Pre-College Education IEEE Region 4 Meeting Jan 31 – Feb 1, 2004 Don C. Bramlett, PE, SMIEEE IEEE Region 4 East Area Chair Southeastern Michigan Section
Pre-College Education Any IEEE Section can have a Pre-College Education Committee and Program It does not matter where the Section is, how large/small the Section is in area, how many members the Section has, how many officers the Section has, or how active the Section technical program/professional programs are
Pre-College Education IEEE organizational support: IEEE-USA –Pre-College Education Committee IEEE Region 4 –Ken Reid, IEEE Education Activities Board –Pre-College Education Coordinating Committee
Pre-College Education Southeastern Michigan Section: (ongoing Section involvement) Michigan Regional Future City Competition – (Mentors, IEEE Special Award Judges, Competition Judges) National Engineer Week Discover E Program – (Career Day like presentations, Section provides materials) Science and Engineering Fair of Metropolitan Detroit – (IEEE Special Awards Judges, General Category Judges)
Pre-College Education Many nationwide Pre-College Education Programs: MATHCOUNTS (NSPE) (middle school) National Engineers Week (NEW)– Discover E Program (K-12) Future City Competition (NEW committee) (middle school) The Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS) National Engineering Design Competition (NEDC) (high school) Science Olympiad (middle school) TEAMS (Test for Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics & Science) (JETS) (high school) A World in Motion – Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (K-12)
Pre-College Education Many nationwide Pre-College Education Programs: FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics Competition (high school) FIRST Lego League (elementary & middle school) Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (NEW committee) ZOOM into Engineering (NEW committee) etc
Pre-College Education Many local Pre-College Education Programs: Robofest (Lawrence Technological University – Southeastern Michigan Section) (5 th – 12 grades) Young Scholars (Central Indiana Section) (middle & high school) Robot Challenge (Baltimore Section) (9 th – 11 th grades) Engineers Day Project (Cedar Rapids Section) (open attendance) Science Fairs etc