Engineers of the Future

1. Engineers of the Future George F. McClure Region 3 Past Director g.mcclure@ieee.org

2. 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

3. 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

4. IEEE-USA Sponsorship • Future City essay competition (second year) • Nanotechnology monitoring • City structures & systems • Best city communications award (8th year)

5. 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

6. Discover EngineeringFamily Day • On 16 February, National Building Museum • Intergenerational and multicultural • Interactive family event • Attracted >6,000 youngsters and adults in 2007

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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/

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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/

14. 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

15. 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/

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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