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EWeek 2008 ENews #5 – December 5, 2007
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. Biggest Year Yet For National Engineers Week Future City Competition Future City students work in teams under the guidance of a teacher and a volunteer engineer mentor to design and build a city of tomorrow, present and defend their Future Cities to a panel of engineer judges at the competition, and research and write an essay on a pressing social need. This year's topic – "Keeping Our City Infrastructure Healthy: Using Nanotechnology to Monitor City Structures and Systems" – is straight from the headlines. Get involved! Volunteer as a mentor to Future City student teams or serve as a judge at a Future City regional competition. Go to www.futurecity.org/competition_region.shtm for dates and locations and contact your local regional coordinator. More news on Future City will follow in upcoming issues of EWeek ENews. And plan on attending the Future City National Finals at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., February 18-20, 2008. 2. $10,000 in Scholarship Prizes for IEEE-USA Online Video Competition For more information on how to enter the IEEE-USA Online Engineering Video Scholarship Competition, click here. 3. Live from New York: It's.....The Farnsworth Invention It's 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called "television." Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century: the ruthless media mogul (RCA's David Sarnoff), or the self-taught Idaho farm boy (Philo T. Farnsworth)? The answer comes to compelling life in The Farnsworth Invention, the new play from Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing. http://www.farnsworthonbroadway.com/ 4. Design Squad Outreach Grants Available! DEADLINE EXTENDED 5. Local Events Members of Southwestern Michigan Engineering Societies in partnership with Western Michigan University's College of Engineer and Applied Sciences will invite high school students from the southwest Michigan area to participate in various science and engineering demonstrations at WMU's engineering college, on Tuesday, February 19. That evening at 6 p.m. the 29th Annual Engineers Week Dinner will be held in the beautiful Fetzer Center on the campus of WMU. For more information, click here: Children in grades K-6 and their parents are invited to Discover Engineering!and Celebrate Engineers Week, with the Ozark Chapter of the Missouri Society of Professional Engineers at The Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell, from 1:00-5:00 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2008. In Oklahoma, 2008 E-Week activities include an Engineering Fair at the Omniplex in Oklahoma City, on Tuesday, February 19, 2008. The event lasts all day and includes participation by many students from all across the state. Contest Rules and Registration Available Online Post news of your own local events on the EWEEK forum! ----------------------------------------- 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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