BACKGROUNDER: Chicagolandeweek Coming (update 2/24)
Please,??Please excuse?this?intrusion?into your?cyberspace but?might I interest in the following news???????????????????????????????????????????????????????
I’m using this BACKGROUNDER to introduce you to “some” of the local (Chicago area) STEM events.
?Don't?know if the?info?could?be of?interest?but?let me offer the following.??It?is a bit?lengthy?but?lots,?lots?of?information follows.??
Right now the CORONAVIRUS?is still?news?along with other political?issues.??Will we get back to reporting other?’key’ subjects???
Student architecture/engineering/construction programs are suspended?for the time being?but I look forward to their return.????In some cases these programs are going "Virtual"?(on-line).??????
In the absence of Chicago media reporting on?"ENGINEERS WEEK"?programs I am using my contacts to spread the word of these efforts as I have found Teachers, School Administrators, Parents & of course the students not aware of these activities!???
Even local engineering / architecture / construction professionals are not aware of some of these programs???ODD????
I wonder how many programs you are aware.???Please?share this information with your?associates/colleagues especially those with children-students.??
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Theme:???"DESIGNING A WASTE-FREE CITY?
Here’s a one-pager with this year’s theme, A Waste-Free Future City using principles of a circular economy: ?https://bit.ly/3gCHvPF
January 22, 2022
Future City - Chicago Regional Competition
However?because?of?COVID?concerns the competition was conducted virtually.??
Here's a list of?participating schools
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For additional Information:??
https://futurecity.org/region/chicago-regional-competition-day-information
?WOOD DALE repeats in the Chicago Future City
Here’s a TV interview:
https://tinyurl.com/2p8swpv6
Now it is on to the National Championship-March 23rd.??You can sign up to watch it!? https://tinyurl.com/4cmjasta
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Do you know any students???
AAAEA is hosting the Engineer Poster/Essay Competition
Chicago area 5th – 10th grade students to write essay/create poster on a famed engineer.
Details at:???https://aaaea.org/il/essay-poster-contest/
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February 8, 2022
IIT ANNUAL BRIDGE CONTEST
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February 18, 2022
INTRODUCE A GIRL TO ENGINEERING DAY????(IGED)
Argonne National Laboratory hosts a program for 8th grade girls
https://blogs.anl.gov/wist/activities/introduce-a-girl-to-engineering-day-iged/
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February 21-26, 2022
IIT STEM EXPO??
Conducted?Virtually ??@???www.iit.edu/stemexpo??????
2022 Presentations
Too bad the 'in-person" activities will not take place. Hopefully they will return next year and at other STEM EXPO's
In past years .... the LEGO SKYSCRAPER BUILD Activity. Can you build a Lego Skyscraper to survive a simulated earthquake?
February 22, 2022
Engineering Focus 2022 Luncheon
https://www.chicagoengineersfoundation.org/events/engineering-focus-2022-luncheon/
February 22, 23, 2022
Celebrate ENGINEERS WEEK?with National Society of Black Engineers -?Chicago
https://www.chicagonsbe.org/expo
February 25, 2022?????6:30 CST
Listen to the presentation of the WASHINGTON AWARD
In addition to the presentation of the Washington Award, ??dozens of pre-college students will be recognized for their success in regional STEM competitions.?
February 26,?2022??-??CAC - ‘Engineering Fest’? (Rescheduled to May 28th)
Chicago Architecture Center hosts a program for 8-14 year olds
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February 26, 2022??NORTHWESTERN -???Engineering Girls Day
Waiting for details
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February 26, 2022
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
University of Illinois Chicago
https://wiep.uic.edu/k12/iged/
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ONE MORE THING????This is huge!
?Forget NCAA?2021??March Madness??(??It?got?canceled?)?
Here's a great event...?
April 6-9, 2022
The Midwest Regional Finals in the ?F.I.R.S.T. ?Robotics Competition??(FRC) at the University of Illinois (Chicago)
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Here's what took place?@ the?last?in-person ?Competition?(2020) !
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You can watch the Finals Matches here!
?FINAL MATCH:??https://bit.ly/39GDvc6
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?SO.......?
?Were you aware of these?programs,?these?efforts??????
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We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology??(let me add ENGINEERING).?
??- Carl Sagan
?I strongly believe the future of America rests NOT with those athletic superstars or entertainment celebrities garnering headlines and idolized by today's youth but with those scientists, technologists and engineers charting the new information/robotics?age.?The future of America is not found on the basketball/tennis courts, soccer fields, football grid irons or baseball diamonds,??nor is it in the movie theaters?or the concert?halls of America??but in preparation of the next generation of architects,?scientists and engineers.???
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BOB??JOHNSON
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m.SEAOI????????www.seaoi.org
f.ASCE????www.isasce.org????Life Member:???www.asce.org
former?member to???www.cchrb.org
m.TBP?????www.tbp.org
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I now have?a YouTube Channel:?
Check the demonstrations!??
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Science, Technology, Engineering & Math STEM
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REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS
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