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EWeek 2005 ENews #20– February 24, 2005
National Engineers Week 2005 will be celebrated February 20-26. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties.
Contents:
1. New Faces of Engineering
A group of young engineers have been recognized as “The New Faces of Engineering” and were featured in USA TODAY on February 21. Visit these inspiring up-and-comers online.
http://www.eweek.org/site/Engineers/newfaces2005/index.shtml
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2. Global Event Coming Your Way
Today, in conjunction with Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2005, the National Engineers Week Foundation announced it will organize a 24-hour event, utilizing real-time Internet chats and live teleconferences to discuss and inform on topics related to math and science education for young girls and to women in engineering. The event is schedule for March 24. You’ll hear more in the near future.
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3. “Girl Day” Information in Spanish
Also today there’s a new “look” to the online Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day section: all pages are also available in Spanish!
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4. Louisiana Team Wins Future City Competition Finals
A city of the future – “L’Etoile Directice” – engineered by students from St. Thomas More School in Baton Rouge , Louisiana , has won the 2005 National Engineers Week Future City Competition™ . The students – Lauren Arikol, Lisa Lynch, and Kathleen O’Hara – teamed up with their teacher Shirley Newman, and volunteer engineer mentor Jacque “Jack” Lasseigne, an engineer with Young Wardlow Lasseigne Structural Engineers in Baton Rouge.
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5. Beyond the Sea
INWES, the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists, is advertising Engineers Week to its global membership. Learn more
www.inwes.org.
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6. Re-engineered Fairy Tales
Those well-known fairy tales might have been a bit different if engineering played a role. For instance, Goldilocks could have found online directions home; the Little Red Hen might have made millions bringing her bread to market. Read more re-engineered fairy tales.
http://www.eweek.org/site/EngStudents/fairytale_winners.shtml
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7. Engineering Superheroes on the Job
Six engineering superheroes are on the job in Chicago thanks to the Museum of Science and Industry. Characters featured in the new exhibit "Black Creativity: Engineering the Future" take their names (and some of their superpowers) from six disciplines of engineering. They include Aero (aerospace engineering), Pixel (computer engineering) and Structo (civil engineering). Also featured in the exhibit is a section on pioneering African-American inventers and engineers, again with an eye toward getting children engaged in the material. Families can also attend several symposia. The exhibition, launched in connection with Engineers Week, runs through February 29. Check it out at
www.msichicago.org.
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8. News You Can Use: Local Events
Keep news of your Engineers Week 2005 events coming! We will continue to share them through the e-newsletters. You can post events in the “Local Events Forum”
http://clients.syscomsrv.com/forums/Main.cfm?CFapp=24 or send them to
eweek@nspe.org.
Working with the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Philadelphia Chapter, the Secondary Robotics Initiative (SRI) will host a Girl Power Seminar February 25 at the Anna Howard Shaw Middle School , a NASA Explorer School . SRI will host a featured female engineer to have a table-talk discussion with fifth through eighth grade girls about her journey to becoming an accomplished professional and engineer. Ten engineers will work with 100 students. Visit their web site
http://www.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/ccawareness/ or contact Velda V. Morris, Robotics Education Specialist at
vmorris@phila.k12.pa.us.
St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick , Maryland , will host a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Fair on February 25. Scientists, engineers and others will talk with about 250 students in grades 4 through 8 about what they do in their career field. Contact isLisa Cutchin cutchin@hotmail.com.
University of Texas – Arlington cap off a week of events on February 25 with a tsunami relief donation drive and giant paper airplane contest. Earlier events included a pancake eating contest, duct tape competition and departmental displays. Contact is Rasha Ramadan rfr9412@exchange.uta.edu.
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Founded in
1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, Engineers Week
(February 20-26, 2005) 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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