National Engineers Week Foundation

Programs: Future city competition -the national engineers week future city competition is an innovative design/build-learning program that guides middle school students to better understand the practical applications of mathematical and scientific principles. In fiscal year 2017, more than 40,000 middle school students in more than 1,500 schools from 40 regions and sub-regions across the u. S. Joined in what has become one of the nation's largest engineering education programs and one of the most successful educational outreach programs of any kind. Notably, 30,000 engineers volunteer for the competition and about 225,000 service hours are given annually to discovere programs. Future city invites students, working under the guidance of teachers and volunteer engineers, to build computer and three-dimensional scale models of cities of tomorrow. Students defend their designs before a panel of engineer judges and write an essay on a predetermined topic. Students begin work in the fall and participate in regional competitions in january. First place regional teams win a trip to washington, d. C. For national finals during national engineers week.

educational outreach -dissemination of information in schools (grades k-12) and other public venues, including information about careers in engineering and demonstrations by volunteer engineers of engineering tasks. Examples of outreach programs are: a) introduce a girl to engineering day program, which reaches an estimated one million k-12 girls; b) the discover engineering family day, during which organizations provide educational exhibits with hands-on activities promoting engineering; c) engineers week - an event to increase public dialogue about the need for engineers; d) global day of the engineer which brings together the international community to give students a chance to experience engineering and e) outreach partner for dream big, an imax film released during 2017 engineers week. Another example of outreach programs is the global marathon. The global marathon is a free, worldwide forum connecting and engaging women in engineering and technology. It has become the 'global town square' for women in engineering and technology with this year's marathon registering women from 70 countries. Run entirely by women volunteers, the marathon is the only profession-wide event linked to international women's day. While advances in technology have made it easier to host the global marathon, these same advances have made our mandate to network, share, and connect even more important.