Engineers Week 2007 will be celebrated February 18 - 24, 2007, and is co-chaired by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers and Tyco Electronics Corporation.
If you plan to work with Girl Scouts for Engineers Week 2007, or just need a little incentive to get started, visit (URL). Through Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day the National Engineers Week Foundation is making available up to 40 $50 grants for local Girl Scout troops to participate. A variety of suggestions and the grant application are available online.
It's not too late to participate in Engineers Week 2007. Here are two activities you can pull together quickly:
Build spirit in the organization. Display posters and table tent cards in public areas. Host a workplace event - a fun competition - for engineers and other employees. Contests can range from online trivia questions to hands-on design and construction in the cafeteria. Plan a special recognition luncheon in your office and invite the CEO or chief technical officer to participate.
See if the children's librarian at the local public library will allow you to create an engineering corner (http://www.eweek.org/site/library/eng-corner.shtml). Use the poster, table tent cards, and bookmarks from National Engineers Week to grab attention. What books did you like to read as a child? Survey others in your office and create a suggested reading list. You and the librarian can display some of those books or, if they aren't available at your library, donate them. Librarians would love to have Changing Our World: True Stories of Women Engineers (http://www.engineeringwomen.org/stories.html). See more information and give-aways in the online Engineers Week product catalog (http://www.eweek.org).
Check out what's going on to celebrate Engineers Week 2007 around the world:
International/Corporate Events
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.
ExxonMobil will participate in this year's Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day by inviting more than 2,500 middle school girls at 15 company locations, including Puerto Rico and Nigeria, into facilities or by visiting in local schools. Contact crawford.b.bunkley@exxonmobil.com.
More than 60 DuPont women engineers and scientists host the girls, from introductions as to what engineering/science is all about, to chaperoning and chatting with them about science and engineering for the day, to engaging the girls in hands-on engineering and science activities they design. "It's a phenomenal day, lots of energy on everyone's part," says Nichi Bausser of Freedom Valley. Contact her at nichi.bausser@gsfvc.org.
In Casa Grande (AZ) IBM Global Services, Symantec, American Express. INCOSE, and Girl Scouts have joined forces for five years of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. This year engineers will speak to 100 or more students. At least two or more schools will be visited including Xavier Womens College Preparatory which has a rich tradition in Women in Engineering. A female architect from American Express - who is also a Girl Scout Leader - will draw from the Girl Scout Rocket Program to make her remarks to encourage women in engineering. Xavier has participated in the ASU/NASA Mission to Mars program. Representatives from Symantec will also be included in the program. Contact Michael Reidy at mreidy@us.ibm.com.
Girl Scout troops and daughters of Siemens employees will visit a Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. factory in West Chicago (IL). The fifth through eighth grade girls will tour the factory, particularly the engineering offices. The girls will also complete five fun experiments which relate to five different engineering fields. They will watch a short video about women engineers and have the opportunity to talk to the woman engineers who will staff this event. Contact jayne.beck@siemens.com.
Women engineers at Esso Standard Oil Company, San Juan, Puerto Rico, will host Introduce a Girl to Engineering day on February 23. Approximately 20-25 girls will participate. Contact eliam.lopez@exxonmobil.com.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Engineering Department will sponsor an all-day "Introduce A Girl To Engineering Day" event, which combines inspirational women engineers and architects as speakers with hands-on educational activities, lunch, a video and contest giveaways. See http://www.panynj.gov/
An engineer with Chevron Pipeline in Bellaire, Texas will speak to a group of junior high school students for career day to introduce engineering to the classes and address questions about women and the opportunities in engineering.
Key Link Technologies in Flossmoor (IL) is already hosting a number of Radio Control Racing and Robotic events starting at local libraries, Museum of Science and Industry, DeVry University and IIT to kick off Black Creativity, Black History Month and Engineers Week. Contact Bernard Key at bkey@keylinktechnologies.com.
Quest Integration along with The University of Idaho Research Park will sponsor an outreach event for high school students interested in pursuing a career in engineering. Students will have a chance to try out SolidWorks 3D CAD software at the UIRP in Post Falls. Contact mallory@qintegration.com.
Nitsch Engineering's (Boston, MA) 2007 Girl Day event will be for 6th to 12th-grade girls and will focus on biomedical engineering. Contact isJudith Nitsch, P.E., at jnitsch@nitscheng.com.
The Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, Inc., in East Hartford, Connecticut, is running an ISE program for 7-8 grade girls at Windham Middle School which will include hands-on, inquiry-based activities, field trips to local industry, and presentations by leading local female engineers and entrepreneurs in the spring of 2007. Contact Robert Vieth at robert.vieth@gmail.com.
For the first time, Jacobs Engineering Group in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, plans to welcome area students. Engineers will meet and greet students upon arrival, followed by a presentation, a tour, some job shadowing, lunch, a team building activity, and wrap up event. Jacobs plans to have most of their female engineers at the event. Contact is lynell.zirke@jacobs.com.
At corporate headquarters for The Shaw Group in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, engineers plan to have a presentation for area high school students as well as activities for everyone to get engaged. Shaw women engineers from various engineering fields, along with Shaw's diversity department, will participate in Shaw's 2nd Annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day on February 27. Approximately five Baton Rouge area schools will be invited to attend to learn what it is like to be an engineer, the types of projects Shaw engineers work on, and speak with women engineers. The event also includes a tour of the corporate facilities, and potential follow-up opportunities for a shadow day with Shaw engineers. The contact is andrea.benjamin@shawgrp.com.
The 2007 Intel® Schools of Distinction Awards recognizes schools demonstrating excellence in implementing innovative, replicable programs supporting positive educational outcomes in the areas of math and science achievement. Six winners will be selected - one from each grade range, K-5, 6-8, and 9-12, in each of the two categories of math and science. Each winning school will receive a $10,000 cash grant from the Intel Foundation, as well as $150,000 in products and services from award sponsors. All applicants are also eligible for the "Star Innovator for 2007" prize, which awards an additional $15,000 cash grant from the Intel Foundation, as well as supplemental services and products. Apply for the Intel Schools of Distinction Awards at www.schoolsofdistinction.com before February 28, 2007.
USA
Alaska
The Girl Scouts Susitna Council in Anchorage, Alaska holds 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.
Arizona
For the past two years, the Latina Outreach Working Group (part of the Intel Latino Network) in Arizona has hosted "Hermanas: Design Your Future" conference reaching over 200+ Hispanic female students and introducing them to engineering. For 2007, the plan is to target 150 girls in grades 6-12, and the conference is scheduled to be held at Estrella Mountain Community College in March. Contact is Gabriela_A_Gonzalez@hotmail.com
February 24 is "EDay" at the Arizona Science Center in Phoenix. Engineers set up and staff special booths that day. Click here to see more about Engineers Week in the Phoenix area.
A resident assistant at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff plans to place Girl Day information around her dormitory to encourage female residents to seek out information about becoming an engineer and look into our current engineering degree plans.
Arizona State University in Tempe will host parents, teachers, and students with astronaut Wendy Lawrence for a Sally Ride Science Festival as part of Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. The Tempe event will also feature dozens of local female engineers and scientists who will share their inspiring stories and entertain girls with fun workshops. The festival will take place on February 25 and includes a street fair. Teachers, parents, and students can register and learn more about the festival online (http://www.SallyRideFestivals.com) or by calling 800-561-5161.
California
Daughters of engineers currently working at the County of Orange (Santa Ana, CA) are invited to spend a day learning what civil engineers do for county residents. Contact is Sonia Nasser, PE, at sonia.nasse@rdmd.ocgov.com.
At California Polytechnic Institute, engineering students will host a variety of activities on campus, such as competitions, banquets, and social events. They promote their profession off-campus via outreach events, including learning programs at area elementary schools and an Engineering Club Fair. Contact for the Cal Poly events is cltippin@calpoly.edu.
In San Jose, California, The Tech Museum of Innovation partners with San Jose's public broadcast station and local engineers on February 24 for hands-on engineering activities throughout The Tech. Visitors can build a whimsical kinetic sculpture, design a circuit and switch to turn a buzzer on and off, or even build a device to launch a ball high in the air. Visitors will also have the chance to see clips from the show and talk with local engineers about the fun of problem-solving. Contact is Melissa McAlexander at melissam@thetech.org.
Engineers Week at the University of Southern California will include fun activities generated to build the engineering community and increase the interaction among the student body and faculty, industry, and alumni. Activities will be philanthropic, social, and academic. From ASCE's Tallest Tower Competition to the Viterbi Student Council's Viterbi Ball and the Society of Women Engineer's Date Auction, there's something for everyone. Contact vsc@usc.edu.
Santa Clara (California) University's School of Engineering is hosting a number of events in celebration of Engineers Week. All events are free of charge and open to the public. Events range from Beat the Micromouse and Build a Bridge in 10 minutes to Silly Putty Yourself Silly and Construct a Contraption in 10 minutes to one of the university's biggest student projects ever--SCU's participation in the Solar Decathlon. See more at the eweek local events forum (http://www.eweek.org/site/forums/forums.asp?ForumSection=1)or contact Heidi Williams at hwilliams@scu.edu.
Colorado
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 (mailtkellee.bartha@itt.com).
Connecticut
Students at the University of New Haven (Connecticut) have planned four events for their Engineering Olympics. The events are Common Chemical Compounds; Tinfoil Boat with Penny Passengers; Electromagnet Paperclip Pick-up; and Gumdrop and Toothpick Tower.
District of Columbia
Alcanzando Metas, www.ametas.com, is a program of the Hispanic Professional Women's Association, with a mission of encouraging Hispanic high school students to complete high school and college, and enter the professions of science, mathematics, and engineering. Our students meet with mentors each week, at their Washington, D.C. public high school. We are looking for contacts in the DC area, including a person willing to speak to our girls during the week prior to Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Contact Sharon McCone at smccone@whelessassociates.com or 703-343-3582.
Florida
An "Engineering Expo" is organized by the College of Engineering at the University of South Florida-Tampa. The event works as a venue to promote the engineering field, USF, and the potential of USF students. Over the last 34 years, this EXPO has grown to become one of the largest events held at USF. Engineering Expo is a showcase for engineering societies, organizations, and companies to show the fun in engineering and how it is a part of everyday life. It is mainly focused for K-12 students interested in science and engineering, but everyone is welcome. Visitors have the opportunity to participate in contests where they can have some "hands-on" engineering experience. Among the events and shows during the two days of engineering extravaganza are Fun with Physics, Chemical Magic Show, Laser Light Show, Robots, Rehabilitation Engineering and technology program, Electrathon (electric car race), concrete canoe, spaghetti tower contest, Multi Player Network Gaming, Engineering Boy Scout Merit Badge program, a SECME Regional Competition, and much more. The event is February 16 and 17 and it's free. For more information click here (http://expo.eng.usf.edu).
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
The Central Florida Chapter of the Florida Engineering Society will host an Engineering Expo and Project CREATE on February 23 at the University of Central Florida. The chapter will host 4th and 5th grade elementary school students who will present their projects. The acronym CREATE stands for CReative Thinking from Elementary Aged ThinkErs. The Chapter provides the students with an engineering challenge. The students act as engineers by solving the problem through teamwork and research. This year's challenge was to design a city for one of three different environments (desert, space or sea) on a newly-found planet. Chapter members also mentor the students by attending class sessions and providing guidance. The program is highlighted by the Engineering Expo, held during Engineer's Week, where students participate in an egg drop competition, paper airplane contest, and, this year, a bridge building competition.
Georgia
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 (http://www.gv.psu.edu/engineering).
Hawaii
Maui's (HI) 6th annual "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" will be held on February 22. Middle school girls will be given an opportunity to a half-day of job-shadowing with an engineer and fun, engineering-based hands-on activities. The event is free and open to 7th & 8th grade girls. Lunch & refreshments will be provided. This local event is made possible through the Maui Economic Development Board's Women in Technology Project, in partnership with the County of Maui, and the Maui Chapter of the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers. For more information or to volunteer as a mentor and host engineer (either male or female), call Jeni Gaskin at (808) 875-2332 or jeni@medb.org.
Illinois
February 24 - 25 visit the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago to see what area FIRST robotics teams (ages 6-18) have been creating! Student-designed, built, and programmed robots will be demonstrated using design challenges developed by FIRST. Come see robots from past and present FIRST competitions. Topics include oceanography, nanotechnology, and alternative energy sources. Visitors will not only get a chance to see and interact with these robots, but will also get a chance to help build and 'train' a robot to perform different functions! While there, learn how you can get involved in FIRST robotics events! These family-friendly exhibitions are included with the cost of museum admission. For more information, please contactRoboticsLady@gmail.com.
The University of Illinois at Chicago's Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)) mentors students from Young Women's Leadership Charter School (YWLCS) on a variety of careers. On February 22, UIC engineers will speak to 10th graders at YWLCS about the wide range of career possibilities in engineering. The "Ask an Engineer" DVD will be shown as a platform for discussions. Contact Sarah Shirk at sshirk1@uic.edu.
Argonne, Illinois, National Laboratory will hold its fifth annual mentoring day for middle school girls. Argonne's Girl Day is an educational and fun one-day event which focuses on introducing girls in 6th through 8th grades to engineering careers through hands-on activities and direct interaction with engineers and scientists, who team up to host up to four students per team during the day. The day includes tours of Argonne facilities, presentations on engineering careers and an engineering challenge from the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Iowa
On February 17 join engineers from Rockwell Collins and area engineering societies as they share fascinating activities and exciting experiments throughout the Iowa Children's Museum (http://www.theicm.org) in Coralville. Learn first hand how engineering is incorporated into our everyday activities and celebrate Engineers Week. Admission is free and hands-on activities are provided from 10:00am - 2:00pm. For more information, call 319.625.6255.
Kansas
The Wichita, Kansas, Section of the Society of Women Engineers is holding their 9th Annual Engineering Expo on Saturday, February 17 at the Wichita State University Hughes Metroplex. The Expo provides hands on fun exploring various areas of engineering and is for K-8students. The event is free. Contact Vicki.johnson@swe.org.
Maryland
Alliant Techsystems' Propulsion & Controls Division in Elkton, Maryland, and the Delaware section of AIAA, will celebrate their third annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day by providing an opportunity for 6th-8th grade girls to visit with engineers of various disciplines and discover what a typical engineer's work day is like. Activities will include an introduction to ATK, multiple opportunities to meet women engineers in all levels of the organization, examples of engineering problems for them to solve, and a rocket motor firing. Contact isTimothy.Dominick@atk.com.
Girl Scout Engineering Saturday (GSES) at the University of Maryland in College Park on February 24 is a program for local Girl Scout troops in Maryland and the Washington metropolitan area. Cadettes and Seniors (grades 7-12) engage in fun, hands-on activities and earn an Inventions and Inquiry Project patch. The scouts will be divided into three groups to rotate through a series of activities; each activity designed to meet the Inventions and Inquiry Project patch requirements. Participants complete activities in four areas: Skill Builder, Career Exploration, Technology, and Community Service. Since the program is co-sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers-UMCP Chapter, participants earn the Inventions and Inquiry Project patch and the Society of Women Engineers-Girl Scout Event patch. Registration Deadline: Friday, January 26, 2007. Click here for more information or contact ajohns7@umd.edu.
Massachusetts
The Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, will be offering additional programming throughout Engineers Week to further educate and engage visitors on topics including engineering and technology. With the help of Cahners ComputerPlace Staff, visitors will explore computer science, robots, and artificial intelligence; build their own robot or contraption using Cricket kits; or check out the bridge design software. Through Design Challenges visitors take on the role of engineer and design, construct, and test a prototype. Activities will include creating and testing bobsleds, and building windmills to harness energy. At the Discovery Center's Experiment Station, children eight and under can hone their basic engineering skills while designing, testing and improving creations they build themselves. Additionally, the Museum of Science in cooperation with WGBH is hosting Build Some Fun, an entire day aimed at engaging young visitors in activities surrounding engineering. Taking place on March 10, this event will feature characters and actors from some of WGBH's most popular shows including, Fetch with Ruff Ruffman and Design Squad. Contact is Michael Morrison at mmorrison@mos.org.
An engineer plans to share her experiences with at least one girl to show how great engineering can be. The engineer's expertise is in MEMS (Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems) but her background is in chemical engineering. She works with engineers at MicroChips Inc. in Bedford, Massachusetts, and conducts research at MIT. Contact is Gwendolyn Donahue at gdonahue@mchips.com
Michigan
On February 21 Rowe Incorporated will host the Flint Chapter of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers' 4th Annual Engineering Career Day for area high school students. Area high school students get an opportunity to hear discussions on various topics including scholarships, education, and various types of engineering careers. They also get an opportunity to take a tour of a consulting engineering firm's office and see how projects are put together from survey through design. Contact Rick A. Freeman, P.E., at RFreeman@roweincorp.com.
The Western Michigan Chapter of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers and ASCE will provide educational opportunities for local elementary school students during the week following Engineers Week. Activities will occur at the Van Andel Museum Center February 26 and 28, and March 2 and 3. Engineers will host an educational table with hands-on activities related to learning about electrical and mechanical energy sources and uses. Contact Tom Byle at 616-242-6981 or tbyle@kentcountyroads.net.
Minnesota
The Alexandria Technical College will host a half-day seminar on women in engineering. It will feature a forum discussion by female engineers and drafters and will also include a hands-on activity featuring Computer Assisted Design and Drafting software. Current college students will provide one-on-one training. High school age girls from throughout the region will be invited to participate. Contact Dale Buchholz at daleb@alextech.edu.
Mississippi
Architecture Systems & Technologies in Moss Point, Mississippi, is sponsoring the "Gulf Coast Information, Integration, & Interoperability Symposium" and has offered fee registration to two local high school girls to attend the symposium and learn about Open Architectures, Open Source and Net Centric Data Sharing. Contact is Joy Carter admin@archsystech.com.
Missouri
The Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, Saint Louis (Missouri) University, has scheduled a full week of activities for all engineering students and an open house for local high schools with tours and hands-on projects. Contact is gharabr@slu.edu.
New Mexico
The Los Alamos Chapter of ASM International and the Northern New Mexico Chapter of ASME will host the 5th Annual DiscoverE event at the Los Alamos High School DECA Cafeteria on February 21. Volunteers are needed to provide interactive, hands-on engineering and science activities for K-12 students and their parents or guardians. Contact Beverly Aiken at bevaikin@earthlink.net.
New York
Taking one from the National PlaybookThe State University of New York's New Paltz School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Department has taken one from the National Engineers Week Foundation playbook. It's the 5th Annual New Faces of Engineering Event for 1,200 Hudson Valley middle and high school students on February 21. (The Engineers Week Foundation sponsors a national "New Faces" program. Watch for recognition in USA TODAY.) The goal is to spark an interest in the math and sciences and encourage students to explore the world of engineering. Read all about SUNY's event, see photographs and view a short promotional video at www.falatech.com/newfaces (http://www.falatech.com/newfaces). Contact is pglass@us.ibm.com.
On February 17, approximately 65 Girl Scouts in grades three through six will attend Exploring Engineering Day at the Johnson Engineering Center at Rensselaer (New York) Polytechnic Institute presented by SWE. The snow date is February 24. Girls will learn about what engineers do by engaging in fun hands-on activities based on the principles of science, technology, and engineering. Contact is Kathy Castracane at kcastracane@girlscoutshvgsc.org.
The Capital District Engineers Week Celebration runs February 15 and 16, at the Albany, New York, Marriott. The program includes exhibits and 80 professional development seminars providing PDHs. Albany Mayor Gerald D. Jennings will keynote the opening luncheon. For information contact Jennifer Miller, 518-283-7490 or jamiller@nysspe.org.
North Carolina
Twenty North Carolina Department of Transportation engineers are planning to host a day for 100 girls in the Raleigh, Charlotte, and Greenville areas to participate in the Engineer Day Program. Contact is Robin Hicks at Rhicks@dot.state.nc.us www.ncdot.org.
Stop by the Children's Museum of Wilmington, North Carolina, during Engineers Week to play with engineering. Some of the hands-on engineering activities include Cup Towers, Roman Arches, Puzzles, Tangrams, Bridge Building, Gravity Wall Maze, and much, much more. Eweek activities are included with admission. For information call 910-254-3534 or contact smckenzie@playwilmington.org.
North Dakota
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.
Ohio
At Ohio State University in Columbus the Society of Women Engineers and Women in Engineering will host 225 girls in grades 3-6 on February 24 for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Participants will have fun learning about engineering by doing hands-on activities and will hear from engineering students and industry professionals about what they can do with an education in engineering. Information and applications are online (http://engineering.osu.edu/events/agenda.php?eid=22). This OSU event is proudly sponsored by Battelle. For more information contact Kristina Kennedy at kennedy.443@osu.edu.
Engineers from Miami Valley Hospital, in Dayton, will make presentation at Bellbrook Middle school re: the benefits of the Science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professions.
Oregon
The Oregon Section of ASME will observe Engineers Week with Student-Meet-Industry Day on February 22. Working mechanical engineers and engineering students are invited to sign up for the day, including dinner. See http://www.sections.asme.org/Oregon/Student_Meet_Industry_Day.html.
The 43rd annual Engineers Week High School Banquet is taking place on February 21 in Portland, Oregon. The banquet introduces students to a variety of engineering careers and to engineers. Last year's event included more than 175 students from the Portland, Vancouver and Salem areas, representing 42 high schools and more than 100 engineers. Banquet speakers are from the Global Connection Project, a collaborative project of NASA, Carnegie Mellon University, Google, and National Geographic that uses digital camera technology and robotics to provide tools for disaster relief. Contact is Tova Peltz at tpeltz@gri.com.
Pennsylvania
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 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.
As part of a GE transportation program, an engineer at Gannon University in Erie (PA) will speak with 100 high school students on the topic "Engineers Make a World of Difference." Contact is Karinna Vernaza at vernaza001@gannon.edu.Let us know how you're making a difference.
South Dakota
The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSM&T), Rapid City, will celebrate its 30th year of Engineers Weeks. The faculty, staff, and students join forces with practicing engineers of the Black Hills Chapter of South Dakota Engineering Society, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, scientists, and K-12 teachers, to show students that science, math and engineering are fun and exciting. Click here for a listing of events.
Texas
Thirty-five students from The Girls School of Austin, Texas will 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.
As part of Engineers Week 2007, the Austin, Texas, Branch, Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), is sponsoring a free interactive event at the Austin Children's Museum. Volunteers will be on-hand to assist children in building bridges and towers, and creating flying hoop gliders, paper helicopters, balloon cars and delta wing flyers. This is the sixth annual event held at the museum during Engineers Week, a national week-long event to highlight the engineering profession. This sixth annual event will be held February 17. Over the years more than 1,000 children have learned about civil engineering.
Virginia
A faculty member at Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia - and member of the Society of Women Engineers will invite five invite five high school girls to campus. She will take them on a tour of the College of Engineering and arrange to have them sit in one or two engineering and/or math classes and to have lunch with some other female faculty of the College of Engineering and discuss their future goals and options. Contact is Bonita Anthony at banthony@odu.edu.
The Virginia Children's Engineering Council will host the annual Children's Engineering Convention at the Richmond Crowne Plaza West, February 22 - 24. The Children's Engineering Convention has three major components:
1) staff development for K-5 teachers focusing on ways to help children create, use and control technology;
2) teacher demonstrations of ways to infuse technology activities into the Standards of Learning; and
3) a showcase of technology-based educational resources.
In addition to the special interest sessions/workshops, other opportunities will include education vendor exhibits and an international keynote speaker during each general session. Participants will experience technology-based activities that contribute to the development of technological awareness. Workshop highlights will focus on experiences that enable children to explore how people create use, and control technology; apply knowledge in mathematics, science, English, and history and social studies in solving problems associated with technology; use tools and materials to explore personal interest with technology; and exhibit self-confidence through the use of technology. Participants may receive fifteen (15) re-certification points for full participation in the convention, when the participants have prior approval. Visit the Council's Web site (http://www.vtea.org/ESTE/convention/) to learn more. Contact is Mary Hurst at mcwhurst@cox.net.
Washington
Walla Walla College's Society of Women Engineers and local Girl Scouts will join for an engineering honors day. SWE members will use this opportunity to introduce these young women to fun of engineering and the possibilities that it holds for them. Contact Sally Roth at sallyq_2@hotmail.com.
The American Society of Civil Engineers will host volunteer outreach training in Bellevue, Washington, at the end of February 2007. The event is not limited to ASCE members. Volunteers will be among the first to see a screening of the new Design Squad television series, learn how to use hands-on activities and create public events. It's free but advance registration is required! Contact outreach@asce.org.
Wyoming
At Gillette College, Wyoming, engineering students plan to reach out to local schools to promote interest in engineering in grades K-12. Contact Stefanie Crawford at scrawford@sheridan.edu.
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