2/11/2008 IEEE Press Release:

As part of this year’s official Engineers Week events, IEEE-USA is holding its first online engineering video competition on “ How Engineers Make a World of Difference ”. Undergraduate students wereasked to develop videos for YouTube that will make engineering “cool and meaningful” to 11- to 13-year-olds. Seven scholarships totaling US $10 000 will be handed out for those entries that best reinforce engineers’ contributions to the quality of life.

On Monday, 18 February, the U.S. version of the popular television program Jeopardy! will feature a category devoted entirely to Design Squad – the reality television show funded by IEEE and other groups – as part of its Teen Tournament Week. Footage from Design Squad’s first season will be used to test contestants' knowledge of basic engineering concepts through a series of questions co-developed by Design Squad and Jeopardy! producers.

Other EWeek activities supported by IEEE-USA include:

• EWeek Future City Competition – which in the past has included submissions from schools in Egypt, India, Japan and Sweden as well as the U.S. IEEE-USA is sponsoring the essay component of this event.
  
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• Global Marathon For, By, and About Women in Engineering.” Held in March, the 24-hour global marathon will incorporate live Internet chats, telephone conversations, and Webcasts. In the past, the marathon has featured presentations from as many as 11 countries, including Egypt and Poland.
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• Discovering Engineering Family Day in Washington, D.C.

For the complete press release go to: http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/briefs.html#eweek