As Engineers we owe it to our profession to do everything we can to promote engineering as a profession whenever we have a chance. This involvement can take many different shapes. CSIA would like you as our member organizations to get your companies involved in promoting our profession to local students. Currently Bob Lowe, our Executive Director and Joe Martin, our Membership Relationship Committee Chairman both are actively working with Automation Federation. Among other objectives, this organization is actively promoting Automation as a career. Many System Integrators are already active in programs similar to this. You may be active in your local Professional Engineering organizations and be participating in Engineer for a Day programs during Engineers’ week. In these programs high school students visit engineering oriented companies to get a feel for what goes on there. You can make a commitment by speaking on Career day at an elementary or high school, offer to be a Science fair judge, be an advisor to any type of science or math club similar to First Robotics. Get involved in your local college or university. Many Engineering programs have an Industry Council that they engage during re-certification of their engineering curriculum.
http://www.wgte.org/engineer/eyc.asp is a program established here in Toledo
http://www.edu-core.org/wgte/eyc/flv/flv_popup.asp?flv=Computer_Web.flv The acting did not make the Golden Globes but was designed to appeal to high school students. Definitely not my best side...
Please share what you are doing to promote engineering?
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Steve