What is an Engineer?
As an engineer, we all get asked - "What is an engineer?" or "What do engineers do?" The simple answer is that engineers design the built environment. But students, parents, and educators interested in engineering need more than that. A listing of websites that work to answer those questions is available here. This is just the beginning of the development of this resource; if you find websites you'd like added to this list, email them to Susan Best. A list of local Universities which offer engineering programs can be found here.
Newspapers in Education
A new program of the Engineers' Club is a supplement in the editions of the Philadelphia Inquirer, both paper and electronic, that are distributed to over 40,000 students and teachers in the region. We have been joined by 15 area engineering technical societies in sponsoring this supplement, called "Build Your Future with a Career in Engineering."
The first notice of this supplement was in the Arts & Entertainment Section of the February 19th Philadelphia Inquirer, with additional notices on Tuesdays between February 21 and April 10. These In Paper Features were generally in the magazine section and described different types of engineering and are posted below.
The supplement was in the Wednesday, April 25 edition of the papers delivered to the schools and in the Inquirer's digital edition available to the public. The supplement is available here.
February 19 - Change the World with a Career in Engineering! (Engineers' Club of Philadelphia)
February 21 - You could do Virtually Anything as an Engineer! (Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers, Philadelphia Chapter)
February 28 - Civil Engineering: Change the World Around You! (American Society of Civil Engineers, Philadelphia Section)
March 6 - Get in Gear as a Mechanical Engineer! (American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Philadelphia Section and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers, Philadelphia Section)
March 13 - Go Far with a Career in Transportation Engineering! (American Society of Highway Engineers, Delaware Valley Section; Institute of Transportation Engineers Mid-Atlantic Section; and Women's Transportation Seminar, Philadelphia Section)
March 20 - Dive into a Career in Marine or Naval Engineering! (American Society of Naval Engineers, Delaware Valley Section; Society of American Military Engineers, Philadelphia Post; and Society of Naval Architects & Marine Engineers, Philadelphia Section)
March 27 - Take Charge with a Career in Electrical Engineering or Automation! (Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Philadelphia Section and International Society for Automation, Philadelphia Section)
April 3 - The Sky is the Limit with a Career in Aerospace Engineering! (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Philadelphia Chapter)
April 10 - Here is a Dose of Pharmaceutical Engineering! (International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering, Delaware Valley Chapter)