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Friday, February 24, 2012
6 pm - 9:30 pm
The Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice
University of San Diego Campus
National Engineers Week is the third week of February. It is observed by more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies. The purpose of National Engineers Week is to call attention to the contributions to society that engineers make. It is also a time for engineers to emphasize the importance of learning math, science, and technical skills.
The celebration of National Engineers Week was started in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers in conjunction with President George Washington's birthday. President Washington is considered as the nation's first engineer, notably for his survey work.
The National Engineers Week Foundation is a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce. This is done by increasing awareness and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. National Engineers Week (NEW) also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers' contributions to society. Although NEW is a nationwide event, each major county puts together their own E-Week and San Diego county does just that. The week in San Diego has many events with the culmination being the awards banquet which is sponsored by the San Diego County Engineering Council (SDCEC) and hosted on the beautiful campus of the University of San Diego (USD) at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice (KIPJ).
San Diego NEW 2012 contributing societies are:
| ASCE |
American Society of Civil Engineers |
| ASHRAE |
American Society of Heating and Refrigeration Engineers |
| ASM |
American Society of Metals |
| ASME |
American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| CSPE |
California Society of Professional Engineers |
| IEEE |
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| INCOSE |
International Council on Systems Engineering |
| NSBE |
National Society of Black Engineers |
| PESO |
Professional Engineers & Scientists Organization |
| SAME |
Society of Military Engineers |
| SAVE |
Society of Value Engineers |
| SEAOSD |
Stuctural Engineers Association of San Diego |
| SHPE |
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers |
| SME |
Society of Manufacturing Engineers |
| SWE |
Society of Women Engineers |
Each year one of the many professional engineering societies leads the committee to put on National Engineers Week. This year the general chair is the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the theme is based on the projected world population of 7,000,000,000: "7 billion people - 7 billion dreams. Engineers Make Dreams a Reality". This year’s San Diego National Engineers Week will have events such as Engineers Day at Grossmont Mall and MATHCOUNTS at UCSD to go along with the Awards Banquet.
The awards banquet will take place on Feb 24th at the University of San Diego (USD).
along with dinner, the night will include presenting awards to individual and organizations from the San Diego County region in the categories of:
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