Join IEEE Huntsville to celebrate National Engineers Week, honor Section members, and network with IEEE members and IEEE members and other area technical peers.

E-Week Banquet – 23 February, 6:P.M. – 9:30 P.M.
 Huntsville Marriott – 5 Tranquility Base
Speaker: Dr. Michael Griffin, “What Does It Mean to be an Ethical Engineer?”

IEEE-USA and IEEE Huntsville Section encourage you to support and join in the mission of the National Engineers Week Foundation and its activities—to celebrate, sustain, and grow the engineering profession for years to come—by participating in National Engineers Week 2012 (EWEEK) and the local EWeek Awards Banquet at the Huntsville Marriott.

ASME North Alabama Section is the lead engineering society sponsor for EWeek 2012, visit their website article at http://sections.asme.org/NorthAlabama/ for additional details.

2012 IEEE Huntsville Section Awards:

  • Outstanding Engineer: William (Bill) Seidler, Ph.D.
  • Outstanding Service: Mr. James (Jim) Covington
  • Outstanding Educator: Michael D. Griffin, Ph.D.
  • Outstanding Student Member (Alabama A&M University Student Chapter): Corey Solomon
  • Outstanding Student Member (UA Huntsville Student Chapter): Mr. Wes Bartholomae

Banquet registration $30 per person
Contact: Sonya Dillard at sonya.dillard@nasa.gov

National Engineers Week, February 19-25, 2012

How do you plan to celebrate E-Week?

We hope that you join us to support programs and activities during the upcoming E-Week 2012 and E-Week 2013 celebrations. Keep in mind for future consideration that IEEE-USA will serve as lead engineering society sponsor for E-Week 2014.

LEARN MORE ABOUT E-WEEK

National Engineers Weekis a week-long celebration of all-things engineering, which features the Discover-Eprogram, a year-long educational outreach program for engineer volunteers to communicate how “Engineers Make a World of Difference.” A handy toolkitis available, which includes suggestions for outreach opportunities, graphics to include on your websites or in print announcements, postcards, and posters; and much more. An estimated 45,000 engineers work with five and a half million students and teachers in elementary through secondary school each year through classroom visits and extracurricular programs, using educational materials provided by E-Week.

Volunteer to help a local middle school participating in the E-Week Future City Competition™. Or, you can help sponsor a prize or judge a local contest. You may even win a trip to the national finals, which will be held during E-Week in Washington, DC! IEEE-USA Precollege Education Committee will be presenting a $1,000 prize to the Future City Team that offers the best communications system. The IEEE Huntsville Section sponsor Alabama Regional Future Cities Competition was held January 21, 2012. The winning team participates in Washington, D.C. during E-Week.

What is National Engineers Week?

National Engineers Week (EWEEK), founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), is a formal coalition of more than 70 engineering, educational, and cultural societies and more than 50 corporations and government agencies. This coalition is dedicated to raising public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to quality of life. EWEEK promotes recognition among parents, teachers, and students of the importance of a technical education and a high level of math, science, and technology literacy; and motivates youth to pursue engineering careers in order to provide a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce.

Each year the National Engineers Week Foundation reaches thousands of schools, businesses, and community groups across the United States. Their community outreach programs, including the Foundation’s K-12 DiscoverE classroom visits, depend on grassroots organizations and local volunteers for success.

EWEEK 2012

7 billion people. 7 billion dreams. 7 billion chances for engineers to turn dreams into reality…

The theme for 2012 is based on the projected world population of 7,000,000,000. There are many challenges facing our world that require immediate engineering solutions. The National Engineers Week Foundation delivers programs and resources used by partners locally, nationally, and internationally to help the next generation of talent to meet and overcome these challenges.

National Engineers Week Foundation Portfolio of Programs

ENGINEERS WEEK®(19-25 February 2012)

The Foundation’s signature program, Engineers Week, celebrates the positive contributions engineers make to society and is a catalyst for outreach across the country to kids and adults alike. Engineers Week is part of many corporate and government cultures and is celebrated on every US engineering college campus.

Hosted Events

Discover Engineering Family Day (18 February 2012)

Held each year at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, this action-packed event consistently draws 6,500+ attendees. Over 29 exhibitors and 300+ volunteers, kids, and their families build ziplines to safely deliver marbles, explore buoyancy via tinfoil boats, learn about waves via a giant wave tank, and much, much more.

New Faces of Engineering and New Faces of Engineering-College Edition

Reflecting the increasingly important role engineers play in today’s society, National Engineers Week Foundation is broadening its annual New Faces of Engineering program, which, for eight years, has honored the nation’s most promising young engineering professionals. Now, for the first time, the popular initiative will also recognize the best and brightest college engineering students, whose academic successes and contributions to the industry are already poised to make an impact.

ONGOING PROGRAMS

DiscoverE Classroom Visits®
More than 45,000 engineers work with 5,500,000 students and teachers in elementary through secondary school each year through classroom visits and extracurricular programs, using educational materials provided by the National Engineers Week Foundation. Our latest offering, this new site is a rich searchable database filled with engineering events, workshops, and camp programs that will become the go-to place for families looking for opportunities in their area. (www.eweek.org/engineersweek/DiscoverE.aspx)

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day®(23 February 2012) is a year long effort, culminating on 18 Feb., to identify volunteers who are mentors and role models for young women to build and sustain their interest in engineering careers. Each year “Girl Day” gives thousands of women engineers, with support from their male counterparts, the chance to directly mentor more than one million girls and young women in grades K through12.

Next February, thousands of kids and their parents will descend on the National Building Museum in Washington, DC for the IEEE-USA-sponsored E-Week Family Day, a full day of hands-on activities and demonstrations designed to introduce kids to the excitement of engineering.

The Global Marathon for, by and about Women in Engineering in Technology (5-10 March 2012) is a 24-hour “conversation,” done through a combination of live Internet chats, webcasts, teleconferences and pre-recorded sessions on issues for, by and about women in engineering and technology, which are accessible to a worldwide audience. Imagine getting the chance to talk to women engineers from around the world for four hours each day over a 6-day period. Women (and men) from North America, South America, China, India, South Africa, and UK/Europe discuss universal topics—how to encourage girls and young women to consider engineering as a career, advice on career paths for young engineers, achieving a life/work balance, and benefits of networking. The Marathon happens each March via live Internet chats, telephone conversations, and Webcasts. (http://www.globalmarathon.net/)

Sightseers Guide to Engineering

Visit the engineering marvels in all 50 states—while not leaving your house. From the subtle to the spectacular, visitors not only get to learn more about America’s rich engineering feats but are encouraged to submit their own favorites. (http://www.engineeringsights.org/)

HOW YOU CAN HELP

  • Get Involved by organizing an event designed to celebrating engineers and their achievements or raise awareness of the profession and technology in your local community, place of work or IEEE section.
  • Volunteer to help IEEE-USA support national E-Week programs. Contact Chris McManes for details.
  • Make a tax deductible giftthrough the IEEE Foundation to the IEEE-USA E-Week Fund to financially support our EWeek Activities.