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Thank you: AAAEA-IL 22nd Annual Dinner a great success!
The Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects (AAAEA) of Illinois held its 22nd Annual Dinner with great success on Wednesday, October 3, 2018 at Drury Lane, Oak Brook. The event began with an hour of networking, followed by a welcoming message by the president of the association, Amro Kudssi, MSc. This year, 20 engineering students were awarded with AAAEA scholarships. The Service Award for 2018 went to the Chairman of the AAAEA Board of Trustees, Mr. Issam Rayyan. The dinner also featured two distinguished speakers, Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman, Executive Director, Illinois Tollway, and Omer Osman, Deputy Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). During the event, the guests watched an inspiring video by AAAEA titled "A Full Generation Has Passed By." AAAEA Illinois extends sincere thanks and appreciation to the event sponsors, guests, and volunteers who made marking our 22nd year of service a great success.
Watch a quick video recap of the event
See photos from the AAAEA-IL 22nd Annual Dinner
Watch our new documentary "A Full Generation Has Passed By"
Thank you for attending our 2018 Summer Picnics!
AAAEA-IL thanks our members, families, and friends for making our 2018 Summer Picnics at Ty Warner Park a great success! Our picnics offer the AAAEA-IL community an opportunity to come together while enjoying delicious food and fun for the entire family. Through our picnics, our community is able to meet, network, and grow. We appreciate you joining us and look forward to even more fun next year!
See photos from our 2018 Summer Picnics
Join us for our Summer Picnic on August 12!
Attend our Picnic at Ty Warner Park on June 24!
AAAEA/ASCE CI Technical Seminar, June 26
You are invited to attend the AAAEA-IL / ASCE Construction Institute Technical Seminar on Tuesday, June 26 at WSP in Chicago featuring networking, dinner, and a presentation by Joe Pecoraro of Skender Construction.
RSVP for the AAAEA/ASCE CI Technical Seminar!
With more than 12 years’ experience in Lean construction, Skender Project Executive Joe Pecoraro will present "Why Lean and How It Applies to Construction" - a comprehensive introduction to Lean methodology and its implementation based on his personal experience utilizing its practices in the construction industry. The learning objectives being presented include:
- What is Lean? The philosophy of eliminating waste.
- What does it mean to operate Lean in construction?
- How is Lean different in the design vs. construction phases of a project?
- What Lean tools are available to you? How and why they work in the jobsite vs. office across all industries.
- How does culture fit into Lean?
Date & Time: Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Social & Dinner from 5:30-6pm and Presentation from 6pm to 7pm.
Location: WSP, 30 N LaSalle St, Suite 4200, Chicago, Illinois
PDH: 1.0 PDH
Cost: General $30, Government $20, Students: $10. Register by Monday June 25th, 2018.
Biography
Joe Pecoraro is a project executive at Skender Construction, one of the nation’s 70 largest multifamily building contractors. He has 13 years of multi-unit residential construction experience, including numerous affordable housing and senior living projects. Joe is a recognized leader in Lean construction, working closely with developers to ensure the most efficient, value-optimized project delivery possible.
Apply for the 2018 AAAEA-IL Scholarship!
The 2018 AAAEA-IL Scholarship award is established by the AAAEA-IL and presented to Undergraduate and Graduate students in the areas of Engineering, Architecture, and Computer Science.
Depending on the availability of funds, the scholarships will be awarded annually in a determined amount. The names of the winners will be presented in October 2018 at the AAAEA Annual Event. The recipient will receive a certificate and check at the AAAEA Annual Event, and is required to accept this award in person.
The AAAEA-IL scholarship is available only to active student members who paid their 2018 membership dues ($10) to the AAAEA-IL and who are attending an accredited four (4) years college or university in the state of Illinois, or a resident of Illinois attending college elsewhere.
To check on your membership, log in to http://aaaea.org/il/wp-login.php and click on Pay/Renew my membership or contact membership chair at membership@aaaea.org.
Download and complete the 2018 AAAEA-IL Scholarship Requirements and Form
Application Deadline: All application materials are due to AAAEA-IL no later than 4:00 PM CST on September 21, 2018. Incomplete applications or late applications will automatically be discarded.
Applicants will be notified by email of the final decision.
Submission: E-mail (preferred) all application materials (complete package) as one file (PDF Format) to: scholarship@aaaea.org. Please include 2018 AAAEA-IL Scholarship Committee in the subject line.
OR
Mail all application materials (complete package) to: AAAEA, c/o 2018 AAAEA-IL Scholarship Committee, P. O. Box 1536, Chicago, IL 60690-1536
Join us for the AAAEA picnic on May 6!
- May 6 @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
- June 24 @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
- August 12 @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
- September 9 @ 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
AAAEA-IL Social Event a great success!
Dear AAAEA Community,
Thank you for making the AAAEA-IL Social Event on March 24 a great success!
Held at Chateau Del Mar in Hickory Hills, the event offered an opportunity for AAAEA-IL members to socialize, network, as well as play games, trivia, and win prizes during a raffle. Attendees enjoyed a wonderful Middle Eastern dinner, traditional dabke dancing, and a DJ. Our two emcees, Jameeleh Shelo and Ahmed AbdelAzizi, carried the evening with grace and brilliance.
As part of the program, we announced the launch of our Engineering Champion initiative which connects established engineers in the U.S. with newly arrived engineers from the Middle East with the goal of advising the newcomers on the U.S. engineering field so that they can successfully enter the job market. We encourage you to sign up to be an Engineering Champion by helping our newly arrived immigrants.
The Social Event also included a segment in which tens of prizes and gifts were awarded, with the biggest raffle prize of a 55” 4K TV going to AAAEA National President, Mr. Jamal Grainawi!
We thank the following sponsors for their continued support of AAAEA-IL: HBM Engineering Group, WSP, AES Services, Inc., Michael Baker International, Collins Engineers Inc., Concordia Group Ltd., Chicago Testing Laboratory, Inc., Delta Engineering Group LLC, DLZ Architecture Engineering and Planning, Dusable Design Engineering and Construction Management, Ecology and Environment Inc., GSG Consultants Inc., HDR, HNTB, Jacobs, Lakeshore Engineering LLC, Millenia Professional Services, Stantec, Terra Engineering Ltd., Terracon Consulting Engineers and Scientists, and V3.
We would love to hear your thoughts about the Social Event. Please take a few minutes to provide your feedback by completing this survey. You can also forward this email to others who attended the event.Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Sincerely,
The AAAEA-IL Board
See photos from our Social Event!
Sign up for Engineering Champion Mentorship Program
The AAAEA Engineering Champion program is a mentorship program. Created mainly to connect fresh junior engineers with more senior ones for career advices and career development. Also because of the need for professional engineers to help an increased influx of engineers immigrating to the United States from the Middle East. Some are newly graduated, but most have many years of overseas experience.
Engineering Champion mentors can help & guide mentees to enter the United States job market by educating them on the engineering job market in the United States and advising them on any necessary training, certificates, exams, and/or acquiring licenses.
With a network of over 1,000 engineers and hundreds of engineering firms, including the willingness of its members to help others, AAAEA is set to fill a critical void through the AAAEA Engineering Champion Program. Join us in this effort as a mentor by filling this for
Sign up to be an Engineering Champion Mentor!
If you are a mentee looking for a mentor