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From: IEEE E-Notice <owner-ieee-e-notice@bmsmail3.ieee.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Subject: IEEE Region 5 Volunteer Opportunity – Future City Competition
We are in earnest need of your help. Through volunteering, judging, or sponsorship of the 2010-2011 National Engineers Week Future City Competition, you and your colleagues can make all the difference. Middle-school students with a keen interest in engineering and those committed to helping them realize their dreams are now preparing for the Regional events (see links to FC regions below). All are in need of any assistance you can provide, no matter how great or small.
HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE:
There are a number of different ways for you and/or your organization to become involved in this year's Future City Competition.
• VOLUNTEER: Become a Judge. Interacting with the kids as they present their innovative ideas for the future. We need dozens of judges for a variety of deliverables, now through January. (need not be present to participate)
• VOLUNTEER: Help with coordinating. Help us working behind the scenes to make sure the Future City Competition is a success. All individuals, technical and non-technical are welcome.
• SPONSOR: Sponsor a special award. Your organization can provide a special award that promotes your particular interest and increases the opportunity for every student to be a winner.
• SPONSOR: Underwrite the program by becoming a general sponsor.
BACKGROUND:
The Future City Competition is the nation's largest not-for-profit engineering education program. Its purpose is to encourage students to pursue a technical career, to address important environmental issues in our world, and to realize their vision of a city of the future. The winner of our regional event will go on to compete in Washington, DC during National Engineers Week. All of it is possible only through the combined efforts of volunteers and sponsors.
The students are challenged in a series of fun, hands-on applications to present their unique set of solutions to the real-world problems of creating a livable city. To do so, they will adopt the principles of every branch of engineering to support their assertions. Each competing team is asked to first generate a computerized design of a future city, then build a scale model of that city using as many recycled materials as possible.
THIS YEAR'S CHALLENGE IS MEDICAL DEVICES AND SERVICES – the students must research and write a paper describing their design for a health care product that improves the quality of life for an ill/injured/disabled patient. Their designs will cover both virtual and on-site medical practices.
However you decide to help us, we thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact one of the leaders of the Regional competitions listed below:
North Texas, j.eason@ieee.org, www.dfwfuturecity.org
Central Texas, ctxfuturecity@gmail.com
Houston, z.taqvi@ieee.org, http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/galveston_bay/futurecity-houston/
Oklahoma, todd@okfuturecity.org, http://www.okfuturecity.org/
Colorado, gray23@us.ibm.com, http://www.futurecity-co.org/
Kansas, HowardL@ksdot.org
***PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION to your colleagues and encourage them to take advantage of this opportunity to help ensure the next generation of engineers and technical professionals.
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From: IEEE E-Notice <owner-ieee-e-notice@bmsmail3.ieee.org>
Date: Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Subject: IEEE Region 5 Volunteer Opportunity – Future City Competition
We are in earnest need of your help. Through volunteering, judging, or sponsorship of the 2010-2011 National Engineers Week Future City Competition, you and your colleagues can make all the difference. Middle-school students with a keen interest in engineering and those committed to helping them realize their dreams are now preparing for the Regional events (see links to FC regions below). All are in need of any assistance you can provide, no matter how great or small.
HOW YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE:
There are a number of different ways for you and/or your organization to become involved in this year's Future City Competition.
• VOLUNTEER: Become a Judge. Interacting with the kids as they present their innovative ideas for the future. We need dozens of judges for a variety of deliverables, now through January. (need not be present to participate)
• VOLUNTEER: Help with coordinating. Help us working behind the scenes to make sure the Future City Competition is a success. All individuals, technical and non-technical are welcome.
• SPONSOR: Sponsor a special award. Your organization can provide a special award that promotes your particular interest and increases the opportunity for every student to be a winner.
• SPONSOR: Underwrite the program by becoming a general sponsor.
BACKGROUND:
The Future City Competition is the nation's largest not-for-profit engineering education program. Its purpose is to encourage students to pursue a technical career, to address important environmental issues in our world, and to realize their vision of a city of the future. The winner of our regional event will go on to compete in Washington, DC during National Engineers Week. All of it is possible only through the combined efforts of volunteers and sponsors.
The students are challenged in a series of fun, hands-on applications to present their unique set of solutions to the real-world problems of creating a livable city. To do so, they will adopt the principles of every branch of engineering to support their assertions. Each competing team is asked to first generate a computerized design of a future city, then build a scale model of that city using as many recycled materials as possible.
THIS YEAR'S CHALLENGE IS MEDICAL DEVICES AND SERVICES – the students must research and write a paper describing their design for a health care product that improves the quality of life for an ill/injured/disabled patient. Their designs will cover both virtual and on-site medical practices.
However you decide to help us, we thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact one of the leaders of the Regional competitions listed below:
North Texas, j.eason@ieee.org, www.dfwfuturecity.org
Central Texas, ctxfuturecity@gmail.com
Houston, z.taqvi@ieee.org, http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/galveston_bay/futurecity-houston/
Oklahoma, todd@okfuturecity.org, http://www.okfuturecity.org/
Colorado, gray23@us.ibm.com, http://www.futurecity-co.org/
Kansas, HowardL@ksdot.org
***PLEASE FORWARD THIS INFORMATION to your colleagues and encourage them to take advantage of this opportunity to help ensure the next generation of engineers and technical professionals.
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You have received this mailing because you are a member of IEEE Region 5 <http://ewh.ieee.org/reg/5/>.
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