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Steve SnellingIndustrial Engineer / Process Engineer
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Co.
&
Past PSEC President
National Engineers Week
and Related Activities
PSEC
&
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What Boeing does to promote Engineering
• Sponsors many activities related to National
Engineers Week at several U.S. plant sites
– Paper airplane building contests
– Simple classroom demos
– Display tables at open house events
– National Engineers Week is officially in Feb. , but some
related activities are held throughout the year
– Provides engineer speakers to local K-12 schools (near
several U.S. plant locations)
• Works with several University engineering
programs
• Sponsors many student Intern jobs for University
engineering students
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What Boeing does to promote Engineering
(continued)
• Encourages individual engineers to volunteer to
work with schools
• Offers individual engineers, professional societies
support
– Paying for annual dues & conferences
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What PSEC does to promote Engineering
• Puget Sound Engineering Council (PSEC)
– Made up of 20 Greater Seattle engineering societies,
including local IIE Chapter
– Society representatives to PSEC meet monthly
• Celebrates National Engineers Week with an
Awards Banquet in February
– Gives out 6 annual PSEC Awards from nominations from
member societies (Young Engineer, Industry Engineer,
Government Engineer, Academic Engineer, Professional
Engineer, & Engineering Educator)
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2009 PSEC Engineer-of-the-Year, Award Winners
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What PSEC does to promote Engineering
(continued)
• Holds an annual K-12 Engineers Fair with about 25
table displays
• Schedules Mentor Nights at several local
Engineering Universities & Community Colleges
• Provides engineer speakers for high school &
middle school Career Day events
• Provides Career Fair displays at high school events
• Provides information for school teachers, parents, &
students on our web site’s Education Section:http://pseconline.org
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IIE Booth at K-12 Engineers Fair
IIE’s corvette car assembly plant model shows a typical plant
layout, sub-assembly work, parts receiving & storage, and
product drawings & assembly instructions. Free Hot Wheel cars.
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PSEC Mentor Nights
Up to 75 working engineers from 20 different engineering
disciplines - talk to over 200 University of Washington students.
Free pizza & soft drinks.
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PSEC Career Fair - table display
PSEC’s general engineering display has small products & models that
represent 25 types of engineering. Free plastic mech. pencils.
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What PSEC’s member societies
do to promote Engineering
• Several of our member societies offer K-12
educational programs to schools:
– Popsicle Stick Bridge Building (Civil engineers)
– Future Cities Competition (Electrical engineers)
– A World in Motion (Automotive engineers)
– NASA classroom (Women engineers)
– Math Counts (Professional engineers)
• Several of our member groups support college
chapters of their engineering society
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2009 Popsicle Stick Bridge Building,
Seattle ASCE Competition
Some of the bridges being judged,
before destructive testing.
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2009 Future Cities,
Washington State - Regional Competition
One of the scale models of a future city, 7th & 8th graders.
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Part of the general engineering presentation
we take to local schools
• The next few slides shows a portion of a general
engineering presentation our PSEC volunteer
speakers take to local high schools and middle
schools
• This is usually to support a Career Day event,
organized by the schools themselves
• We have our speaker volunteers organized by
county – to minimize the driving distances (I’m
the current Coordinator for this activity)
• If a table display is required (for a Career Fair
event) – I usually bring a general engineering
display that I built a few years ago
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What engineers do
• Engineers in general are problem solvers
• Frequently, engineers design things that have
real world applications
• Engineers have designed many products and
structures that we use in our daily lives
• Engineers look for practical applications for
things scientists and others discover
• Main engineering fields are Mechanical,
Electrical, Civil, Aerospace, & Chemical
• Smaller specialties are Environmental, Ceramic,
Nuclear, Petroleum, Agricultural, & Industrial
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Aerospace Engineering
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Automotive Engineering
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Chemical Engineering
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Civil Engineering
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Electrical Engineering
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Industrial Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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Robotics Engineering
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Outlook for young people entering
the Engineering field
• Excellent job prospects with unlimited variety
of work, good pay & benefits
• Should enjoy math & science and have good
study skills
• In addition to education, it requires practical
experience
– Intern or Co-Op work during college is recommended
• Some specialty engineering fields may require
a Masters degree or Ph.D.
• Later - your educational degree, job
experience, and field of interest will determine
the type of engineering work you do
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Other items covered in our
high school presentations
• A list of all the types of engineering
• A brief discussion of those the students might
already be interested in (when they are asked)
• Specific background of the speaker
• How the speaker chose their type of engineering
• The speaker’s current job duties
• What a typical day is like for the speaker
• What the speaker likes & dislikes about their
current job
• Any general advice to students thinking about
studying engineering
• Leave 15 minutes for students’ questions
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Some ways for Engineering Societies
(like IIE) to connect with schools
• Utilize local activities like National Engineers Week
activities:
– Engineer Fairs, Corporate events, Mentor Nights, etc.
• Look for local professional groups you can partner
with (like other engineering societies)
• Find out if school districts (and individual schools)
are having Career Days & Career Fair events
• Offer to speak to local high schools & middle
schools (prepare a good PowerPoint presentation
that everyone can easily modify)
• Make a nice table display that will connect with
young students & try it out
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02/17/2011
Thanks
Steve SnellingIndustrial Engineer / Process Engineer
Boeing Commercial Airplanes Co.
&
Past PSEC President