EWeek 2007 ENews #15 – January 26, 2007
Engineers Week 2007 will be celebrated February 18 – 24, 2007.
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Contents:
1.What will you say about engineering?
2. One person makes a difference
3. More Local News
4. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Reports
1. What will you say about engineering?
Are you planning to work with young students for Engineers Week 2007? You can find lots of useful advice from the "Design Squad"/National Engineers Week Foundation partnership. For instance, share what you like best about engineering rather than the difficulties. Of course you need math and science to be an engineer but don't add stress for your audience by saying they have to excel at both. Talk about what you do as an engineer. To help a child stay focused on your hands-on activity ask, "How does your idea work?" To encourage various approaches to solving a challenge ask, "Is there another way to look at this?" Visit "Design Squad" at http://www.eweek.org/ and connect to help with event-planning, sneak previews of the show, materials and much more.
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2. One person makes a difference
A member of the Society of Women Engineers in Santa Maria, Californiais putting on an Engineering Day for Girl Scouts in her area. The contact is
kellee.bartha@itt.com.
A member of the Society of American Military Engineers in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolinawill have her cousins (ages 8 and 12) at work for the day. She will also take them to the aquarium and a site visit to emphasize the importance of building conservatively within the coastal environment.
Girl Incorporated in Lynn,Massachusetts plans to host a day-long event for middle school girls in that program which would include several engineering based activities. Volunteers are needed so contact
LECROWLEY.LYNN@GIRILS-INC.ORG.
In Allentown,Pennsylvania the director of the after-school ClubZoom I will emphasize the engineering field during every meeting and on this day ClubZoom will exhibit some of their engineering projects that they have done. Students will also learn about many of the female engineers working in the field.
An engineer in Austin,Texas will introduce K-5 girls at Laurel Mountain Elementary to engineering.
A teacher with St. Louis Catholic School in Baton Rouge, Louisianawill contact request an engineer speaker for the science/computer classes.Contact is
lindagau@bellsouth.net.
An engineer in Jakarta, Indonesia, will partner with a local university in Banda Aceh to introduce young women to the field of engineering, with a special focus on the importance of engineers in emergency response, recovery, reconstruction, and international development efforts.Contact is
monisha@gmail.com.
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3. More Local News
School District 11 in Colorado Springs, Colorado works with all of the engineering Groups and societies within the Colorado Springs area to speak to 6-8 grade pre-engineering students at Irving Middle School all during Engineers Week. Last year more than 23 different engineers spoke to over 250 students during the week. One third of these were girls in the engineering program. Sponsors build this up in newsletters and papers and have had television coverage. Contact is Gary Hilty at
hiltygl@d11.org.
The Pennsylvania State University's Great Valley Campus has a week of free public activities planned, including special lectures on topics ranging from cybernetics to environmental technology. For more information, visit www.gv.psu.edu/engineering or call 610-648-3283.
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4. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Reports
The Georgia Engineering Alliance in Atlanta will coordinate the Georgia Introduce A Girl to Engineering, reaching about 200 girls. A banquet is planned to honor the girls interested in engineering. Established women engineers will be attending as mentors. Contact is
carolyn.jones@gaengineers.org.
The Society of Women Engineers at DeVry University in Ft. Washington,Pennsylvania will partner with local industry to present a half-day seminar and workshop to high school students on careers in engineering and science. The event will feature a keynote speaker and panel discussion with panelists from various disciplines as well as a set of hands-on workshops in technology and biomedical technology disciplines. Forough Ghahramani is the contact at http://www.devry.edu/locations/campuses/loc_ftwashingtoncampus.jsp.
The student Society of Women Engineers chapter at University of North Dakota at Grand Forks is involved in various outreach activities. They include activities non-traditional career panels at several high schools and middle schools to talk to female students and inform them about careers in engineering. Also this year SWE received a grant for a summer science/engineering camp for students in 7th through 9th grades. Contact is Mojdeh Mardani at
mojdeh@und.edu.
The Fayette Campus of Penn State University is proud to offer the 9th Annual Girrl Power program - a month of activities related to the theme "Engineering the Human Body" Weekly events will include the Faraday downlink from London, England (through IEEE) plus a visit to the back room at a dentist's office. Then we visit one of the largest manufacturers of surgical masks. The final local visit is to a prostheses workshop. The capstone activity is a bus trip to visit the BioEngineering Research Lab at University Park. For middle school females only. Contact is David Meredith at dxm15@psu.edu.
The College of Lake County in Grayslake,Illinois is sending flyers to surrounding schools to announce various activities on campus to introduce engineering fields specifically to women. Contact Jose Velarde at
jvelarde@clcillinois.edu.
Nitsch Engineering's (Boston, MA) 2007 Girl Day event will be for 6th to 12th-grade girls and will focus on biomedical engineering. Contact is Judith Nitsch, P.E., at jnitsch@nitscheng.com.
Thirty-five students from The Girls School of Austin, Texaswill participate in the University of Texas at Austin's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on February 24. Mary Lamare is the contact at
mlamare@thegirlsschool.org.
The Girl Scouts Susitna Council in Anchorage, Alaskaholds an event - Women of Science & Technology Day - on February 3. The council expects approximately 800 girls in grades K-8 to attend, from approximately 80 troops from grades K-3 and 80 from grades 4-8. Contact is Terry Gryting at tgryting@gsscak.org.
The Girl Scouts Heart of Florida Council, Troop 387, in Winter Haven,Florida will attend the University of South Florida Engineering Expo. A Ph.D. electrical engineering student will take the girls to her lab for hands-on activities dealing with solar energy. Contact is Marva Louisville at
MHLOUISVIL@AOL.COM
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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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