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Engineers of the Future. George F. McClure Region 3 Past Director [email protected]. 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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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
[email protected] 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
[email protected] 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 [email protected]