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Saturday, February 19
Brain Bowl team only: US Dept of Energy National Science Bowl
Tuesday, February 22 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science in celebrating Engineers Week 2011
Seniors only
Engineers Week Celebration activities will include
• Guest speaker
• High School Banner competition
• Robotics demonstrations (by high school teams)
• Lowe's "Lets Build Something Together" Challenges
• Tours of the Solar Panels & Labs
• A showcase of FAU engineering student organizations
• Giveaways
• Free lunch
Saturday, February 26 from 8:00 AM – 3:30 PM
SECME engineering Olympiad for secondary schools at Santaluces High School, 6880 Lawrence Rd. Lantana, FL 33462-3599
The competition will be brutal when students from 52 elementary schools, 14 middle schools, and 15 high schools participate in one of two Palm Beach County SECME District Olympiads scheduled for February.
SECME (Science, Engineering, Communication, and Mathematics Enrichment) is a national organization with the goal of increasing the pool of students who will be prepared to enter and complete post-secondary studies in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, thus creating a diverse and globally competitive workforce.
The Elementary SECME District Olympiad will be held Saturday, February 12, from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Santaluces High School.
The Secondary SECME District Olympiad will be held Saturday, February 26, from 8:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Santaluces High School.
During each of the Olympiads, students will participate in a variety of competitions which will include bridges, mousetrap cars, water rockets, Brain Bowl, essays, poems, banners, and posters. The theme for this year’s SECME program is “SECME: STEMulating Minds.” STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.The winning entries in the essay and mousetrap car competitions will advance to the SECME National Student Competition which will be held on June 25, at The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa.
Olympiad supporters include: Florida Atlantic University College of Engineering and Computer Science, Hazen and Sawyer, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, CH2M Hill, and FPL. Florida Atlantic University awards up to 25 four-year scholarships each year to qualified SECME students. SECME participation has been credited for encouraging career and occupational selections, stimulating college and university visitations, as well as establish mentoring and internship programs for students with area businesses. Bruce Wear, SECME district coordinator, says the competitions develop high-level thinking and problem-solving skills. “SECME is an excellent program that provides students with opportunities to apply “hands on” problem solving techniques to real engineering challenges. They get to design, test, re-design, and re-test until they produce a working model – pretty much the same way engineers do their jobs.”
