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EWeek 2006 ENews #11 – January 20, 2006
National Engineers Week 2005 will be celebrated February 20-26. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties.
1. Connect to Educators through Webinar Series
The first in a series of eight Web seminars as part of Connecting Educators to Engineering takes place on Tuesday, January 24. The purpose of the "Webinars" is to offer accessible and timely workshops for engineers to work with middle school educators. To find information and to register, visit www.eweek2006.org.
The first two sessions are
(1) January 24, 4:00 pm EST: Learning to Make a Difference with Educators
(2) January 25 at noon EST, Betty Shanahan, Executive Director & CEO, Society of Women Engineers, leads: How Companies Can Get Involved.
The leaders for "Learning to Make a Difference" are Noreen C. Campbell, Safety Manager – C&CT Platform, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. and Gary R Dainton, Managing Partner, Learning Connections Resources, LLC.
Engineers will engage more successfully with educators by understanding the differences between how engineers learn and how teachers learn and teach. In this Webinar, participants will find tools and strategies to assist in planning and conducting more effective classroom activities. They will have an opportunity to examine the patterns most commonly used by teachers in the classroom, how they are similar to or different from those commonly used by engineers and how those differences can lead to difficulties. As an added benefit, participants will be able to apply what they learn about their own combination of learning patterns to becoming more successful at work. To gain maximum benefit from this Webinar, it is recommended that participants take the Learning Combination Inventory prior to attending. This can be taken online at www.LCRinfo.com. The LCI is a statistically valid and reliable instrument that measures the degree to which an individual uses four interactive learning patterns. A conference discount for access to the LCI has been arranged from January 6, 2006 through April 1, 2006.
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2. Visioneering 2006: Athletics of the Future
Visioneering 2006 is set to explore engineering in the sports industry. From safety equipment to bigger, better arenas to sports medicine, engineers make sports more entertaining, competitive and safer. Visioneering 2006 will include a live event for Dallas-Fort Worth area students and a television show broadcast nationwide on Channel One.
The live event will draw 1000 area middle school students and their teachers to Southern Methodist University on February 18, making this the biggest Visioneering event yet! Students, working engineers, innovators, and celebrities will come together to celebrate the ways engineering makes a difference in our lives. Students "play engineer for the day" as they work on design teams with engineering mentors to create their concept of athletics of the future. The television show airs nationwide May 17 on Channel One. The show will follow two students as they prepare for and participate in Visioneering 2006.
Sponsorships are still available. Sponsors have the opportunity to interact one-on-one with the students throughout the day as well as showcase their company, people, and products. Engineers are needed to serve as team leaders and judges. Engineers and teachers may request copies of the "Visioneering 2006" television show for use in classrooms or other outreach activities. Teachers may register a team of 10 students to attend the live event. Register on-line ..
Contact Betsy Willis at 214-768-1732 or bwillis@engr.smu.edu
Learn more about Visioneering
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3. In Local News
Each year, Intel encourages employees to participate in National Engineers and Technicians Week (NETW). Some Intel sites participate in a week-long event, while others allow volunteers to present anytime during the month of February. This year the event is extended for the entire month of February at the Rio Rancho, New Mexico, site. It's an opportunity for Intel employees to go to local schools and excite students about math, science, engineering, and technology, while earning money for schools through the Volunteer Matching Grant Program (VMGP)! For every 20 hours Intel employees spend volunteering in schools, the Intel Foundation will donate $200. For the New Mexico program contact Szilvia Ferko at szilviax.ferko@intel.com.
Worcester (Massachusetts) Polytechnic Institute will host a half day session for area middle/high school girls and their parents/teachers in honor of Engineers Week. The program is being held on February 3rd due to local school vacation conflicts. The event will include a panel with students, faculty, and staff from admissions, tours of engineering labs, a robotics demonstration, a SEGWAY demonstration, reception with campus Society of Women Engineers chapter and a break-out activity with a presentation of results to follow. Visit www.wpi.edu/Admin/Women/Girls/IGED/
Argonne (Illinois) National Laboratory will hold its fifth annual mentoring day for middle school girls. The idea is to allow students to get a glimpse of a career in engineering and interact with a woman engineer for the day. The students will gain the following: 1) Positive, real-life examples of women in engineering; 2) Answers to questions like "Why do I have to learn this?" and "Would I want to make engineering a career?"; and, 3) Insight into a job in engineering from the people who know best – working professionals. Contact kirsten@anl.gov.
For the second year in a row, the Delaware section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in conjunction with ATK in 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, engineering problems to solve, and a rocket motor firing. Contact timothy.dominick@atk.com.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering in Atlanta, Georgia, is the kick-off for the Georgia Engineers Week Celebration 2006. The sixth annual event is sponsored by IBM, Georgia Institute of Technology, and professional engineering firms. On February 18, 200 students will join area professional women who have chosen career fields related to engineering, math and science. These women are successful, accomplished professionals from the engineering and technology career fields – women who are living proof of how math and science abilities can be used to pursue rewarding professional careers. Contact Jamie Collins at jamie@gaengineers.org.
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Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, Engineers Week ( February 19-25, 2006) is celebrated annually by thousands of engineers, engineering students, teachers, and leaders in government and business. In 1988, the National Engineers Week consortium expanded its scope and now includes more than 100 engineering, scientific, and education societies and major corporations dedicated to enhancing the public understanding of the engineering profession and to promoting pre-college interest in math, science, and engineering as a career option.
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