National Engineer's Week
National Engineer's Week
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Who knew? Why not send a notice a few weeks in advance instead of the last day of the week? I just recieved this today from the Texas Board of Professional Engineeers. I realize it does state that schools would welcome engineers at any time, but it would've been nice to have been notified. We could've warned all the kids to avoid the profession!!![[tongue] tongue](https://www.tipmaster.com/images/tongue.gif)
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It is said engineers are in the most unrecognized occupation in the world, yet we are the ones most important to the quality of modern life and advancement of mankind (see www.eweek.org).
National Engineers Week is almost over and many area schools would love to have engineers come and visit their classes - not just during this week, but at any time. Participating in this kind of outreach is a wonderful way to introduce young minds to engineering.
Celebrate engineering by reinforcing its future in our schools. You can change a life.
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Although they try and nod in the right places when I go off at home I'm sure they don't understand or really care what I do.
In principal I'd like to do something like this, I would have loved the chance to speak to an actual engineer when I was a kid as (except when I was going to join the armed forces or become a knight in shining Armour) I was interested in joining the profession from an early age.
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All of my career advice seemed to point towards being a mathematician or an engineer. As a teenager I had no idea what either of them did for their money. I still don't really know what a mathematician does (solves equations?). The only hint at what engineers did was from armed forces recruitment, who used to do regular road shows for school kids.
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Too big a time committment for me now, though.
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There are also lots of events to familiarize kids with engineerings such as GETSET, if you are interested in participating.
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A couple hundred kids from advanced math and sciences showed up for the presentation in the high school's theater. They were happy to get out of class for an hour. Meeting them at their "level" was a challenge, but the high school is not located in the nicest of areas. The campus was littered with plastic garbage. The kids were an exceptionally rude audience. To warm them up, I actually elaborated on a cliche by describing their janitor as a sanitation engineer. Despite my struggles to make a connection, the talk elicited several rounds of applause, for reasons I cannot recall. One unsurprising discovery I made, when an image of our planet was displayed across the screen, was that few of the kids had ever heard of Earth Day.
Afterward, although the math teacher was skepitical, the teacher who set up the audio/visuals for the presentation said that he heard quite a few students talking about how they thought civil engineering was worth looking into. I felt good about that, and the kids got out of class for an hour.
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I've done some outreaches to the local schools and I had a great time.
-The future's so bright I gotta wear shades!
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Maybe I'll have to see if there's anything I can do in my sons or the local high school or something.
The local community college was looking for someone to teach Lego robotics as part of their introduction to engineering classes. Now that would be fun, combine 2 of my greatest passions!
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If you call the local Boy Scout council and volunteer you will get a return call.
There are other merit badges that engineers can help with. Adult troop leaders welcome the relief.
http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/046.htm
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Our local branch of ASCE organizes annual E-week presentations to twenty local high schools, plus or minus, public and private, in neglected and well-off areas of the suburbs, but the students who are listening are not the only beneficiaries of the "enlightenment".
The local engineering university's civil engineering program benefits with an increase in enrollment. Ours is currently the largest undergaduate CE program in the USA educating over 1000 kids in the art of buildings and infrastructure. Believe me, the professors are not complaining for having to educate so many students. ASCE may rightfully take some credit for promoting the profession to the community.
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When I was a school aged child the school system did have people come talk to us about engineering. They stated at the end of their presentation they were setting up a mentoring program for students interested in engineering. I was excited until I was informed it was for only minority students. Why didn't they tell us that up front? I felt cheated! Don't get me wrong I have nothing against minorities or trying to advance their interest in a field of study. I'm married to one. But they made me feel like it wasn't worth their time to mentor me.
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