Celebrate Engineers Week!

Alexandria, Va. — Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) in 1951, Engineers Week (EWeek), Feb. 17-23, 2019, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers.

According to the NSPE website, EWeek today “is a formal coalition of more than 70 engineering, education, and cultural societies, and more than 50 corporations and government agencies. Dedicated to raising public awareness of engineers’ positive contributions to quality of life, EWeek promotes recognition among parents, teachers, and students of the importance of a technical education and a high level of math, science, and technology literacy, and motivates youth, to pursue engineering careers in order to provide a diverse and vigorous engineering workforce. Each year, EWeek reaches thousands of schools, businesses, and community groups across the U.S.”

According to DiscoverE (www.discovere.org; formerly the National Engineers Week Foundation), Engineers Week is a time to:

• Celebrate how engineers make a difference in our world
• Increase public dialogue about the need for engineers
• Bring engineering to life for kids, educators, and parents