ASCE Members Make Engineers Week 2020 Special

Every year in February, Engineers Week recognizes the amazing contributions made by engineers around the world.

It’s a great chance for ASCE members to take a step back, take stock of their work and then take a bow.

The funny thing about ASCE members, though, is that Engineers Week – the week set aside to honor them – often finds them working harder than ever, doing things for others, hosting outreach events, giving back to the community.

Never taking, always giving.

Here are some highlights from Engineers Week 2020:

Congratulations to The Ellis School from the Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Region for winning #ASCE‘s award for Most Innovative Design of Infrastructure Systems! And congrats to the #FutureCity2020 overall winner, Norwell Middle School from Indiana. pic.twitter.com/nYiAoGx2EM

— ASCE Headquarters (@ASCETweets) February 18, 2020

Happy #EWeek2020! I’m proud to be a part of the civil engineering community that is building a better quality of life across the street and around the world through leadership and design! #ASCEmademe pic.twitter.com/MubUYKeZxu

— Jonathan Brower (@jbrow7) February 18, 2020

In celebration of #GirlDay2020 tomorrow, our Chief Strategy & Communications Officer Marietta Hannigan & Geotechnical Engineer & #DreamBigFilm Star @mnzdr are sharing their inspirational stories w/ 150+ middle school girls in LA. Discover more: https://t.co/OLWDzoJj67 #eweek2020 pic.twitter.com/TuOERoN5Dj

— Jacobs (@JacobsConnects) February 19, 2020

First prize, sponsored by @BentleySystems, goes to Indiana. Congratulations ! #FutureCity2020 pic.twitter.com/8JmdQTQWF6

— DiscoverE (@DiscoverEorg) February 18, 2020

 

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Earlier today, some of our members volunteered at the Buffalo Museum of Science and displayed marshmallow towers as a kickoff to National Engineers Week!

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First Engineer Judging experience with #FutureCity2020 ?‍♀️ A very heartwarming experience as I was in those students shoes as a former science fairs geek ? What a way to celebrate #EngineersWeek #EWeek2020 Joined as a part of @ASCETweets Precollege outreach ?? #Blessed pic.twitter.com/BeKjmqQNKR

— Halala ✨ (@HalaAbdo123) February 18, 2020

It’s Engineers Week! Today, thank a “Structural Engineer”, experts using mechanics, math & materials science to design structures to resist wind, waves & earthquakes, protecting the health, safety & welfare of the public. @DiscoverEorg @NSPE #EWeek2020 @ASCETweets @clarknexsen pic.twitter.com/0CkEAfJ9kS

— Chris Stone, PE, F.NSPE, F.ASCE, LEED AP (@vabeachengineer) February 18, 2020

 

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What a better way to kick off E-week than with @myimpression5 Engineering Day! We had a great time introducing kids to civil engineering with a distributed load activity. They liked it so much we won 3rd place! Good luck with career fairs and Expo this week everyone!

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Yesterday, a very softly spoken adorable female middle school student said “I want to be an engineer to design new medical devices that help people with tumors.”⁣ ⁣ Wow.⁣ ⁣ With each event these young minds surprise me, amaze me and remind me that showing each and every one of them that they are capable of anything is the most important mission we can have. Each of them bring different backgrounds, experiences, and motivations that will drive them towards changing the world.⁣ ⁣ Thank you to yesterday’s volunteers @ani_sark, @aquaneer, our amazing chair @meghrie_d and many others for helping make this event happen. I hope we continue to inspire the next generation as much as they inspire us ?

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Earthquake structure activity at @ASCETweets Los Angeles, California! #EWeek2020 #GirlDay2020 pic.twitter.com/hAM03s9w3b

— Jacobs (@JacobsConnects) February 20, 2020

 

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Celebrating #GirlDay2020 with a #tbt from a recent @ascephillyymf Outreach event. By volunteering, I teach kids about engineering and how awesome my job is, while also showing young women to not let being a minority in the #STEM fields deter them from pursuing their dreams! #engineersweek2020 #eweek2020 #youngwomenpersist #pioneerofprogress

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Having a great time during #EngineersWeek2020 watching Dream Big and teaching 2nd graders about building structures. ?️?‍♀️??‍♂️

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To kickoff National Engineers Week, @SAISDLanierEI students are attending the Engineer-for-a-Day Program where they will shadow an engineer from #JacobsEngineering! Shout out to the engineers taking time to explain what they do!??#EWeek2020 @SAISD #TSPE @ASCETweets pic.twitter.com/P4sdUSs0N9

— SAISD CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (@SAISDCTE) February 18, 2020

 

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Happy Engineers Week! We started off Engineers Week 2020 on Tuesday with Elementary School Day hosted at the Los Angeles City Hall for over 150 elementary school students where they were able to sit in on a City Council Meeting, test their engineered egg drop devices and engineer their own earthquake-proof gum drop structures! Thanks to Elementary School Day Lead, Joan Hsu, for organizing such a fun event that will inspire little ones to become engineers when they grow up! Thank you to all our volunteers who helped out today! Thank you to Council District 2 and Councilmember Paul Krekorian for the special shout out at the Council Meeting for all the Engineers Week participants!

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