Engineers Week, founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers, is a formal coalition of more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies. Dedicated to raising public awareness of engineers' positive contributions to quality of life, EWeek 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, EWeek reaches thousands of schools, businesses, and community groups across the U.S.
| Calendar of Events Engineers Week 2010 |
| February 14–20 |
| February 14–16 |
National Engineers Week Future City Competition Finals, Washington, D.C. National finals brings the top 39 teams to Washington to compete. |
| February 14 |
Future City judging of entries for special awards. |
| February 15 |
Future City preliminary judging of entries. |
| February 16 |
Final competition, announcement of champions and special awards. |
| February 17 |
Future City teams depart. |
| February 18 |
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day: Women engineers, with support from their male counterparts, directly mentor K–12 girls and young women with firsthand experiences in engineering. |
| February 18 |
Federal Engineer of the Year Award Banquet. Presented by NSPE. |
| February 20 |
Discover Engineering Family Day at the National Building Museum. Featuring Nate Ball, host of PBS's Design Squad, and more than 25 additional hands-on activity stations including Cyberchase, NASA, Udvar-Hazy, the Children's Museum, and Koshland Science Museum. |
| February 24–25 |
National Engineering Design Challenge final round. Washington, D.C. |
| February 27 |
Asian American Engineer of the Year Awards (PDF). Presented by Chinese Institute of Engineers—USA at ceremony in New Brunswick, NJ. |
| March 10–11 |
24-hour Global Marathon For, By and About Women in Engineering and Technology. Live web chats, telephone conversations, and webcasts about engineering will occur around the world. Topics range from encouraging young women to consider engineering. |
EWeek community outreach programs and K-12 DiscoverE classroom visits depend on grassroots organizations and local volunteers for success. How can you be part of EWeek?
Every Week is EWeek
Past NSPE President Kathryn Gray, P.E., F.NSPE, calls for the engineering community to boost outreach efforts to encourage young people to learn more about the profession. >>
