Winter 2021

NSPE Today
Use Your Imagination

As Engineers Week 2021 approaches, organizers are looking for engineers with a little imagination.

Since the pandemic has forced many engineering outreach efforts to change tactics (see cover story), EWeek needs NSPE members who can help future engineers imagine tomorrow via a virtual setting.

Engineers Week 2021, with the theme “Imagining Tomorrow,” takes place February 21–27 and will emphasize virtual role models, distance learning, and diversity and belonging.

Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, or “Girl Day” (February 25) will focus on these themes and will also feature special editions of DiscoverE’s “Chats With Change Makers” series. During the chats, high school students will interview engineers and technicians who are working hard to make the world a better place.

To adapt to the pandemic, teams in this year’s Future City Competition will be allowed to work remotely and competitions will be virtual. The teams are competing under the theme “Living on the Moon.” Each will make a video presentation of their cities, present their models in a slideshow format, and field questions about their models and presentations in a live Q&A session.

Other DiscoverE and EWeek events include

• The Persist Series (formerly Global Marathon), in which speakers from around the world share their views on building staying power for women in engineering and technology; and
• World Engineering Day on March 4.

Interested in serving as a virtual volunteer mentor or judge? Contact Jake Williams at [email protected].