The Central Texas Discover Engineering Committee's mission is to encourage school children in central Texas to pursue technology careers by providing role models from the local engineering community. Diverse groups of engineers provide hands on experiments that demonstrate teamwork and logical processes while discussing their jobs and the reasons they chose engineering.
Volunteers
Register HERE to volunteer! Visit our Volunteer page and Volunteer FAQ to find out more about the volunteer process. |
Educators
Register HERE for a school visit! School visits begin in mid-February, 2010 and continue through the end of the school year. Visit the Educators page for more information. |
Join the Central Texas Discover Engineering Organization in its mission to encourage school children to pursue technology careers by introducing role models from the local engineering community. We are looking for a diverse group of engineers to visit classrooms and lead hands-on activities that demonstrate teamwork and logical processes while discussing their jobs and their enthusiasm for engineering. Come learn about our volunteer opportunities and how you can join in sharing the world of engineering with local students, elementary through high school.
Our goal is to excite kids about the possibilities of careers in technology. We encourage our team members to talk about why they chose their careers, what they liked to do as children that led them to their careers as adults or what helped to prepare them for technology careers is also a good topic. We encourage our teams to talk about the variety of engineering careers and the need to take math and science courses to prepare for the future. Many of our activities involve working as teams, which is common in the engineering profession. They also involve solving problems, which is essential to success in many fields.Donations
We are one of more than 700 charitable organizations whose funds are managed by the Austin Community Foundation. To contribute to our cause, please go to the MAKE A DONATION page on the Austin Community Foundation web site. Select the "Other Fund" category and then enter Central Texas Engineers Week in the Subcategory box, fill in the donation amount and then proceed to part two of the process. For corporate gifts, please contact us at texeweek@us.ibm.com.
Last Updated November 8, 2009.
