.226.2878 or Kathy Shaw at 419.226.2611. For information on SESA contact Sandi Feltz feltzsm@bp.com or go to http://www.noacsc.org/allen/ac/sesa/.
Siemens, West Chicago, IL
Two Girl Scout troops will visit a Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. factory in West Chicago, IL. The fifth and sixth grade girls will tour the factory, particularly the engineering offices. The girls will also complete five experiments which relate to five different engineering fields. They will earn a Junior Girl Scout Badge for these activities. Contact jayne.beck@siemens.com
Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA
Consultants with engineering backgrounds will host 30 students in grades 7-10 and their teachers. Activities include panel discussion, guest speakers, mentoring lunch, team building exercise, and tour of technical resource center. Contact merchant_monisha@bah.com
Johnson Controls, Milwaukee , Wisconsin
Johnson Controls System Products Engineering department in downtown Milwaukee hosted 40 female students from Milwaukee Public Schools' Vieau School . The visit included a multimedia presentation of the company's business, presentations by women engineers, a tour of our LEED certified "green" building, and lab tours. www.johnsoncontrols.com.
Manitoba Hydro, Winnipeg, ( Manitoba ) Canada
On February 20th, we held a Robotics Workshop in partnership with the Manitoba Robot Games at the Manitoba Museum as part of NEW Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. On February 24th, NEW event as part of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day in partnership with Manitoba Hydro's Aboriginal Girls Summer Camp Girls Group. Activities: robot building for entry into Manitoba Robot Games competition, and spaghetti bridge building for entry into NEW competition at St. Vital Mall. On February 28th, NEW Event as part of University of Manitoba E Week Activities . Contact jenjessop@ieee.org and http://www.ieee.org/winnipegwie.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey , New York City, NY
Port Authority of NY & NJ hosted "Introduce a Girl To Engineering Day" on Friday, 2/25/05 from 9:30 AM to 4:00 PM . The day included 6 women engineer and architect speakers and presenters and 5 engineering hands-on activities. FLombard@panynj.gov.
Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken , SC
Westinghouse Savannah River Company in partnership with the Central Savannah River Area Section of the Society of Women Engineers, and the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center invited 63 central Savannah River area middle schools to submit the names of two eighth grade girls to participate in "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" on Saturday, March 5, 2005 . The workshop was held at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center located on the campus of the University of South Carolina Aiken campus from 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM.
Female engineers from the Savannah River Site shared the message with girls that engineering careers are fascinating, fun, and ideally suited for girls who want to make a difference in the world. Girls attending the workshop had the opportunity to speak informally with positive female role models working in various engineering fields to learn about their personal and professional lives. They participated in fun, hands-on activities throughout the day with other girls in the CSRA who are interested in math and science and received awards and prizes at the end of the day for various competitions.: judy.spencer@srs.gov .
General Dynamics, Mountain View, CA
General Dynamics of Mountain View , California welcomed the Girl Scouts of Santa Clara County and their families to their first annual “Introduce A Girl to Engineering Day” event on Thursday February 24, 2005 . This event was held in honor of National Engineers Week 2005, with 50 Girl Scouts ages 11-14 and nearly 30 adults in attendance.
The goal of the event was to encourage girls to explore the world of engineering through a series of hands-on technical demonstrations, and discussions led by women engineers as role models. There were a total of five technical demonstrations, which included cellular telephony, internet capabilities, computer analysis, computer security systems and audio technology. A panel discussion and a question and answer session were led by ten General Dynamics Engineers, eight of whom were women. annette.haddad@gd-ais.com and www.gd-ais.com.
Government
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District
Some of our female engineers will be visiting local area elementary schools and doing hands-on activities with the students. Contact
shannon.l.bauer@usace.army.mil. Webpage:
http://www.mvp.usace.army.mil/
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
Two of our women engineers plan to visit our 2 partner schools (Otis Elementary and Dixon Elementary) during National Engineers Week. The 2 engineers will speak with 7th and 8th graders about the importance of engineering and highlight engineering accomplishments of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Contact is Vanessa.Villarreal@usace.army.mil See also www.lrc.usace.army.mil
Los Alamos National Lab, NM
A group of eight women engineers will work with a total of 80 girls, first doing Engineers Week hands-on demos on February 24th, and then doing separate events with Junior Girls Scouts in March and April. Contact : konecni@lanl.gov and see http://sections.asme.org/nnmss/
Maui Economic Development Board, Kihei, Maui, Hawaii
The Maui Economic Development Board's Women in Technology Project, County of Maui, and Maui Chapter of the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers are teaming up again for the 5th Annual “Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day” to encourage Maui females to pursue engineering careers. As part of this national event on the island of Maui, for the fourth year in a row, 40 intermediate school girls will be spending the day on the job with County of Maui and private sector engineers to learn how engineers contribute to our island community.
jeni@medb.org and
www.womenintech.com
Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, OR
Four women engineers will sponsor four AWSEM (Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering & Mathematics) high school girls for the National Engineers Week Banquet and Tour. See www.bpa.gov. Contact mkvowles@bpa.gov
Federal Highway Administration, Washington , D.C.
We had an opening ceremony on February 22nd, 2005 that also serveding as an awards ceremony for the FHWA Excellence in Engineering Awards. We had approximately 40 students from local high schools and colleges attending the event. Also, we had activities on February 24th, 2005 in support of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. daniel.c.wood@fhwa.dot.gov or www.fhwa.dot.gov.
US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington Post, Huntington, WV
Our 12th annual Engineering Career Day will be held at Marshall University on Thursday, Feb. 24. Approximately 120 high school students from WV, southeast OH, and eastern KY will attend. The event is co-sponsored by the Marshall University College of Information Technology and Engineering, whose dean is Dr. Betsy Dulin. During the half-day event, the students will attend proposed hands-on workshops on such things as the West Point bridge design software/contest and Global Positioning Systems (GPS). Engineering firms, area colleges and universities, other engineering organizations, and the US Army Corps of Engineers will set up booths demonstrating various engineering careers. The event will culminate in a luncheon and the presentation of four $1000 and two $500 scholarships to local high school seniors who plan to pursue engineering degrees. The keynote speaker will be Mike Masterman of Extreme Endeavors and Consulting. ken.woodard@usace.army.mil.
Universities
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA
Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester , MA , will host its 5th annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day celebration on February 17, 2005 . During this half day program approximately 60 9th-11th grade girls and their parents or teachers will visit the WPI Campus to learn more about engineering and engineering related careers. They will have an opportunity to interact with current female WPI students and engineering professionals as well as tour some of the labs on campus and participate in an engineering design activity. The program is open to high school girls in the 9th-11th grades and takes place on February 17,2005 , from 3:00-6:30 PM on the WPI campus. For more information please visit our website
www.wpi.edu/Admin/Diversity/Girls/IGED or contact Suzanne Sontgerath at (508) 831-5819,
diversity@wpi.edu
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
The School of Engineering at Morgan State University , partnering with the Office of the Dean of Engineering, the student chapter of the Society of Women Engineers and Maryland MESA, will host a half-day program for 20 high school and 20 middle school girls. The program includes a hands-on competition with undergraduate young women as team coaches, a "speak out" with undergraduate students and professional engineers, a luncheon with a speaker from our sponsoring company, Lockheed Martin, and a building tour. Student participants receive t-shirts and certificates, MESA CLubs receive a cash incentive for participation, and teams receive trophies presented by the Dean of Engineering. Contact Grace E. Mack,
gmack@eng.morgan.edu. Webpage:
www.eng.morgan.edu
Penn State University, Altoona (PA) Campus
My chapter of SWE is participating in the Big Sister program. We plan on doing several activities with the girls. That week we also plan to have the Girl Scouts of Blair County come out to do some other hands on activities. We are going to wrap the week up with an Engineering expo which we sponsor on our campus. Contact Tag211@psu.edu
Chattanooga State Technical Community College , TN
We will contact middle schools and high schools in Chattanooga to offer the following:
1. job shadowing at engineer's work site
2. lunch time visit to schools
3. an assembly program to groups of girls at schools, churches, etc.
We also sponsor a fun day event at our local children’s museum, using ZOOM Into Engineering activities. Contact
copeland@chattanoogastate.edu. Webpage:
www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
Society of Women Engineers - IIT Chapter is having a “Girls in Engineering Day” on Saturday, March 5, 2005, at Illinois Institute of Technology's main campus in Chicago. Contact our Office of Undergraduate Admissions to register and participate at 312-567-3025. The program is geared towards 10th - 12th grade students.
Also we host our Women In Science and Engineering Summer Program for four weeks in July. Contact Lisa Montgomery for an application beginning in February 2005. lisa.montgomery@iit.edu
University of Dayton, OH
July 10-15, 2005, Women in Engineering Summer Camp: A six-day residential program sponsored by the University of Dayton introduces high school women to career opportunities in engineering. Participants experience a total immersion into the world of engineering through classroom activities, participatory experiments, visits to industries, and contact with practicing women engineers. If you have completed at least the ninth grade and are interested in science, math, or engineering, apply now. Application deadline is June 10, 2005. Tuition $325. For more information, visit http://engineering.udayton.edu/wie, call 937-229-3296 or email: wie@udayton.edu.
University of Texas - Austin
The Women in Engineering Program at the University of Texas at Austin will host Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on Saturday, February 26, 2005, in conjunction with National Engineers’ Week. Five hundred pre-college students and their parents, teachers, Girl Scout leaders and siblings will explore hands-on activities and educational booths on the UT campus. Women from the UT engineering community, including faculty, students, staff, industry partners and alumni will facilitate hands-on activities and talk to the girls about all aspects of engineering during this half day event. Go to www.engr.utexas.edu/wep/precollege/programs/girl_day or contact ktk@mail.utexas.edu.
University of Akron, OH
The Women in Engineering Program will send teams to area middle schools to talk to 7th grade girls about careers in engineering. Teams will consist of a female engineering faculty, a female professional engineer, and a female engineering student. We have done this event for several years and incorporate the Slinky Scientific Shindig video. Girls also receive a colorful Slinky and take-home information brochures on engineering careers and how to prepare. Contact halle@uakron.edu or go to www.engineering.uakron.edu/wiep.html
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Girls Researching Our World, the Women in Engineering & Science Program, and the Mulitcultural Engineering Program at Kansas State University will host an event for 50-60 middle school students. EEK! (Exploring Engineering at K-State) is sponsored by funds from the National Science Foundation and Sprint.
The day will start with a pizza lunch sponsored by the College of Engineering. After an opening session, K-State students from a variety of engineering and science disciplines will lead hands-on activities and campus tours for the middle school students. Students in grades 6th -8th from across the state of Kansas are invited to participate in this event. For more information please contact Susan Arnold Christian at 785-532-6152 or suarnold@ksu.edu or visit the GROW website at
www.k-state.edu/grow
Central Arizona College, Coolidge, AZ
Science Engineering Mathematics Aerospace Academy (CAC SEMAA)
CAC SEMAA will be sponsoring after-school workshops for girls at several area schools throughout our county. Our academy’s main goal is to reach underrepresented youth of diverse cultures and excite them about science. With the assistance of several community college staff and our SEMAA staff, we will have activities involving robotics, geology, computer technology and construction.
anne_howe@centralaz.edu
Alexandria Technical College, Alexandria, MN
Alexandria Technical College is hosting a Women in Engineering Day event including: speakers, a tour of a local company, hands-on CAD training through the Mechanical Drafting Program, a round table discussion and a luncheon.
daleb@alx.tec.mn.us and
www.alextech.edu
Smith College, Northampton, MA
The Smith College chapter of the Society of Women Engineers will bring 30 cadet girl scouts and 12 7th graders to campus on February 12th for a day of activities. The activities will include a musical circuit, a bridge software program, polymer making, toy dissection, and presentations by student teams. We will also bring 40 junior girl scouts to campus on February 26th for a day of activities to complete the "Making it Matter" girl scout badge. Contact RSnellin@email.smith.edu and see also http://sophia.smith.edu/swe/IGTED.html
Northeastern University, Boston, MA
On February 25, Northeastern University and IBM will jointly sponsor a morning of engineering fun for middle school girls from the greater Boston area who have participated in the IBM EXITE camp. Activities will include a civil engineering demo and visit to the "shake table" (earthquake research and simulation lab) as well as a demonstration of chemistry fun. IBM volunteer mentors and parents are invited to celebrate National Engineers Week. Contact r.reisberg@neu.edu
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
The Murray Center for Women in Technology, the Office of Residence Life, the Office of Admissions, and the Society of Women Engineers at New Jersey Institute of Technology are hosting 25 high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors for an overnight program. The girls will stay overnight in the dorms, attend a class and participate in hands-on workshops in math, engineering & computing sciences. During the engineering portion they will participate in a team design project which will be judged at a reception later that evening by their parents, NJIT staff, faculty, & alum. Prizes will be awarded to the first place team. For more information, contact Talina Knox at 973-642-4671 or e-mail knoxt@njit.edu
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
The Women in Engineering Office will host 40 high school girls for "Dazzling Computer Careers" on Saturday, February 19, 2005 . Girls will assemble a computer, tour a manufacturing laboratory and have lunch with a panel of computer professionals. dpoet@umich.edu
Youth Groups and K-12 Schools
Girl Scouts, Lake Jackson, TX
I am a high school junior working on my Gold Award for Girl Scouts. I am holding several workshops about careers in engineering for girl in 4 th - 6 th grade and for high school girls. One workshop will be during engineering week, but it will be Saturday, not Thursday. I intend to show girls about the careers, and do some fun activities to get them interested.
Hutchinson Public Schools , KS
As the teacher in the middle school gifted program in Hutchinson , KS , I want to expose my girls to opportunities in many fields for career choices/college prep plans. We will have participated in Future City Competition, completed in January 29 on the regional level. I would like the girls to meet and possibly shadow an engineer in the field, experience an event at school that would include some form of building activity and use their new-found information/relationship to more fully direct their paths as they select college plans and career choices. I’m looking for more engineer-volunteers! Contact
jinnywalz@msn.com
Riverside School, St. Iambert, Quebec
A 7th - 11th grade school in Canada is following the comments on this roster so
they can organize something for next year. If anyone is in this area and would
like to help, please contact Concordia University, 514-848-2424, or McGill
University, 514-398-7257. We have about 200 girls from grade 8th to 10th.
Contact mtrivedi@sympatico.ca, Meera
Trivedi, 450-468-7539
Bronx Aerospace Academy High School, NY
We are a small New York City public school in our third year, fresh from our
Robot Design Competition in the USFirst Robotics Competition. The Engineering
Science Club/Blue Falcons Robotics Team is sponsoring a local speaker from the
Society of Women Engineers NY Section to speak to our aspiring female science
and technology majors about careers in engineering and/or an open technical
topic in Mechanical Engineering on Tuesday, March 1, 2005. We would like to
expand on our success in 2005 to have a few students shadow a engineer on her
job. Contact sweaver252005@yahoo.com
GEMS Club, Herndon, VA
Fairfax County Public Schools: a GEMS club of 25 girls will have a special day with Lego Robotics as part of their annual participation. Contact laura.jones@fcps.edu.See also www.gemsclub.org
Brownie Troop, Qatar
A female Bechtel engineer in Doha, Qatar, will lead a Brownie Troop in earning two Try-It badges. For the Movers Try-It, we will make a collage of ways to move; a paper helicopter; and a balloon rocket. For the Science in Action badge, we will make human bridges; gumdrop and toothpick structures; and experiment with sinking and floating. lynne.powell@swe.org
Science Centers, Museums, Libraries
Science & Discovery Center, Horseheads, NY
In-house programs and school visits.
Phone: 607 739 8200 ext 224
Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, NY
This will be our 3rd year offering a day of fun engineering-based activities for 30 girls in grades 7-9. Local engineers volunteer to act as facilitators for group projects and 3 local engineering and architecture firms serve as sponsors.
mmcfoy@sciencebuff.org and
www.sciencebuff.org
Volunteer Associations and Professional Organizations
SWE, Harrisonbury, VA
A new Society of Women Engineers member will speak at a "Girls Career Fair" in Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Feb. 26, 2005.
SWE, NSBE, and SHPE, West Hartford, CT
A SWE member and engineer with Pratt & Whitney will help conduct a joint engineering competition with the local chapters of NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) & SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) for high school students in the Greater Hartford area. Approx. 100 students will attend; about 60-70% are typically female. In addition, she will visit a local high school to discuss the different types of engineering, why she became an engineer, and what she does every day, stressing the importance of math, science & technology in everyday life. jonnacg@sbcglobal.net and http://www.swe.org/RegionF/sections/hartford/
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Delaware Section
The Delaware section of AIAA, in conjunction with ATK Elkton, Maryland, will provide an opportunity for 6th-8th grade girls to visit with engineers of various disciplines and discover what a typical engineer's work day is like. Activities will include an introduction to ATK, multiple opportunities to meet women engineers in all levels of the organization, examples of engineering problems for them to solve, and a rocket motor firing. timothy.dominick@atk.com
ASME, Houston , TX
For engineers week I had the opportunity to speak to the Girl Scouts via the SWE UH student section, aprox 150 elementary (AM) and at the Rice School (HISD) aprox 150 middle (PM) school girls about careers in mechanical engineering and what I do as a mechanical engineer in energy/petroleum field. I gave away all the old Petroleum Division cloth bags and all the 125th anniversary pins and buttons. This was on February 26th. Contact bellj2@asme.org
Society of Women Engineers, Lake Oswego, OR
The local section of Society of Women Engineers sent a speaker to a 3rd / 4th grade classroom at Palisades Elementary School on February 24. The class learned about several different kinds of engineers and how each type uses some form of science to invent new things. Since the class was currently studying Electricity and Magnetism in Science, we provided a Hands On activity which allowed 6 groups of 3 kids the opportunity to build an electronic circuit. The class succeeded in completing a circuit for a police siren. The presenter was the President of the SWE section, Diana Laboy-Rush. The classroom teacher was Mrs. Robin Lindsey. www.swe-columbia-river.org or dlaboyrush@yahoo.com
Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital, Washington, D.C.
Event for 250 Girl Scouts ONLY from Junior to Cadette level (4th-9th grades). Senior Girl Scouts will assist with the event as volunteers along with engineers and exhibitors.
10:00am & 2:00pm . NASA Mechanical Engineer Dr. Aprille Ericsson will open the day with an exciting keynote speech and presentation. Scouts will engage in Zoom Into Engineering hands-on activities with engineers, educators and college engineering students. Women engineer panels will present to Scouts in the morning and afternoon and all girls will receive National Engineers Week information and give-aways from organizations including National Engineers Week, AAAS, Association of Women in Science, NASA, Office of Women's Health/HHS, Girl Scouts and NSBE!!! Contact Pamela R. Bingham, pamelarbingham@aol.com, www.asce-ncs.org, www.gscnc.org. |
