CHICAGOLAND EWEEK - 2023
BACKGROUNDER???on???Chicagoland STEM events ??(2023)
?Please,??Please excuse?this?intrusion?into your?cyberspace but?might I interest in the following news?
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I’m using this BACKGROUNDER to introduce you to “some” of the local (Chicago area) STEM events.
Don't?know if the?information could?be of?interest?but?let me offer the following.??It?is a bit?lengthy?but?lots,?lots?of?information follows.??
Right now concerns over the CORONAVIRUS are waning.???The various Chicagoland eWEEK events are returning to ‘in-person’ programming rather than being conducted virtually (2021, 2022) or worse yet suspended.??
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 and 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 feel free to?share this information with your?associates/colleagues especially those with children-students.??
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30th Anniversary (31st Competition) - FUTURE CITY COMPETITION for 6th-8th grade students
Theme:???"CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE”?
The Future City - Chicago Regional Competition took place- January 21, 2023??
https://futurecity.org/future-city-regions/illinois/
For the 3rd year in a row a team of students from Wood Dale Jr. High came in 1st Place.??They now move on to the National Finals February 18-21 in Washington D.C.
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2019??VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtE4zkzsf8I
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2023 VIDEO
Wood Dale Junior High heading back to Future City finals - CBS Chicago
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/wood-dale-junior-high-future-city-finals/
For additional Information icluding webcast of the Finals :??
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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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January 31, 2023
IIT ANNUAL BRIDGE CONTEST
High School Physics design/test basswood bridges to destruction
High School Students design/test bridges to destruction!
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February 17, 2023
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, 2023
Engineering Focus 2023 Luncheon
Commissioner Gia Biagi, Department of Transportation,?City of Chicago
https://www.chicagoengineersfoundation.org/events/engineering-focus-e-week-luncheon/
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February 25, 2023??-??CAC - ‘Engineering Fest’?
Chicago Architecture Center hosts a program for 8-14 year olds
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February 25, 2023?
NORTHWESTERN -???Engineering Girls Day
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February 25, 2023
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
University of Illinois Chicago
https://wiep.uic.edu/k12/iged/
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February 25, 2023
NSBE eWEEK Program?
领英推荐
This program targets African-American youth
https://www.chicagonsbe.org/events/engineers-week-volunteers-2023
Tickets/RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2023-engineers-week-expo-tickets-523941141057?
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March 3, 2023
Annual Washington Award/eWEEK Dinner/Banquet?
Gwynne Shotwell,?COO/President of SpaceX to be honored
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ONE MORE THING????This is huge!
Forget NCAA 2023?March Madness??
March 10, 11, 2023
The Midwest Regional Finals in the?F.I.R.S.T. ?Robotics Competition??(FRC) at the University of Illinois (Chicago)
?ref:??https://frc-events.firstinspires.org/2023/ILCH
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Rescheduled to Spring
IIT STEM EXPO??
Professional Engineering Societies offer hands-on demonstrations to K-8th students + more??
2021 Past Presentations (Videos)
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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
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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
f.ACI?????www.concrete.org?
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I now have?a YouTube Channel:?
https://www.youtube.com/@engineerguyse
Check the demonstrations!??
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Science, Technology, Engineering & Math STEM??(video)
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REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS / Inspiring the Future Generation
https://www.iit.edu/student-experience/student-and-alumni-stories/inspiring-future-generation
Retired Museum Professional
1 年Great activities and opportunities for Chicago's STEM kids during Engineers Week!