Engineers of the Future George F. McClure Region 3 Past Director

Reach Them Early and Often Engineers Week or EWeek An annual event in February Links multiple media to multiple audiences for volunteer kit 50 ways you can participate FAQ, poster, classroom activities Feb , 2008

Future City Competition Started with Hammurabi and the TRS-80 For middle school students ages ,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 (8 th 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 February Sponsor: Junior Engineering Technical Society

Discover Engineering Family 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.

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

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, 4 th 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

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 Next: Lakeland - 17 April

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 Check lmc.org for project funding

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

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 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

Design Squad Resources Intent: hook interest of students in math and science, working in teams Volunteer resources: Tools for engineers and others interested Parents/educators materials Evaluation results:

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