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EWeek 2008 ENews #12 – February 11, 2008
Engineers Week 2008 will be celebrated February 17 – 23, and is co-chaired by the Chinese Institute of Engineers (CIE)–USA and IBM Corporation. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties. Contents: 1. Record Number of Teams Set for Future City National Finals 2. Answer: What is DESIGN SQUAD 3. Colleges Going Strong The Penn State Great Valley Campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania, will sponsor career services and job search tips for engineering, a "Grad School Test Drive," lecture series including a presentation on Cybercrime and more. Visit www.gv.psu.edu/engineering or call 610-648-3243. In the event of snow, please call 610-648-3399. Contact ach14@psu.edu. Santa Clara (California) University's School of Engineering Third Place Winner in the U.S. Department of Energy's 2007 Solar Decathlon invites you to an Open House. Meet at the Engineering Quad on February 21. Come see where cutting-edge engineering is happening! From satellites to underwater robots, and from nanotechnology to innovations in construction materials--they've got it all! Everyone is welcome and it's free. See the campus map at http://www.scu.edu/map/ and directions to campus at http://www.scu.edu/map/parking/directions.cfm. The National Society of Black Engineers at Chicago (Illinois) State University plans to teach students about engineering and visit a grammar or middle school every day of Engineers Week to get the students interested in engineering by getting them involved with projects and experiments. Contact is mperales@csu.edu. High school girls from the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, metropolitan area will converge on DeVry University's Fort Washington campus for HerWorld -- a conference designed for young women to learn about the growing career opportunities in engineering, science and technology. The event will be held on "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" during National Engineers Week. According to Forough Ghahramani, Chair, Computer Information Systems and Biomedical Informatics, and organizer of the HerWorld event, "We're excited to share our enthusiasm and vision of the opportunities the engineering field can offer and how these young women can be the next generation of engineers, filling a looming need in the industry for a qualified and educated workforce." Contact Ghahramani at 215-591-5802 or forough@patmedia.net. The College of Engineering and Architecture at North Dakota State University in Fargo is hosting an "E&A Day at the Mall" on February 23 and 24. The event will be held at West Acres Shopping Center during regular mall hours. The exhibit will feature hands-on kids activities related to engineering and also showcase the quarter-scale tractor, Formula One car, concrete canoe, and steel bridge. Contact is nancy.rossland@ndsu.edu. The Georgia Alpha Chapter of Tau Beta Pi at Georgia Tech will host an "Engineering Fair" complete with food, engineering activities and entertainment. The event takes place near the Campanile in the center of campus. All interested engineering-related student organizations should contact Ryan Westafer immediately to reserve a spot. He's at Ryan.Westafer@gatech.edu. See more at http://www.cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/tbpi/E-Week.html. The Gamma Chapter at Miami, Ohio, University will offer a series of selected videos from the History Channel's "Modern Marvels" at lunchtime on the Middletown campus. The offerings include plastics, bridges, heavy metals and Mothers of Invention. For each segment a guest host will act as moderator and field questions from the audience. Bring your lunch, watch a video, and have your burning questions about engineering answered. For more information, contact Gary Drigel at 513-727-3237 or drigels@muohio.edu, or Don Becker at 513-727-3304, beckerde@muohio.edu. 4. More Local News "Discover E 2008" will be the 6th annual Engineers Week event sponsored by the Los Alamos Chapter of ASM and the Northern New Mexico Chapter of ASME. This evening of interesting, interactive and fun engineering, science and technology demonstrations for K-12 students and their adult parents/guardians will be held February 20 at Los Alamos High School. Demonstrations will be staffed by members of ASM, ASME, Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails, IEEE, Los Alamos High School AP Physics, Los Alamos National Laboratory and others. Contact is Dr. Bev Aikin (bevaikin@lanl.gov, 667-1679) or Dr. Zana Konecni (konecni@lanl.gov, 665-5546). The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) will be conducting demonstrations and activities all week for aspiring engineers. Check out www.OMSI.edu or contact dperry@omsi.edu. ----------------------------------------- To submit content or comments, or to be added to our email distribution list, please e-mail eweek@nspe.org. All suggestions will be considered. Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, Engineers Week (February 18-24, 2007) 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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