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National Engineers Week Foundation Newsletter #8 - March 15, 2013

In This Month's Edition

1. Future City Team Visits White House Science Fair
2. Future City Announces This Year's Essay Question
3. 2013 New Faces of Engineering College Edition Spotlight
4. 2013 New Faces of Engineering Professional Edition Spotlight
5. Design Squad Nation "Poster Coaster" Challenge
6. EWeek Store
7. Local Events

Tell Us About Your Local Events. If you are involved with a local engineering event please let us know. You can log on to mydiscover-e.org and tell us what's going on in your region of the country.

1. Future City Team Visits White House Science Fair
On April 22nd three aspiring engineers representing the National Engineers Week Future City Competition and its South Florida region presented their vision of a future Miami to President Obama at the White House Science Fair. The team members, Amanda Gonzalez (12), Emily Ocon (13), and Catalina Rincon-Arcila (14), from St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School in Miami, FL, were one of 30 student teams from different competitions across the country invited to participate at the White House.

The trio presented a scale model of their city to President Obama. The President expressed how proud he was to see what they had accomplished and he commended them on their "excellent presentation". When he asked if the project had piqued their interest in engineering, they explained that their work illustrated for them the many ways in which engineering affects all of our lives. They also noted the many different opportunities a career in engineering could potentially offer and that they intended to continue with an engineering education. This was a memorable day for the team from South Florida. The National Engineers Week Foundation and the Future City Competition are extremely proud of them and wish them well in their future endeavors!

2. Future City Announces This Year's Essay Question
This year's Future City Competition essay question is Tomorrow’s Transit: Design a way to move people in and around your city.

Essay Overview:
Thousands of years ago we had only one way to move-on foot. In today’s cities there are lots of ways to get around, including bikes, cars, mass transit, like buses, trains, subways, and ferries, escalators, and walkways. Engineers design solutions like these to transport people quickly, safely, and using the least amount of energy. But with so many people on the move, there are bound to be safety problems, like crashes, environmental impacts, like air pollution, and health impacts, like long commutes. Whatever the size and location of your future city, you’ll need to think creatively to keep people moving. Your challenge: Identify a problem of moving people in your future city and design a mode of transportation to solve this problem.

3. 2013 New Faces of Engineering College Edition Spotlight
Maggie Jacques is a 4th-year student at Merrimack College and a member of The American Society of Civil Engineers. Maggie’s trip to Haiti showed her what a powerful tool her civil engineering degree can be as she worked on producing clean drinking water. A big congrats to Maggie on her College Edition award! For more information on all of our winners please click here.

4. 2013 New Faces of Engineering Professional Edition Spotlight
Vatsal A. Shah, P.E. who works for Hatch Mott MacDonald, was nominated by the American Society of Civil Engineers as one of the 2013 New Faces of Engineering. Shah, 25, helped design a “low-technology” wastewater containment and treatment system when he went to Haiti in response to the cholera outbreak following the 2010 earthquake. For more information on all of our winners please click here.

5. Design Squad Nation "Poster Coaster" Challenge
PBS's Design Squad Nation is challenging students to become a Design Squad Top Builder by designing a roller coaster out of poster board! Students can use poster board or file folders, tape, paper towel tubes, books, a marble and a cup. A marble should be able to ride down your roller coaster and land inside a cup at the end of the track.

Students can enter Design Squad's Top Builder: Poster Coaster Challenge by logging onto their website click here and submitting a photo of their roller coaster on or before May 29, 2013. Please don't include students or teachers in photos. Poster coasters only! We'll highlight our favorite poster coasters and then students can vote for the best! The builder with the most votes will earn a special sticker they can use on the Design Squad website.

6. EWeek Store
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7. Local Events
Louisiana
The Office for Diversity Programs at Louisiana State University is accepting applications for students to participate in the 2013 Summer Pre-College Engineering Programs: Recruiting into Engineering High Ability Multicultural Students, and eXploration Camp Inspiring Tomorrow's Engineers.

Recruiting into Engineering High Ability Multicultural Students will be held June 15th - 22nd, 2013. The application deadline is April 30, 2013. REHAMS is a one-week, residential program for multicultural students entering the 10th, 11th and 12th grades. Students will gain first-hand experiences as they relate to the various engineering disciplines. Program participants will have the opportunity to experience college life and interact with current LSU engineering students, LSU faculty as well as industry professionals who have made successful careers in engineering. For more info please visit: http://www.eng.lsu.edu/diversity/precollege/rehams eXploration Camp for Inspiring Tomorrow's Engineers (XCITE) will be held July 13th - 20th, 2013 The application Deadline is May 20, 2013. XCITE is a one-week, residential program for girls entering the 9th and 10th grades. The program offers fun-filled activities that allow young women to get hands-on and minds-on experience of engineering as it relates to the world and their community. Additionally, each program participant will have the opportunity to interact with current female LSU engineering students as well as women who have made successful careers in engineering. For more info please visit: http://www.eng.lsu.edu/diversity/precollege/xcite

Texas
The University of Texas Arlington will be hosting thier Engineering and Computer Science Summer Camps from Monday, June 17th to Friday, August 2nd, 9:00am to 5:00pm. The event will be held at 416 Yates Street, Arlington, Texas. The one week camps are designed to provide students with a broad exposure to a variety of engineering disciplines: aerospace, biomedical, civil & environmental, computer science, electrical, materials science and mechanical, plus related topics in chemistry and physics. Field trips to see engineering at area businesses and team projects supplement the classroom activities. Each session is limited to 50 students. The program fees cover a participant's meals, housing (if applicable), insurance, project materials and activities. For more information please click here.

Ohio
The University of Dayton will be hosting their Summer Honors Engineering Camp from Monday, June 17th to Saturday, June 22nd, 12:30pm to 1:30pm. The program is opened to gifted high school freshman, sophomores or juniors. The event will be held at the University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469-0228. UD's Summer Honors Camp gives students the chance to dabble in engineering through hands-on activities they are unlikely to get in high school. Participants will study challenging engineering topics, explore career options, and interact with other motivated, bright students and supportive faculty. For more information please click here.

The University of Dayton will be hosting their Minority Engineering and Technology Enrichment Camp for Young Men from Sunday, June 23rd to Saturday, June 29th, from 11:30am to 1:30pm. This program will introduce high school students to career opportunities in engineering and technology with college-level classes and exciting hands-on experiments. The event will be held at the University of Dayton, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469-0228. Academic coaches will help build the skills they will need to ace the ACT and SAT. Students will learn about the college admission process, including how to select a college and apply for scholarships. Open to minority high school men who will be seniors in the fall 2013 and are U.S. citizens and currently enrolled in a college-preparatory program with a minimum GPA of 3.0. For more information please click here.

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