{"id":4122,"date":"2018-11-19T10:33:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaaea.org\/il\/?p=4122"},"modified":"2018-11-19T10:33:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T16:33:43","slug":"students-enter-our-engineers-week-essay-poster-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaaea.org\/il\/students-enter-our-engineers-week-essay-poster-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Students: Enter our Engineers Week Essay\/Poster Contest!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Engineers Week 2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2019 AAAEA Essay\/Poster Contest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Announcement and Rules<\/strong><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Essay\/Poster\u00a0Contest is sponsored\u00a0by AAAEA-IL and is open to\u00a0all students from the 3rd through 8th grades in Chicago and surrounding suburb schools.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the contest is to stimulate students to consider careers in engineering by fostering interest in engineering through research,\u00a0essay\u00a0writing, creating a\u00a0poster\u00a0and interacting with engineers.<\/p>\n

Students submit an essay and a poster about either one of the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) An engineer who made a contribution to society<\/strong>. The student should provide details of the contribution\/accomplishment of the engineer. The\u00a0essay\u00a0should explain who the engineer is and why the student selected him\/her. The\u00a0poster\u00a0should depict some aspects of the engineer and the engineer’s accomplishment.<\/p>\n

b) A major engineering project<\/strong>. The student should provide the details of the project.\u00a0 The\u00a0essay\u00a0should explain the major project and its benefit to society and why the student selected it. The\u00a0poster\u00a0should depict some aspects of the project and it\u2019s unique features.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/strong>
\n1. The students are divided into three groups: 3rd & 4th grade, 5th & 6th grade, and 7th & 8th grade.
\n2. There will be at least three first prize winners (one from each group).
\n3. Students may either enter individually or partner with another student from the same grade.
\n4. The selected engineer must have received an Engineering Degree<\/strong> from a university. Note that architectural degree, general science degree, etc. are not accepted.
\n5. The essay must be typed and between 250 to 500 words
\n6. Contestants should email the following three items:
\na) Poster: 1-slide in PowerPoint format. The slide should be neat, creative, with photos and text. Font size should be a minimum of 16 points. See attached suggested template for the poster.
\nb) Essay: in MSWord or .pdf format.
\nc) The Entry Form<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Submission Deadline is\u00a0February 8, 2019 by 5:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winners will be notified by February 15, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n

E-mail submissions to Jamal Grainawi, PE, SE Jgrainawi@AAAEA.org or Dr. Soliman Khudeira, PE, SE Soliman.Khudeira@iit.edu. You could also send questions to either email.<\/p>\n

The winning essay\/posters will be printed by AAAEA and displayed during the Washington Award Banquet<\/strong> and during DuPage Area E-Week Expo at IIT-Rice Campus on February 23, 2019<\/strong> (for more information, see www.dupageeweek.iit.edu)<\/p>\n

Prizes:<\/strong>
\nThe winners from each group will receive the following:
\n1) First prize for each group: $100
\n2) Second prize for each group: $50
\n3) The winner (accompanied by an adult) will be invited to attend the Washington Award Banquet on Friday, February 22, 2019 at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont
\n4) Engineering and\/or other book publishing companies normally give other tangible gifts to the winners at the Washington Award Banquet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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