EWeek

Society of Women Engineers Events

State	City	Description
Arizona	Phoenix	SWE - Phoenix has for several years supported the Phoenix Regional Future Cities Competition. The winner of this regional competition (final competition held on Saturday January 21) moves on to Washington DC to compete in the National competition that is held during E-Week in February. SWE-PHX provides a "Society Award" chosen and awarded to the school having the "Best Integrated Design" and provides a judging team that judges all aspects of the competition. This includes the computer model, essay, abstract and formal presentation. Betty Irish CH2MHill - IDC SWE - Phoenix Betty.irish@swe.org
Arizona	Greater Phoenix	The Engineers Week- Greater Phoenix Area has the following events: E-Day at the Arizona Science Center, Feb. 25. 9a-4p. Phoenix engineering companies and organizations host booths that have hands on engineering demos and information about engineering. Awards Banquet at The Hyatt Regency Downtown Phoenix, Feb. 23. Starts at 7p. Awards are given out to recognize engineers, students and educators from the Phoenix Area who have made outstanding contributions to the profession. Thank you, Suzanna Cottrell
California	Santa Clara Valley	Discover"E" Classroom Outreach The Discover"E" outreach program has been a part of the activities for National Engineers Week for more than 15 years. This program matches up engineers with teachers who have requested that an engineer come to speak to their class(es). The presentations may take place during EWeek or at any time agreed upon with the teacher. Locally, this effort is coordinated by the Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC). Approximately 350 local teachers have requested classroom presentations, so this is a huge undertaking with significant impact. As the lead organization for EWeek this year, SWE is making an extra effort to encourage our members to participate in Discover"E", and the SVEC is counting on us to fill many of the teacher requests. This all ties in with the national EWeek program "Connecting Educators to Engineering." Doing classroom outreach is a lot of fun. Even with the large number of engineers in Silicon Valley, most students do not really know what engineers do or how engineering impacts the world around them. It's great to be able to go into a classroom, do a fun/interesting activity, and perhaps spark an interest in the students you meet there. In addition to encouraging outreach in general, SWE is also trying to target outreach to local schools with a high percentage of minorities. But whether you would like to speak at one of these schools, your local school (perhaps where your own child is a student), or one of the other schools which have submitted a speaker request, please take the time to get involved. In fact, invite a friend or co-worker to participate as well, and you can provide mutual moral support. Schools in our community are awaiting your arrival! Other upcoming events: February 24, Friday-- SVEC E-week banquet http://svec.org/banquet/index.html Contact: Jessica Teachworth, jessica.teachworth@swe.org Provided by-- Sasha Morris [mailto:sasha.d.morris@gmail.com
California	Torrance	ExxonMobil’s Torrance Refinery is reaching out to middle school girls by encouraging them to explore opportunities in engineering during Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Approximately 10 female engineers from the Torrance Refinery will visit Magruder Middle School on Friday, February 24, 2006, and encourage their audience to explore math and science via interactive demonstrations, hands-on experiments and an insider’s look at engineering careers. Laura Paredes Exxon Mobil Corporation, Public Affairs 3700 West 190th Street, Torrance, CA 90509 Office Phone: 310.212.4756
Colorado	Colorado Springs	The Pikes Peak Section of SWE in Colorado Springs, Colorado is sponsoring 3 separate kinds of events for National Engineers Week: For Middle School: On February 23 'Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day' SWE Pikes Section is hosting 'The AmazEing Race' for 80 local middle school girls. The girls will travel to the ArrowsWest Technology Park in Colorado Springs where they will be divided into teams. Each team will visit high tech companies for either a facility tour or to participate in a engineering project at each company. Projects include designing the infrastructure of neighborhood and wiring a circuit board for a game. The final stop will include a pizza and awards lunch. Company sponsors are Agilent Technologies, Intel Corporation, and JR Engineering. Contact Carole Passmore 719.531.4767 for details. In addition, SWE PPS is organizing volunteers for science outreach events with the 'Cool Science' organization and guest speakers for pre-engineering classes at Irving Middle School. Contact Angela Howard 719.593.2593 for details. For University Students: Pikes Peak SWE will be hosting several coffee house get-togethers to support university women pursuing math, science and engineering and to interest undeclared majors entitled "Coffee, Tea or 'E'". Contact Angela Howard 719.593.2593 for details. For Professionals: This year's Engineers' Week Dinner for all local engineering societies, sponsors, and friends, is being hosted by Pikes Peak Section of SWE. The dinner will include a presentation by Audrey Nelson, an internationally recognized consultant and seminar leader. The topic will be "The Art of Conscious Communication -- A Talent for a Technical Age." This event is open to the public. Date: Friday, February 17, 2006 Time: 5:30 pm Social (Cash Bar), 6:00 pm Dinner, 7:00pm Presentation Place: Clarion Hotel Downtown (formerly Le Baron Hotel), on 314 W. Bijou Street , Colorado Springs , Colorado Cost: $34 for professional members, spouses and friends; $30 for student members Contact Information: Connie King, (719) 633-4421.
Florida	Pensacola	Hello, Our eweek banquet for NW Florida will be Thursday, Feb 23rd at the National Museum of Naval Aviation aboard NAS Pensacola from 6-9:30 pm. Still working on a speaker. We expect to have a wonderful banquet of 150 + local engineers, VIP's, Commanding Officers, politicians, students etc....at the museum under the display of the Navy Blue Angels. More information as it develops. Christine Buziak NW FL Section COR Region D
Georgia	Atlanta	The Atlanta chapter of SWE is participating in a career fair for the Introduce a Girl to Engineering luncheon. In addition, the chapter members will become email mentors to interested student attendees Marsha Anderson Bomar, President
Illinois	Northwestern University Chicago	Northwestern University’s SWE Student Chapter. We’ve noticed that there are a lot of upperclassmen majoring in economics, math, physics, biology, chemistry, environmental studies etc. who end up taking a few engineering classes for their major and realize that they really love engineering. However, they discovered their love for engineering “too late” for them to be able to transfer into the school of engineering and still graduate within their four undergrad years so they decide not to transfer. So for EWeek 2006 our chapter has decided to do outreach on campus to our underclassmen by having a booth set up at our student union. We plan on having a few fun engineering trivia/games at the booth. Also, we have a Teaching Assistant for our freshman year Basic Engineering course (all engineering freshmen are required to take this course) who is a Mechanical Engineering graduate student and is on the show Beauty and the Geek 2 which airs on the WB. On Wednesday and Thursday he has agreed to volunteer at our booth for “Meet the Geek.” He is willing to put himself there for publicity and of course to answer any questions about the engineering curriculum that he can. His undergrad was philosophy so this caters well to encouraging students in the arts and sciences to pursue technical degrees. We have also invited NSBE (National Society of Black Engineers) and SHPE (Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers) to help us by having members of their student groups volunteer at the booth as well. So in a nutshell: Who: SWE, NSBE, SHPE and also featuring Beauty and the Geek star Joe Block What: Engineering Awareness Booth When: EWeek Monday-Friday 11am-4pm Where: Northwestern University Norris Student Center Why: To promote engineering so that people, mainly our underclassmen in the college of arts and sciences, know what engineering is and what opportunities can be found by pursuing a technical degree in engineering. If you have any questions/concerns, please do not hesitate to email me back at s-salahi@northwestern.edu. Thanks, Sara Salahi SWE Outreach Chair BME/EECS Northwestern University Class of 2007
Indiana	Purdue University	February 18th, the Purdue Student Section of SWE will be hosting the first Indiana High School Rube Goldberg Machine Contest. In the Rube Goldberg Machine Contest, groups are given an elementary challenge, this contest's task is selecting, draining, crushing, and recycling an aluminum can. But instead of just "solving" the problem, students have to make the solution as complicated and as convoluted as possible. In fact, the more steps - there's a minimum of twenty - the better the Rube Goldberg Machine. This contest has been hosted for high schools in many states but had never been offered in Indiana, the birthplace of the Rube Goldberg Contest! Purdue SWE with the sponsorship of Johnson & Johnson will be hosting 15 teams of four high school students from around Indiana in a day of judging, tours, and awards. Teams have been preparing for this contest since December and all machines promise to be both creative and brilliant.
Iowa	Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, Rock Island, and Muscatine areas	The Quad Cities/Muscatine Section will be hosting a “Connecting Day” on Wednesday, Feb. 22. We are working with local junior high schools and local engineering organizations, as well as our members, to promote interaction between engineering professionals and junior high teachers, administrators, and students. For more information, please contact me. Thank you. Sincerely, Heather Bishop Heather T. Bishop, P.E. President, Quad Cities/Muscatine Section Society of Women Engineers
Michigan	Southwest Michigan	For E-week, the SWE-Southwest Michigan section plans to sponsor an engineering exploration night with the Berrien County Singing Sands Girl Scouts on February 23, 2006. Several hands-on activities will be set-up for the girls to experiment with different engineering concepts. The goal is to stress teamwork and critical thinking, and to relate practical applications of math, science, and engineering to the world around us. Thanks, Carrie Dickinson SWE-Southwest Michigan FY06 Section President
Minnesota	Multiple Cities	Here are the events and activities that the Minnesota Professional Section of SWE will be hosting in conjunction with Eweek 2006: The World of Engineering - Girl Scouts Patch Day Saturday, February 11th at Guidant Corporation in Arden Hills, MN from 8 AM to 1 PM What Makes a Bicycle? E-week Kick-off Event Saturday February 18th at Southdale Center in Edina, MN from 10 AM to 4 PM E-Week Fuel Cell Car Experiment Tuesday, February 21st at Fridley High School in Fridley, MN from 7:30 AM to Noon Connecting Educators to Engineers Event Wednesday, February 22nd at Lakeville, MN from 12:30 PM to 3 PM and Osceola, WI from 8 AM to Noon Sparks, Slime, and Speed – Experiments Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota Thursday February 23rd in St. Paul, MN from 3 PM to 7 PM CHEMFEST!! ITAS 2nd Annual Day at ‘The Works’, Saturday February 25th at The Works in Minneapolis, MN from 10 AM to 4 PM Thank you and if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, Cheryl Maboudou-Tchao SWE-MN FY06 Public Relations pr@swe-mn.org Cheryl Maboudou-Tchao Electrical Design and Manufacturing Engineer Emerson Process Management Rosemount Nuclear Instruments Phone: 952-949-5228 Fax: 952-949-5201 cheryl.maboudou@emersonprocess.com
New Jersey	South Brunswick	I'm taking two women engineering students (one freshman and one senior) from Princeton University to speak to the AP chemistry class at South Brunswick High School, South Brunswick, NJ. Students who ask good questions get an E-week slinky thrown at them! This is about the sixth year that we've visited this class...and typically one or two women students pursue engineering each year! Loraine Huchler, P.E., CMC SWE Life Member Loraine Huchler 35 Viburnum Court Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 Phone: 609-896-4457 Cell: 609-865-8151 Fax: 760-280-9823 E-mail: huchler@verizon.net
Ohio	the University of Cincinnati	University of Cincinnati and I would like to tell you about our e-week festivities that we have. All the different engineering organizations form teams and compete against each other in various events. Some of the events are engineering related and other are not. There is a date auction that takes place on Friday Feb. 24th at the Mad Frog with all proceeds going to children’s hospital. The hallmark event is the semi-formal banquet that happens on the Saturday at the end of the week. UC engineering alumni are invited to attend this banquet that is held at music hall. That is a short summary of how we celebrate e-week at UC if you have any questions please feel free to email me. Alan Gerken
Texas	Houston	The Society of Women Engineers - Houston Area (SWE-HA) and the Children's Museum of Houston are proud to present "Engineering Minds: Solving the Mystery of Engineering". The 2 day event will be held at the Children's Museum of Houston Saturday and Sunday, Feb 18 and 19, 2006 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm on Saturday and from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on Sunday. The objective of the program is to show students and teachers how engineering, math and science effects our everyday lives, to introduce engineering and its various disciplines, engage teachers in activities as learners, let teachers see the potential for engineering and technology as a school subject and become excited about trying some of the activities with their students Must See Attractions: JackBot and Team MonsterMoto, sponsored by Terrauton Robotics, Inc, from the DARPA Grand Challenge, Droid R6-D1, Astronaunt Space Suit from United Space Alliance, MTV Meets KID TV sponsored by SugarHill Studios, Hogg Middle School Robotics Team, and Demonstrations by SWE-HA professional Engineers. Additional activities include building a 5 foot newspaper dome, design and build security alarm, and protect a water balloon from a 5 foot drop. Jeannie Gardner Shell - SOPUS Supply - GSE Envelope Optimization 777 Walker Street, TSP-2186C, Houston, TX 77002 Office: 713-241-9228 Cellular: 713-419-3873 Email: jeannie.gardner@shell.com Special Announcement: Read, Read, Read All About It SWE Co-Sponsors 2006 National Engineers Week SWE-Houston Area has partnered with The Children's Museum of Houston to conduct a special event for both teachers and students to increase the public's awareness and appreciation of engineering during National Engineers Week. Event: Engineering Minds: Solving the Mystery of Engineering Save the Date: Sat & Sun February 18 & 19, 2006 Location: The Children's Museum of Houston
Washington	Lacey	The Engineering Societies and the School of Engineering at Saint Martin’s University in Lacey Washington will hold the Annual Engineering Banquet Friday, February 17, 2006 At Norman Worthington Conference Center Saint Martin’s University. Keynote Speaker Mr. Thomas Horn, Branch Chief of Aerostructures, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center “NASA in the 21st Century” Social at 6:00 p.m. Dinner at 6:45 p.m. Phone (360) 438-4320 or email burmap@stmartin.edu Before the banquet Saint Martin’s Students will display some of their projects. Thank you for asking. A. N. Abdelmessih, Ph.D. Professor & Director of Thermal Engineering laboratories Mechanical Engineering Department Saint Martin's University 5300 Pacific Avenue S. E. Lacey, WA 98503-1297