What is EWeek?
Engineers Week is a formal coalition of more than 75 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies, founded in the United States in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers. Dedicated to raising public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to quality of life, Engineers Week 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 vigorous engineering workforce. Each year Engineers Week reaches thousands of schools, businesses, and community groups across the United States. For more information on Engineers Week programs visit www.eweek.org.
National Engineers Week 2008
The Chinese Institute of Engineers-USA and IBM are Co-chairs of Engineers Week 2008.
The new Engineer Volunteer Kit is available online or you may order a kit from the website. You can also download the Engineers Week 2008 poster and logo for use in your outreach materials.
PowerUp the Game: On Saturday, February 16, 2008 IBM will launch a new 3D virtual world game called PowerUp. Visitors to this 3D world will Power the Planet to generate clean energy and race to save the planet from ecological disaster. Key themes of the game will be energy, engineering, and diversity. There will also be classroom lesson plans associated with the energy transformation topics that can be used in the classroom and an interactive module on the value of 3D technologies for learning. Check the National Engineers Week Foundation website for updated information.