Engineering Career Expo for High School Students

We are excited to be volunteering on the committee that is organizing the 8th Annual Lower Hudson Valley Engineering Expo.  This expo is designed to show high school students what a career in engineering can be.


To that end, we are reaching out to corporations, engineering firms, government organizations, engineering societies as well as college and universities so students can find out:


1- What is an engineer?
2- What do engineers do?
3- What kind of job opportunities are available to engineers?
4- How can these kids "get there"?


Last year this event hosted 1,500 students and 35 colleges/universities.


Our special guest speaker is Marshall Brain - Founder of "How Things Work" a program on Discovery Networks.


8th Annual Engineering Expo Details:
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2011
Where: White Plains High School, White Plains, NY
Time: 11AM - 4PM


If you can help support us by sponsoring a booth, please let us know.
If you know a student that would benefit by attending, please let them know.
Attendance is FREE.  


Registration opportunities and full details are on our website: www.BeAnEngineer.Org


It is going to be a GREAT day for the kids!!!
Hope to see you there.

Engineering Expo for HS Kids - Sunday, April 3, 2011 - White Plains HS

We are excited to be volunteering to help pull together the 8th annual engineering expo designed to show middle and high school kids what engineering is.  Kids will have the opportunity to speak with engineers, find out about the diverse career paths available through engineering and how they can "get there".  The expo is scheduled for Sunday, April 3rd at White Plains High School.


Many local engineering firms, businesses, government agencies will be represented at the expo.  Additionally, a number of colleges and universities will be on hand to discuss their engineering programs as well as college finances.  (Last year we had about 1500 students attend and 35 college programs were represented)


Attendance is free.


The special guest at the expo will be Marshall Brain, Founder of "How Stuff Works" a program on The Discovery Channel.


If you are a company and can help sponsor the event, if you are a college/university and you can exhibit at our event or you are a middle or high school student that wants to learn more about engineering careers, please come to our great website and register!  www.BeAnEngineer.org


Hope to see you there!  Should really be a great day!

NOAA holding public listening sessions to guide new aquaculture policy

Thought this was really cool!  NOAA is looking for recommendations from the public to help develop a new national policy for sustainable aquaculture.  First date is in New England in Narragansett, RI coming up April 14th, 2010. 

Here is the link for the NOAA webpage.

NOAA will hold six listening sessions in April and May to hear recommendations from the public that will help the agency develop a new national policy for sustainable marine aquaculture. Marine aquaculture is the cultivation of marine organisms, such as shellfish and finfish, for food and other products.

Dates for the listening sessions with NOAA officials are as follows:

• April 14 in Narragansett, Rhode Island
• Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
• Location: University of Rhode Island Narragansett Bay Campus, Coastal Institute Building, Hazard Room, 1st floor
• Address: 215 South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 02882
• April 19 in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
• Location: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District Building
• Address: 7400 Leake Ave, New Orleans, LA 70118
• Note: You must present a U.S. government-issued photo ID to enter this building.

• April 22 in Seattle, Washington
• Time: 6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
• Location: Seattle Aquarium
• Address: 1483 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98101

• April 27 in Honolulu, Hawaii
• Time: 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.
• Location: Ala Moana Hotel
• Address: 410 Atkinson Drive Honolulu, Hawaii 96814

• April 29 in Menlo Park, California
• Time: 2:00 – 4:30 p.m.
• Location: U.S. Geological Survey Visitors Center Conference Room
• Address: 345 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, California 94025
• Note: You must present a U.S. government-issued photo ID to enter this building.

• May 6 a national call-in hosted by NOAA
• Time: 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. (Eastern)
• Note: A toll-free call-in number will be posted closer to the date.

Beginning April 6, the agency also will accept public comment through the Web. Instructions for submitting comments electronically will be posted on this website.

After the listening sessions, NOAA will analyze the public input and develop a draft national policy for review and public comment. Once that process is complete, the agency will issue the new NOAA aquaculture policy. NOAA’s goal is to issue a new national policy that will enable sustainable marine aquaculture within the context of the agency’s multiple ocean stewardship missions and broader social and economic goals.

Need a new job? Here is your opportunity!

As a vendor that attends and participates in many local trade shows, one of the ways that I promote my company is to call on past show attendees and invite them to visit our booth. Over the last several weeks, I have been calling waste water treatment plants and was told by many plants that they could not attend this particular show because their plant was short-staffed.

In fact, one of the vendors participating in the show was the MDC from Hartford. Their booth was specifically set up to recruit new staff. In my brief conversation with them, they told me the trend here in Connecticut is that older workers are retiring and younger people are just not getting into the field. YIKES!

So... this could be YOUR opportunity. Or maybe you know a high school student that doesn't want to go to college or can't afford it right now that would appreciate the opportunity to start a solid career that offers:

• a great starting salary
• excellent benefits such as:
• vacation, sick and holiday pay
• tuition reimbursement
• health and dental insurance
• AND
• a pension plan

Not to mention the opportunity to learn a lot.

If you are interested, click here to learn more. Or, maybe you just want to check with your home town facility.