Chattanooga Area E Week 2008 Activities
February 17-23, 2008
Annual Chattanooga Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Date: March 10-13, 2008
Location: Harrison Racquet Center, UTC Campus, Chattanooga
Description: Science Fair contest for students in grades 6-12
Need volunteers for judges, monitors, helpers
Entry Deadline: February 15, 2008
For details, visit www.chattanoogasciencefair.org
Contact Ginny Reese, Executive Director, at 423-425-4155
CSTCC high school tours
Contact Shirley Moore at (423) 697-2698
High school student groups may schedule tours to visit mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical technology classes and other locations of the campus.
Speaking Opportunities
Contact Lulu Copeland at lulu.copeland@chattanoogastate.edu
Volunteers needed to address speaker requests from elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and youth groups to visit classrooms, assemblies, and group meetings.
First Lego League
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) is an international program for children ages 9-14.
It combines a hands-on, interactive robotics program and a research presentation with a sports-like atmosphere.
Teams consist of up to 10 members and focus on such things as team building, problem solving, creativity, and analytical thinking.
Theme for last competition was POWER PUZZLE. How do our personal energy choices to heat our homes, fuel our cars, charge our cell phones, power our computers, or even download music to our iPods impact the environment, economy, and life around the globe?
Which resources should we use and why? Explore how energy production and consumption choices affect the planet and our quality of life today, tomorrow, and for future generations.
Can FIRST LEGO League teams find the ultimate solution to this global Power Puzzle?
Schedule
World Festival: April 2008, Atlanta
Chattanooga Area Team Information: Ed Chapin, 423-802-9376, echapin@mainte-net.com
“Recruiting Women Students to Engineering” by Dr. Cecelia Wigal
Joint Meeting of NAWBO (National Association of Women Business Owners) and SWE (Society of Women Engineer)
Luncheon: Thursday, January 17, 2008 (Sign in at 11:15 AM and lunch begins at 11:30 AM)
Location: Mountain City Club, 729 Chestnut St, Chattanooga, TN
Cost: $17.00
Register by Monday, January 14, 2008
Email Nesha_steele@bsbst.com or register online at www.chanawbo.org (payment required at time of registration)
Engineering Fun Day at the Creative Discovery Museum
Date: Saturday, Feb 2, 2008
12 noon to 4:00 p.m.
Lulu Copeland, Lulu.Copeland@chattanoogastate.edu
Activities for museum visitors:
Cup Tower, Egg Bunge, Hoop Glider, Steady Tray, and Hovercraft, and Spaghetti and Marshmallow Dome
Math Counts
Sponsored by Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE)
Date: Saturday, Feb 9, 2008, 9-1:30 (need volunteers about 8 am)
Location: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Engineering & Computer Science Bldg. Room EMCS 422
Description: MATHCOUNTS is the nationwide math coaching and competition program for 7th and 8th grade students. There are team and individual competitions.
Cost: School team registrationis $80; individual registration is $20
For details, visit www.tnspe.org/Mathcounts/mathcounts.htm
Contact: Jeff Parris, TSPE, (423)503-8766, jeffreyhparris@yahoo.com
Science Olympiad
Sponsored by Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Date: February 16, 2008
Location: Chattanooga State Technical Community College
For details, visit www.chattanoogastate.edu/science_olympiad/somain.asp
Contact Dave Stanislawski at 423-697-4442 x3119
E-Week Kick Off Luncheon
Co-sponsord by the Chattanooga Engineers Club, Chattanooga Technology Council, and other engineering societies
Date/Time: Monday, February 18, 2008, noon - 2:00 p.m.
Location: University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Benwood Auditorium
Fireside Chat: "Next Generation Engineering--The National Center”
by Dave Whitfield, PhD, UTC and Mike Pearson, Radiance Technologies
Cost: Single Ticket $15, Table of Eight $110
RSVP by February 10 to Kelley Evatt, kevatt@chatc.org, telephone: 423-209-6813
E-Week Highlight Banquet
Date/Time: Thursday, February 21, 2008, 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m.
Location: Bessie Smith Hall, 200 Martin Luther King Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37403
Master of Ceremonies: Mack McCarley
Keynote Topic: "Animating the Future"
by Karen Liu, Assistant Professor in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology
Cost: Single Ticket $30, Table of Eight $210
RSVP by February 13 to Judy Driggans at jdriggans@comcast.net, 423-751-7616
Award Nomination forms:
Engineer of the Year
Young Engineer of the Year
Technician of the Year
People to People
Nomination deadline: Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Link to
previous award winners
Contact Bryan Eldridge at 423-238-7111 ext. 23202(w) or 423-326-1699 (h)
or Wayne McCoy at 423-698-2661 (People to People Award)
Engineers Day on the Hill 2008 and Luncheon
Date: March 4, 2008
Tennessee General Assembly visit by Engineers to promote engineering interests
watch for updates at www.tnspe.org
Opportunities to Support Engineering and Chattanooga Area E-Week Activities
Tax Deductible Donations to Engineering Scholarships should be through checks payable to: Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga Inc., 1270 Market St. Chattanooga, TN 37402 with the fund name ENGINEERS CLUB SCHOLARSHIP FUND on the memo line of the check.
How to make a donation in support of local E-Week activities-- make checks payable to:
ENGINEERS WEEK
c/o Chattanooga Engineers Club
PO Box 4031
Chattanooga, TN 37405
E-Week Buttons for sale--$2 each. Proceeds are used to offset costs of local E-Week activities. Consider securing a block of buttons for your organization. Contact Judy Driggans at jgdriggans@tva.gov, 423-751-7616 for more information.
Sponsor a Table at the E-Week Kickoff Luncheon and/or the Celebration of E-Week Banquet. Consider adopting a school and sponsor the young adults as your guests at these events.
2008 E Week Reservation Form
Planning Meetings for Chattanooga area E-Week activities
5:15 p.m. at UTC Engineering, Math, and Computer Science Building, Room 426, between E. 5th and Vine Streets at Palmetto St.
(Oct. 9, 2007; Nov. 27, 2007; Dec. 11, 2007; Jan. 8, 2008)
General E-Week Contacts are:
Phil Kazemersky, Chair, at 423-425-4718, Phil-Kazemersky@utc.edu
Lulu Copeland at 423-697-3212, lulu.copeland@chattanoogastate.edu
Jeff Parris, TSPE, 423-503-8766, jeffreyhparris@yahoo.com