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EWeek 2005 ENews #22 – March 9, 2005
National Engineers Week 2005 was celebrated February 20-26. Feel free to forward this letter or contents to other interested parties. Contents 1. Navy Engineer Recognized Koch is an internationally recognized researcher in dynamic high-energy shock events, structural – and hydro-acoustic noise propagation, and general theoretical and applied mechanics. Read the full press release on Koch online. http://www.eweek.org/site/News/Eweek/2005_engineer.shtml. This year’s FEYA program was sponsored with the help of Northrop Grumman and Bechtel International, Inc. For more information about the program or how to submit nominations for the coming year, please contact Kim Granados at kgranados@nspe.org or visit http://www.nspe.org/peg/pg1-feya.asp. 2. Beyond the Sea: International Event 3. News You Can Use: Local Events DeVry University in Illinois presented its “Robotics Boot Camp” at all three Illinois campuses over a three day period. Almost 300 students and educators participated in lectures and hands-on activities on the application of electronics to the robotics field. The event attracted some exciting media coverage. Contact is Karin Kushino, kkushino@chi.devry.edu. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida sends its engineers to visit classrooms within a 50-mile radius. This year, 48 engineers volunteered to visit more than 1,220 K-12 students at 11 events throughout the area. NASA/KSC also partnered with the University of Central Florida to create the "Futures of Engineering" forum. A panel of KSC engineers as well as engineers from other industries and UCF discussed different engineering disciplines, why engineers chose their areas of study and practice, education needed for those degrees, and more. Approximately 210 students attended. Contact is Patricia J Gillis at Patricia.J.Gillis@nasa.gov. More than 100 engineers from Lockheed Martin in Syracuse, New York, are visiting central New York schools to encourage students to study math and science and to consider future careers in engineering. Planned visits to more than 40 area schools over three months are part of Lockheed Martin's extended celebration of Engineers Week. The Syracuse facility traditionally expands the "week" for greater community impact, last year visiting more than 5,000 students at 36 local schools. "The goal of our Engineers Week visits is to leave students with a better understanding of the impact that engineering has on everyday life along with the many career paths it offers," said Dr. Doug Reep, vice president for technical operations at the Syracuse site. "By encouraging students' interests in math and science at an early age, we're actually increasing the chances that they will continue to follow these interests and eventually consider engineering as a profession." Contact is Chip Eschenfelder, chip.eschenfelder@lmco.com. 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 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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