|
Click here for more information on the Fall 2010 Meeting in El Paso
Future City Competition®
What is the National Engineers Week Future City Competition® and how can YOU participate?
 The mission of the National Engineers Week Future City Competition® is to provide a fun and exciting educational engineering program that combines a stimulating engineering challenge with a "hands-on" application to present the student’s vision of their city. Starting this fall, an expected 33,000 6th – 8th graders from 1,100 schools across the country will participate in the National Engineers Week Foundation’s 2010-2011 Future City Competition®. These students will be asked to serve as engineering leaders for a virtual city which supports and sustains the demands of citizen’s daily needs. Students could find this task daunting without the assistance and guidance from their teachers and engineering mentors. Each mentor is critical to a Future City team as they bring forth professional knowledge, real-world experience, project management skills, and most importantly their own passion for the field of engineering.
The Texas Section-ASCE recognizes the value of a mentor to the minds of our engineers of tomorrow. In support of the 2010-2011 Future City Competition®, the Texas Section-ASCE will be hosting a Future City Mentors' Team. Across the state mentors can work together through collborative virtual workshops and forums, sharing ideas on how best to engage students throughout the competition, how to be a strong mentor and much more. If you are interested in being a part of the mentors team you may contact the team leader Martin Pflanz, at 254-634-5811, or click here for more details as they become available.
For more details about the Future City Competition® itself, please go to www.futurecity.org.
Members: Take a Brief Jobs Survey!
The Section office is hearing more and more statements about Texas engineers being laid off or having their hours reduced. A job loss can be devastating, and the Section would like a better understanding of the magnitude of job losses among its members. This better understanding could lead to Section activities that address this issue.
 We would like to hear from all members, not just those experiencing (or worried about experiencing) a job loss. Please take a few minutes to take this three question survey. We also invite you to send your personal comment, story, or suggestions about how we can help to office@texasce.org.
James H. Brace Bequest
On October 17, 1957, the ASCE Board of Direction accepted a bequest by James H. Brace, M.ASCE, the proceeds of which are available, in nominal sums, to “unemployed and needy engineers” for payment of their ASCE membership dues.
Any unemployed, underemployed or needy engineer should contact ASCE to request a Brace Fund application. If you would like to make a tax-free, charitable donation to the Brace Fund to support engineers who are unemployed or in need, please mail your contribution to: ASCE-Accounting, PO Box 79162, Baltimore, MD 21279-0162. Include “Brace Fund Bequest” in the check memo line and make the check payable to ASCE. You may also call 800-548-2723 to make a contribution.
Become a Sponsor or Advertise with the Texas Section
Get your company's name noticed by becoming a sponsor of the Texas Section! Or advertise your services or employment oportunities on this website or in the Texas Civil Engineer magazine. Learn more about these opportunities here.
|
