Rain or shine, we WILL BE meeting tonight (Tuesday March 9) at the slab foundation at 3374 N. Jackson Ct at 5:30.
If you can’t make it then, meet us at Connie’s Mexico Cafe, 2227 N. Broadway around 7pm.
Habitat for Humanity Tour
March 1st, 2010 by Angela SchroederJoin us for an informational tour of a Habitat for Humanity community.
5:30 pm: Construction Talk: We will meet at 3370 N. Jackson Ct. (empty lot that will have a slab foundation poured). The lot is just east of the yellow house at 3374 N. Jackson Ct. WHFH’s construction director, Richard, will lead the presentation on construction, Energy Star certification and components, and how they build a house in 20 days with mostly volunteer labor.
6:00 pm: House Tour: We will move to 3311 N. Jackson Street for a tour of a completed and occupied WHFH 3-bedroom house. The young woman homeowner is excited to host the tour. While in her house we’ll talk about how families are selected, the training they go through, their commitment to complete sweat equity, and the homeowner will talk about what homeownership means for her family
Dinner will follow at Connie’s Mexico Cafe, 2227 N. Broadway
Directions: Broadway to 33rd Street North, go west on 33rd to Jackson (Jackson is 1 block east of Arkansas Street).
Parking: There is a large parking lot on the north side of 33rd and Jackson. Often volunteers park there and walk across 33rd to the Village. Members are also welcome to park along Jackson Street and Jackson Ct. as they wish.
Video from Engineering Expo
February 21st, 2010 by Kim BurtonThis year’s Engineering Expo was a huge success! Held at WSU, over 250 kids spent the morning learning about engineering and science with fun hands-on activities. New booths this year featured Ergonomics using a Wii, NDI testing, and testing material strength by flipping a ping pong ball with a strip of structural material.
Here’s a youtube video full of images we took during the morning:
Wanted: Wine corks
February 16th, 2010 by Angela SchroederThe 2010 Holiday Tree theme has been decided on and the Tree committee would like your help collecting supplies. The tree will have a wine theme and we need corks (real or synthetic) for making some of the ornaments. Please save your corks throughout the year and we will collect them later this year.
National Lab Day
February 16th, 2010 by Angela SchroederHave you heard about National Lab Day? More than 700 NSTA members have already signed up for it.
It’s a nationwide movement to bring together stakeholders in communities of support where science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) professionals and teachers work together to provide more science experiences to students.
President Obama announced National Lab Day in November as part of the Administration’s Educate to Innovate campaign. More than 6.5 million professionals from 200 STEM organizations are being asked to join NLD, which is tentatively set for May 2010.
Science educators will be critical to the success of National Lab Day. NLD projects are teacher-driven. At the NLD website, teachers will be partnered with outside experts to assess current labs, update or refurbish lab equipment, conduct equipment and materials inventory, or clean and repair equipment. Or teachers can elect to have STEM professionals work with them to:
- Implement hands-on projects,
- Start a fund-raising effort to buy needed supplies,
- Help with science fairs,
- Mentor a student,
- Coordinate and host field trips,
- Provide internship opportunities,
- Donate materials, and
- Assist with lesson plans.
Find out more about NLD at http://www.nationallabday.org/
Archives Survey
January 18th, 2010 by Angela SchroederThe following survey is for a SWE 60th Anniversary Archives Project. The researchers are asking why women and men have joined SWE over the last 60 years. Why did you join SWE? Please take 5 minutes to complete the attached survey and return it.
Return to Jane Daniels by attaching it to an email & sending it to jdaniels@hluce.org
Judges Wanted for Shocker Mindstorms
January 18th, 2010 by Angela SchroederWe need SWE professional members as judges of the SWE course at the annual Shocker Mindstorms event. This challenge is for middle school students and is sponsored by the WSU College of Engineering and the College of Education, WSU Mindstorms
The dates are:
- Trial Day: February 20, 2010, 10am to 2pm, Heskett Center
(Judges need stay only 1-2 hours) - MINDSTORMS Challenge: March 6, 2010, 9am to 4pm, Heskett Center
(Judges needed for all day)
This is a fun event that gives you an opportunity for seeing these young minds at work. We need at least 2 judges who can commit to both days. Judges attend a general briefing on trial day and then become familiar with their course. On challenge day, we keep order when runs are made and judge the actual attempts. The WSU SWE students will be there to oversee the course, we just have to judge.
Please contact Barbara Davis at barbara.davis@swe.org, if you are interested, or if you have any questions.
Call for Nominations – 2010 Society of Women Engineers Individual Awards
January 18th, 2010 by Angela SchroederSWE National has announced the 2010 Individual awards. The awards are listed in the table below with basic requirements. If you would like to nominate someone, including yourself, send the name to Cassiana Schroeder by January 31. The award applications are due March 31 and are very thorough. Therefore we need to start working on any applications soon. More information can be found at Individual Awards
| Award | Notes | Years of Experience* (as of 12/31/2009) | Current SWE Membership Required? | |
| Minimum | Maximum | |||
| Achievement | Engineering degree | 6 | - | no |
| Engineering related degree in science | 8 | - | ||
| Upward Mobility | Engineering Experience | 11 | - | no |
| Resnik Challenger Medal | Experience in Space Related Field | 10 | - | no |
| Rodney D. Chipp Memorial | Man or company supportive of women engineers or students | na | na | no |
| Distinguished Engineering Educator | Engineering or engineering-related degree | na | na | yes |
| Full time or emeritus faculty member in school of engineering or technology | 10 | - | ||
| Distinguished New Engineer | Active SWE member in good standing | na | na | yes |
| Engineering or science related degree | - | 10 | ||
| Fellow Grade | SWE member | 20 | - | yes |
| (or Senior member) | (10) | - | ||
| Distinguished Service | Continuous SWE service | 20 | - | yes |
| Has been active in SWE | - | - | ||
| Entrepreneur | Owns (or founded public) business | 5 | - | yes |
| <50% Equity in her business (unless publicly owned) | - | - | ||
| Work Life Balance | Established landmark program for her organization to improve ability of women engineers and others to balance work and family responsibilities | na | na | yes |
| Engineering Leader (8 Different Categories) | Total Experience | 10 | 15 | yes |
| Currently employed in one of the following categories: | na | na | ||
| -Academia | 3 | - | ||
| -Manufacturing and Construction | 3 | - | ||
| -Procurement/Logistics | 3 | - | ||
| -Product Research, Design, & Engineering | 3 | - | ||
| -Quality | 3 | - | ||
| -Safety, Health, & Environment | 3 | - | ||
| -Sales & Marketing | 3 | - | ||
| -Systems Engineering | 3 | - | ||
| *Advanced Engineering Degrees count toward 1 year of experience | ||||
WCES Banquet
January 12th, 2010 by Angela SchroederThe Wichita Council of Engineering Societies (WCES) is hosting its Annual Engineers Week Banquet.
When: Thursday February 18, 2010
5:30 pm Social and Engineering Mini-Fair
6:30 pm Buffet Dinner
7:30 pm Program with speaker Jason Opat, Founder and CEO of Integrated Media Group (IMG)
Where: Beech Activity Center, Hawker Beechcraft Facility, 9710 E. Central
Cost: $30 per person. For tickets contact SWE’s WCES Representative Catherine Rocky at cjrocky@terracon.com