Section News

Upcoming Events

• The Central Florida Professional Section of the SWE is planning the first annual “Seminole County SWE Day” event.  This event will be held at Lyman High School in Seminole County (865 S. Ronald Reagan Blvd., Longwood, FL) on December 4, 2009 from 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM.  This outreach event is designed to peak the interest of high school girls in engineering and computer science.  SWE’s goal is to excite high and middle school aged girls about engineering and computer science through informative speakers.  Speakers’ series representing a day in the life of a real engineer will volunteer during this event to engage these young girls to science and engineering educational fields.   This event will also include several professional company displays showing environmental; industrial; biomedical; academia; and civil engineering applications.   We need volunteer speakers; company displays; and prizes for the essay winners.  If you are interested in volunteering, contact central.florida@swe.org by November 18th.
• January – Furthering Your Education
• February – Engineers as Elected Officials

Volunteers Needed

• A volunteer is needed for the following position: Meeting Coordinator. This volunteer works with the Executive Board to select and reserve monthly meeting and banquet locations. They will assist speaker in setting up AV equipment and distributing handouts. Expect to spend up to 4 hours a month including attending the monthly meetings. Please contact any officer if you are interested or e-mail central.florida@swe.org.

• Habitat Orlando Women Build Week 2010 will be held May 3-9, 2010. The home being constructed is for a 4 bedroom single family home for a single mom of 5 children. Volunteers will be needed. More information will be posted soon!

Past Events

• October 15-17 — National Conference in Long Beach, CA
• September 16th — Financial Survival in a Down Economy

Announcements

• ASHRAE’s 2010 Winter Conference January 23-27 Orlando, FL

Section Awards

Past Awards and Announcements

• Betty Preece, an organizing member of SWE, passed away on May 17, 2009.
• Barika Poole was recently awarded Young Engineer of the Year at the Central Florida's Engineering Week Awards Banquet!

Barika....congratulations for this well deserved honor !!

• SWE 2009 Science & Engineering Fair Award Recipients from Orange, Seminole & Lake County
• Gala Thank You!
• Pamela Androff (ASHRAE Intern) Presents Paper on Capitol Hill
• Interview with Barika Poole, P.E. in the Florida Engineering Society Journal, September 2008

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Last updated 11-20-09