Engineers Week in US and Year of Engineering in UK
Engineers Week in the USA
Founded by NSPE in 1951, EWeek is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers. #eweek2018
Today, EWeek 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.
On February 20 is the Future City organization's finals for 6th, 7th and 8th graders.
February 22 is "Introduce a Girl to Engineering" day. Inspire a girl's future @SWEtalk
For more information, go to www.discovere.org/our-programs/engineers-week
2018 is UK Year of the Engineer
Hydrocarbon Processing covered the launch of this UK government program this on February 6 in an eNews post
For more information, go to their website https://www.yearofengineering.gov.uk/
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