Engineers of the Future

Engineers of the Future

George F. McClureRegion 3 Past Director

g.mcclure@ieee.org

Reach Them Early and Often Engineers Week or EWeek

An annual event in February Links multiple media to multiple

audiences www.eweek.org for volunteer kit

50 ways you can participate FAQ, poster, classroom activities

Feb. 17-28, 2008

Future City Competition Started with Hammurabi and the TRS-80 For middle school students ages 11-14

30,000 in 1,111 schools in 40 U.S. regions 2008: 16th Year - Confront urban

disasters Keep infrastructure safe and healthy with

nanotechnology monitoring Volunteer judges; competitions in January Using SimCity3000 donated video game

IEEE-USA Sponsorship Future City essay competition

(second year) Nanotechnology monitoring City structures & systems

Best city communications award (8th year)

EWeek at High Schools National Engineering Design Challenge

(NEDC) Technology designs to help people with

disabilities in workplaces Builds skills: math, science, research,

writing, presentation, and drafting/design Competition in DC on 15-16 February Sponsor: Junior Engineering Technical

Society www.jets.org/programs/nedc

Discover EngineeringFamily Day On 16 February, National Building

Museum Intergenerational and multicultural Interactive family event Attracted >6,000 youngsters and

adults in 2007

3-D Internet Game Student players try “to be an

engineer” Race against time – Goal: save the

world from running out of energy Designed by IBM Co-sponsored by EWeek and IEEE-

USA

New Faces of Engineering Spotlights outstanding engineers

age 30 and under Five from each sponsoring society Full-page USA Today ad recognizes

top nominees. www.eweek.org

Online Video Competition “How Engineers Make a World of

Difference” Designed by graduate engineering students Undergrads develop YouTube videos making

engineering “cool” and accessible to 11 to 13 year-olds

Seven scholarship prizes, $10K, at Eweek

www.ieeeusa.org/communications/video_competition/

EWeek Promotes Diversity Engineers Week Diversity Council

IBM, China Institute of Engineering-USA Encourage women and

underrepresented minorities at all levels

Working up a platform statement on diversity for presidential candidates

Global Marathon For By and About Women in Engineering; in March, 24 hours, 4th year

EWeek: $2.5 Million Observance National Academy of Engineering

awards $1 million, for professional recognition

EWeek national programs budget $1.5 million

Local observances in addition “The Engineering Profession’s

preeminent outreach activity” - NAE

More Year-round Outreach TryEngineering.org – a Web site

designed by IBM, supported by IEEE Aimed at middle school and high school

students “Ask an Engineer” 42 lesson plans for classroom use Includes global directory of engineering

schools

Discoveries & Breakthroughs AIP news service – dozen 90-sec

spots/mo. Over 100 TV stations 7 Transit Television networks (buses) Voice of America Online video 600 million views per year

Coalition includes IEEE-USA http://www.aip.org/dbis/IEEE/

TISP Teacher In-Service Program –

helping teacher to understand the role of engineers in daily life

Started in Region 3, now funded by IEEE and IEEE-USA; 23 Reg. 3 sections trained

Spread to Regions 1 to 5 Region 6 in 2008

Mentors and Judges Volunteer members serve as mentors on

school projects – engineering insertion Racer from electric motor and solar cell Robotics projects with Lego Mindstorms NXT

mindstorms.lego.com/ (ages 10 and up) Judges needed for Science Fair

competitions Fl. Council coordinator: Karl Lohman

k.l.lohman@att.net Next: Lakeland - 17 April 2008

http://www.floridassef.net/

Life Member Groups Great resource for volunteers (and

excom members) Training available as school aides- RE-

SEED: Retirees Enhancing Science Education through Experiments and Demonstrations Middle school resource book – >200

experiments http://www.northeastern.edu/reseed/

Check lmc.org for project funding

Section PACE Projects Pre-college projects popular Funding through Region, IEEE-USA Adeeb Hamzey, R3 coordinator

adeeb_hamzey@dom.com http://www.ieeeusa.org/volunteers/pace/

funding.asp

DARPA Urban Challenge Students fielded robotic autos,

Nov. 3 Test course simulated city traffic Eleven autonomous vehicles

UCF’s entry completed the course Reg. 3 funding school tour of one

entry, IEEE logo on vehicle

Design Squad Starting second season of 13 30-

minute episodes IEEE-USA funding $50K WGBH production, PBS distribution Top 50 markets Locally Brevard BCC digital TV68

Design Squad Design Host Nate Ball, a 20-something

professional engineer Targeted to Grades 4 and up Team of eight high school students

complete project Top student wins $10K Intel scholarship First season programs available at

http://pressroom.pbs.org/programs/design_squad/archives

Design Squad Resources Intent: hook interest of students in math

and science, working in teams Volunteer resources:

Tools for engineers and others interested http://pbskids.org/designsquad/engineers/

Parents/educators materials http://pbskids.org/designsquad/parentseducators/

Evaluation results: www.eweek.org/site/News/Eweek/2007_design_squad.shtml

First Season Results Over 550,000 viewers each week Hosted 120 events, trainings and

workshops Reached >49,000 students, parents,

teachers, engineers Watching four episodes:

Improved students’ understanding of Engineering Design Process (brainstorm, design, build, test)

Increased interest in after-school activities

Pre-college Brochure Provided by IEEE-USA to all

childrens’ museums Also found at Historical Electronics

Museum More placements? Contact Helen

Hall at IEEE-USA h.hall@ieee.org