UDC Engineers Week 2010

February 19, 9am - 5pm
Building 41, Auditorium 03

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The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences will host a week of special events to inspire current and future engineers at UDC. On campus events will include a visit to the Center of Excellence for Renewable Energy, IEEE Student Brunch Session, an IEEE Washington DC Comsoc Event, lab visits, several student and projects presentations, and Best paper (project) award. Breakfast and lunch will be served to all attendees on February 19 in Room 41/A-03.

The National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science. Engineers Week also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers' contributions to society. Founded in 1951 by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), it is among the oldest of America's professional outreach efforts.

For more information about Engineering Week at UDC, contact Dr. Paul Cotae on 202.274.6290 or at pcotae@udc.edu . If your club or organization would like to get involved with Engineering Week, please send an email to the Engineering Week Chair Dr. Paul Cotae at pcotae@udc.edu.

The invited speaker for this event is Dr. Frederica Darema, Felow IEEE, NSF Director. Dr. Darema is the Senior Science Analyst in the Office of the Assistant Director of the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate at NSF. The title of the presentation is "The Science in Engineering and the Engineering in Science" and a short abstrat: Through science and engineering advances we can peer into the insides of protons in the nucleus, and the insides of our planet, and to the outer galaxies in the universe, and moreover science and engineering have created the myriads of technological capabilities around us and in our every-day lives; we can connect with people and places all over the globe and we have gone to space, we are benefiting from advanced medical diagnosis and treatment capabilities, we have reduced but not eliminated hunger and poverty.