WASHINGTON (11 October 2007)
—
IEEE-USA is launching an online engineering
video competition for undergraduate engineering
students on "How Engineers Make a World of
Difference," and will award seven scholarship
prizes totaling $10,000 to the undergraduate
students who create the most effective 90-second
video clips aimed at an 11-to-13-year-old
student audience. The clips should reinforce
engineers' contributions to the quality of life
and help debunk engineering stereotypes. In
addition to the scholarship prizes, winning
entries will be shown during National Engineers
Week 2008 and displayed on IEEE.tv and
SPECTRUM Online.
The
competition is open to all U.S. undergraduate
students in engineering. Entries can be provided
by individuals or teams
—
with at least one undergraduate participant who
is an IEEE Student Member. More than one video
entry is allowed. Entries must be submitted
through YouTube by midnight Eastern Time on
Friday, 18 January 2008. The competition will be
judged by two engineering graduate students and
Nate Ball, engineer-host for PBS' Design
Squad.
For
more information on how to enter the IEEE-USA
Online Engineering Video Scholarship
Competition, and upload an entry on YouTube, go
to
www.ieeeusa.org/communications/video_competition/
IEEE-USA has been actively involved in promoting
public awareness of engineers and engineering
since 1981. Working in tandem with its sister
organizations, IEEE-USA has helped to foster and
maintain a positive image of engineers and
engineering through a variety of programs aimed
at specific audiences using targeted media.
For
more information on IEEE-USA's public-awareness
program, see
www.ieeeusa.org/communications/
IEEE-USA advances the public good and promotes
the careers and public-policy interests of more
than 215,000 engineers, scientists and allied
professionals who are U.S. members of the IEEE.
IEEE-USA is part of the IEEE, the world's
largest technical professional society with
370,000 members in 160 countries. See
www.ieeeusa.org.
CONTACT: Pender M. McCarter
IEEE-USA Senior PR Counselor
Phone: +1 202 530 8353
E-Mail:
p.mccarter@ieee.org
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