DiscoverE 2014 Engineers Week is February 16–22

Let’s make a difference.

Most Americans, kids and adults, do not know what engineering is or what engineers do. They don’t know that engineering is a collaborative, creative process that makes a difference in all of our lives—from advances in life-saving medicines to more-productive crop yields to clean drinking water. The DiscoverE Engineers Week, which is being held February 16–22, is a time to make a difference by celebrating engineering accomplishments and sharing knowledge, experiences, and enthusiasm. It is a time to turn comments like “I didn’t know that” into exclamations of “I want to do that!”

Below are some ways that NCEES is participating in this national celebration and promoting both the engineering and surveying professions.

  • NCEES is again the primary sponsor of New Faces of Engineering—College Edition. This national initiative recognizes the best and brightest 3rd-, 4th-, and 5th-year engineering students, whose academic successes and experiences in the engineering field have positioned them to start making an impact.
  • NCEES is sponsoring the Future City Best Land Surveying Practices special award at the regional and national levels. This award recognizes the design that employs the best land surveying practices, taking into consideration the high standards used by surveyors to protect the public’s health, safety, and welfare. NCEES has sponsored this award at the national Future City competition for 10 years, and this is its second year offering it at the regional level. By expanding into the regional competitions, NCEES introduced 2,200 teams to the surveying profession in 2013. That’s a total of 35,000 middle-school students and 2,200 middle-school teachers.

To take part in DiscoverE Engineers Week and other outreach initiatives throughout the year, go to discovere.org and read about the many programs available. NCEES and professional engineers have an important role to play in increasing awareness of the many ways that engineers and surveyors protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public every day.