Thank you to our generous sponsors!

Sustaining Partner — $1000 and above Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Foundation

Sponsoring Partner — $500-$999

Illinois Society of Professional Engineers – Salt Creek Chapter

Supporting Partner — $250-$499 American Institute of Chemical Engineers

American Society of Mechanical Engineers – Fox Valley Section Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers – Chicago

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers – EMC Society Society of Manufacturing Engineers – Chicago Society of Women Engineers – Chicago Section

Structural Engineers Association of Illinois

Contributing Partner — $100-$249

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers American Society for Quality – Fox Valley

Larson Engineering, Inc. Optical Society of Chicago

Partner

American Chemical Society

Mark your calendar for next year’s

31st DuPage Area Engineers Week Expo

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Engineering: The Gateway to Tomorrow’s Technology

201 East Loop Road Wheaton, IL 60189

30th Annual DuPage Area Engineers Week Saturday, February 22, 2014

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Many programs besides our Engineers Week Expo are open to students in all age groups. Below is a list of some programs and resources for further information on available programs.

AAAEA Essay/Poster Contest This contest is open to all students in 3rd-8th grades in Chicagoland schools. Students submit an essay and a poster about an engineer who has made an impact on their lives. The purpose of the contest is to stimulate students to consider careers in engineering. For more information, visit www.aaaea.org or email aaaea@aaaea.org.

Illinois Institute of Technology Bridge Contest for High School Students The construction and testing of model bridges promotes the study and application of fundamental principles of physics and helps high school students develop hands-on skills through bridge construction. More infor-mation available at www.iit.edu/~hsbridge

Mathcounts A nationwide math competition for middle school students concentrating on improving math skills. Visit www.mathcounts.org

Future City Competition National competition sponsored by the National Engineers Week Committee for 6th, 7th and 8th grade students. Students design and present their concepts of the city of tomorrow. Details at: www.futurecity.org/Illinois-Chicago

TEAMS The TEAMs program is an academic challenge for teams of math and science students from high schools throughout the area. Information about the exam at http://teams.tsaweb.org

Destination Imagination (DI®) The global competition with both STEM and Fine Arts builds skills in teamwork, creativity and problem solving. Information at www.destinationimagination.org

Engineer Girl This website is dedicated to introducing girls to opportunities in engineering. Visit www.engineergirl.org

Additional Resources & Websites

DuPage County E-Week Committee www.dupageeweek.iit.edu

Chicago E-Week Committee www.chicagolandeweek.org

National E-Week Committee www.eweek.org

US First (Robotics Competition) www.ilfirst.org

DiscoverE www.discovere.org

SciTech Museum in Aurora www.scitechmuseum.org

DuPage Children’s Museum in Naperville www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org

Civil Air Patrol: All About Flight..................................................................................... Room 243 Why does an airplane fly? Learn about the different types of planes and why shape is important. Make a “launchable” rocket or airplane to take home. Presentation Times — 11:30 AM, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 PM

Civil Air Patrol (CAP)-Illinois Wing ................................................................... 2nd Floor, East Hall Stop by and make a rocket or airplane and see the effects a wind tunnel has on wing design and the effects of shape. More information at: www.ilcap.org.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) ........................................... 2nd Floor, East Hall Help the ASME demonstrate mechanical engineering principles such as Bernoulli’s Principle to see what keeps airplanes flying and why curve balls curve. ASME sponsors many programs for students interested in science and engineering. For more information: www.sections.asme.org/foxvalley

LEGO® Robotics ............................................................................................................. Room 247 LEGO® blocks and laptop computers are used to demonstrate the principles of robotics and various transpor-tation simulations. Students will have an opportunity to work with robots and to learn more about their use in industry, science and space exploration.

Illinois Institute of Technology: Real-Time Communications Lab ...................... 2nd Floor, East Hall Hanging out at the Real-Time Communications (RTC) Lab can really change your appearance! Using Google and apps you can change your eyes, glasses or your hat or maybe morph into a monster or a mouse! Learn what happens behind the apps as well as what is in front of your face.

Fun with Physics ............................................................................................................. Room 252 What goes up, must come down! Join Senior Girl Scout, Jada Haynes as she strives to complete her Gold Award. Fun, hands-on physics activities will encourage students to get hooked on science!

DuPage Regional Office of Education (DROE) ................................................... 2nd Floor, East Hall Join the DROE in making balloon rockets and experimenting how to make it go farther and faster, then challenge your friends to a race! The mission of the DROE is to collaboratively build and sustain a high quality county educational community for all. The STEM Team is supported through DROE and is funded by a Career and Technical Education Innovation grant. The STEM Team promotes STEM education and careers among DuPage County middle school/junior high educators, students and parents through workshops, events, a newsletter, projects and consultation services. More information: www.dupage.k12.il.us

2nd Floor: East Hall

Photography &/or Videotaping in Progress By entering Illinois Institute of Technology’s Rice Campus you understand you may be photographed, filmed or videotaped and you hereby give IIT the unqualified right to take pictures and/or recordings of you and grant the

perpetual right to use your likeness, image, photo (collectively, “image”), without compensation, for broadcast or exhibition in any medium and to put the finished pictures/recordings to any legitimate use without limitation or

reservation. You hereby waive, release and forever discharge IIT from and against any and all claims or actions arising out of or resulting from any use of your image. IIT shall not be obligated to use, and may elect not to use, your image.

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Chicago Area Robotics Group ......................................................................................... Room 103 Chicago Area Robotics Group (ChiBots) is hosting its spring competition with line following, maze tracking, mini sumo and other events. A NASA competition will be on display. Information available: www.Chibots.org.

American Nuclear Society (ANS) ...................................................................... 1st Floor, North Hall The American Nuclear Society develops and disseminates nuclear science and technology information. Its members work in such diverse areas as education, research and development laboratories, government, power plant operations, medical and isotope applications, and engineering design and services. The ANS display has information about careers in nuclear power, nuclear medicine and more, plus hands-on demon-strations for radiation detection, a model fuel bundle for a nuclear reactor, and a work sheet to calculate your daily exposure to radiation. More information on ANS can be found at their website, www.ans.org.

American Chemical Society (ACS) .................................................................... 1st Floor, North Hall Experiments involving nanotechnology are demonstrated. The American Chemical Society (ACS) encourages the advancement of the chemical enterprise and its practitioners through scholarship and professional ser-vices and support. The ACS communicates with various audiences, including students, educators, and those involved in the public policy arena. To get more information, visit www.acs.org or www.chicagoacs.org.

Working Bikes ................................................................................................................ Room 111 Come test a bike powered generator. Working Bikes has several different bike powered systems for you to try and see how good you are at generating electricity to power a stereo, hair dryer, water pump or other elec-trical devices. Working Bikes collects about 7,000 used bicycles a year in the Midwest and distributes them locally as well as to bike projects in developing countries. Check out them out at http://workingbikes.org.

Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI) ........................................ 1st Floor, North Hall SEAOI is a professional association representing the licensed structural engineers in the State of Illinois. This hands-on display features structural models of buildings and bridges with literature on structural engineer-ing available. Visit them at www.seaoi.org.

High-Rise Building Design: A TALL Adventure .............................................................. Room 114 Engineering principles of structures will be discovered through discussion of engineering marvels like the Trump Tower Chicago and the world’s tallest tower, the Burj Khalifa. A hands-on shake table will allow select students to construct their own LEGO® building designs and test them to destruction under a simulat-ed earthquake. Structural engineer, Larry Novak, will reveal the secret world of how buildings stand up and discuss an engineer’s tools of the trade such as the amazing strength of shapes, structural materials, wind engineering and sustainability will be uncovered in this interactive and educational program. Presentation Times — 11:30 AM, 12:30, 1:30, 2:30 PM

American Society of Civil Engineers-GI (ASCE-GI) ........................................... 1st Floor, North Hall ASCE-GI is comprised of civil engineers dedicated to the advancement and understanding of soils and soils mechanics. The goal of the Geotech Group is to provide an understanding of the interaction of buildings, roadways and infrastructure of society with the soils on which they are founded. Civil engineers are creative, people-serving, and problem-solving leaders who make our lives easier. Visit www.isasce.org.

1st Floor: North Hall

IL CHIP Child Identification Program .............................................................................. Room 218 No parent ever wants to live through the nightmare of having a child missing. Parents can be prepared for the unthinkable with an identification packet put together by IL CHIP. The Freemasons of Illinois provide FREE of charge to parents a complete child identification package that can be taken home or carried with the family on vacation. The information, most of which is contained on a CD, is compact and totally private. The only item IL CHIP keeps is the parental permission form.

Parents will receive: Color photo that records image and height and is digitized on a convenient CD that can easily be

circulated by police to the media and distributed across the state within an hour via Illinois’ Amber Alert program.

DNA Sample taken through a saliva cheek swab is the latest tool in the scientific arsenal to make positive IDs of lost children.

Fingerprints are the oldest form of positive identification since they are unique to every person. Recorded video interview captures appearance, speech patterns, personal characteristics,

and mannerisms.

ZOOM Into Engineering ........................................................................................ 2nd Floor, Atrium Based on the PBS television series, ZOOM®, the activities at ZOOM Into Engineering introduce students to science and technology through hands-on projects that demonstrate engineering principles. Volunteers from ISPE-DuKane and ASCE are providing assistance for this activity. More information at: www.pbs.org/parents/zoom/engineering

Illinois Society of Professional Engineers-DuKane Chapter ................................... 2nd Floor, Atrium The DuKane Chapter of ISPE is comprised of professional engineers from all fields of engineering. They are assisting with ZOOM Into Engineering and the Design Squad (Room 236) activities. More information found at: www.ispe-dukane.org.

Design Squad ................................................................................................................. Room 236 The hands-on activities based on the successful PBS television series, Design Squad, will challenge future engineers to design and build items based on engineering principles. Volunteers from the Illinois Society of Professional Engineers-DuKane Chapter will be on-hand to assist. More information on Design Squad at: http://pbskids.org/designsquad

DuPage Children’s Museum ............................................................................................ Room 239 Come enjoy engineering challenges by using balloons to learn about Bernoulli’s Principle and explore engi-neering concepts with Ramps and Rollers. Information on the museum at: www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org

IDOT/UIC Gateway Traveler Information ........................................................... 2nd Floor, East Hall Where do travel times come from? How can drivers find the least congested route? Is there road construction planned for my neighborhood? Learn about the traffic in your area and where the information came from. More information at: www.travelmidwest.com

2nd Floor: Atrium & East Hall

Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Breakfast ........................................................... Room 203 Join us for a special alumni and family continental breakfast while you mingle and network with IIT faculty, staff and alumni. This event is open only to IIT Alumni and their families from 9:30-10:30 AM.

Illinois Institute of Technology: Armour College of Engineering .................................... Room 203 Check out some fun activities such as demonstrations by IIT’s Robotics Club, build a bridge using drinking straws, learn about aerospace projects, and play with cool advanced engineering toys guaranteed to get your mind thinking! IIT is a national, technical, Ph.D.-granting research university. Armour College of Engineering boasts programs that offer students a distinctive and marketable education that empowers them to drive change in emerging technologies and have a greater impact on society. Learn how IIT is enabling students to apply technical knowledge gleaned from the classroom to real-world settings and themes of high rele-vance. More information at: www.iit.edu/engineering

Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) .............................................................. 2nd Floor, North Hall Come see how engineering is used in robotics and the use of robotics in automated operations. IIE is a society for engineers who work on improving productivity and quality. More information on Industrial Engineering can be found at: www.iienet.org.

Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SPFE) .................................................... 2nd Floor, North Hall Come learn about sprinklers, fire detectors, portable fire extinguishers, halon systems and more. The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SPFE) is an organization that promotes fire safety. For more information: www.chicagosfpe.org.

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) .......................................... 2nd Floor, North Hall Learn what chemical engineers do in practice, and the breadth of what chemical engineers make! Come try on the gear of an engineer and wear your PPE (Personal Protective Equipment). Visit their website: www.aiche-chicago.org

American Society for Quality (ASQ) ................................................................. 2nd Floor, North Hall Learn about ASQ Certifications and the applied technologies in quality and engineering. The Fox Valley Section of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) is an organization of people passionate about quality and as an association brings together individuals from all fields and industries who strive for continual improve-ment of their organization and the products and services the world relies on. More information at: www.asq.org or www.asq-foxvalley.org.

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers-Electromagnetic Compatibility Society (IEEE-EMC). ........................................................................................................................ 2nd Floor, North Hall Join the IEEE-EMC Society to see how common household electrical products can cause electronic interfer-ence to radios, how radio waves can be eliminated from causing interference, and a static electricity genera-tor. IEEE-EMC is concerned with designing and testing/measuring radio waves from electronic equipment so that the radio waves do not interfere with the correct operation of other electronic equipment. For more information, visit: www.emcchicago.org

2nd Floor: North Hall

Ask an Engineer ............................................................................................................. Room 118 Presented by the Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects (AAAEA), these presentations feature a panel of engineers from several different areas ready to field your questions. Several entries in the high school bridge contest and winning entries from the annual AAAEA essay/poster contest will be available for viewing. Presentation Times — 11:15 AM, 12:15, 1:15 PM

Computer History ............................................................................................................ Room 120 How have computers changed over the years? Come see some of the first computers such as Sinclair, Com-modore and original PCs. See how computers have evolved to the iPad and cell phones of today.

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) ................................................................. 1st Floor, North Hall Join the Society of Women Engineers for a ScavEngineer Hunt! Meet engineers, learn about their work and earn a prize! SWE is an organization for engineers and computer scientists in all stages of education and career. Visit the national organization website www.swe.org or the Chicago Regional Section website www.swe.org/chicago.

SWEet Flight ................................................................................................................... Room 123 Learn what makes objects fly through the air with the Society of Women Engineers. Create your own airborne system and record the flight time and distance. Learn design techniques and engineering terms related to flight. Earn flight wings for your design and evaluation!

IL CHIP Child Identification Program .............................................................. Atrium & Room 218 Provided FREE of charge, the Freemasons of Illinois will give parents a color photo, recorded video interview, DNA sample and fingerprints of their child, all on a convenient CD.

Illinois Institute of Technology: School of Applied Technology ............................................. Atrium Pick up your FREE wristband for the Mr. Freeze Cryogenics Demonstration here! Information on IIT’s School of Applied Technology programs including Information Technology and Management, Industrial Technology and Management, Food Science and Nutrition, and Office of Professional Development are available.

Engineers Without Borders: IIT Student Chapter ................................................................. Atrium Engineers Without Borders is a non-profit organization that works with developing communities worldwide to design and implement sustainable engineering projects by collaborating with local partners while creating transformative learning experiences and responsible leaders. Since November 2012, IIT’s student chapter has been working on a bridge project for the community of San Claudio, Nicaragua.

Girl Scouts Snack & Lunch Shop .............................................................. Room 126 (near Atrium) Stop by and grab a bit of refreshment at the Girl Scouts Snack & Lunch Shop! The Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana will be selling hot dogs, chips, water, soda, and their famous cookies for our visitors and presenters. This year, the Troop is raising funds for several 2014 trips to colleges to plan for their future education.

1st Floor: North Hall & Atrium

Light & Color .................................................................................................................. Room 141 Learn about light, color and optics in everyday applications around your home, school and play area.

IEEE-Women in Engineering (IEEE-WIE) ........................................................................ Room 142 Come and design your own video game or build your own robot and compete in a robot race. Join our tech-savvy ladies as they demonstrate how to build a robot, illustrate how wind power works, and teach you to think computationally. Presented by Women in Engineering, a division of the IEEE. Visit them at www.ieeechicago.org/wie.

American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) .................. 1st Floor, East Hall Forbes Magazine now lists Agricultural Engineering as one of the Top 10 professions to pursue! Agricultural and biological engineers ensure that we have the necessities of life: safe and plentiful food to eat, safe water to drink, clean fuel from renewable energy sources along with a safe and healthy environment in which to live. At the ASABE exhibit, you can talk with engineers who are developing “SMART” field planters that count every seed that is placed in the ground and know where each seed in located on a GPS monitor. View a “SMART” tractor operating in the field with no driver and an Eli Whitney ginning cotton before your eyes. More information can be found at: www.asabe.org.

Illinois Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE) – Salt Creek Chapter ............... 1st Floor, East Hall Come see the shocking developments at this display! Stop by and touch the Van de Graaf generator which “generates” static electricity, and see other everyday utensils, tools, and curiosities that demonstrate engi-neering principles and the broad range of the engineering profession. Engineers are available to explain the exciting, multi-faceted field of environmental engineering including photo ionization detectors, field equip-ment for stream surveys and mussels. More information available at: www.ispe-saltcreek.org.

Arab American Association of Engineers & Architects (AAAEA) ....................................... Room 148 Learn about new structural products, the latest bridge projects in the Chicago-area, and tall building and material testing equipment. Stop back at 2:15 PM for a load capacity test of a balsa wood tower structure! How much weight will it be able to support? AAAEA is a non-profit, non-political, non-religious professional organization open to all architects, engineers and computer scientists. More information available at: www.aaaea.org. Presentation Time — 2:15 PM

Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) .................................................................. Room 159 The Society of Manufacturing Engineering (SME) supports local high schools and colleges by providing fund-ing and mentorship to upgrade equipment and software and get more young adults interested in machine shop and manufacturing programs in addition to supporting their members with education and informative seminars and tours locally. More information at: www.smechapter5.org.

1st Floor: East Hall

Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) .............................................................. 1st Floor, East Hall Stop by and visit A World in Motion at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) display! This program explores the many different modes of transportation and the scientific principles behind their function. More information available at: www.awim.org.

School, Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education (SCARCE) ......................... .......................................................................................................................... 1st Floor, East Hall Discover the “Enlightened Way” to use the Energy Bike, a powerful, hands-on learning tool to bring energy conservation to life. The bike helps students to move from the abstract to a concrete understanding of energy use as they “feel” how much energy it takes to light incandescent, fluorescent and LED light bulbs. SCARCE’s mission is to inspire people through education to preserve and care for the Earth’s natural resources, while working to build sustainable communities.

Mr. Freeze Cryogenics Show ........................................... Room 166 (video overflow in Room 155) Wristbands are required for entry! Pick them up at the IIT Table in the Atrium 45 minutes prior to show. Join Jerry Zimmerman, Mr. Freeze of Fermilab, as he demonstrates the interesting and fun properties of cryogenics using Liquid Nitrogen (LN2). This exciting, science-based demonstration is filled with lots of sur-prises and a few explosions! The different properties and effects of the extreme cold are demonstrated and explained. Mr. Freeze makes learning science fun for everyone and encourages kids to become more interest-ed in science. Visit Mr. Freeze at: http://mrfreezeman.webs.com Presentation Times — 11:15 AM, 12:30, 2:00 PM

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New this Year! Wristbands are REQUIRED for the

Mr. Freeze Cryogenics Demonstration! Stop by the Illinois Institute of Technology table in the Atrium to pick up your wristband. Wristbands will be

distributed 45 minutes prior to show time. Presentation Times are: 11:15 AM, 12:30 & 2:00 PM.

All parties must be present to receive a wristband. Wristbands are distributed at the following times on

a first-come-first-served basis. No one will be admitted without a wristband:

11:15 AM Show — 10:30 AM 12:30 PM Show — 11:15 AM

2:00 PM Show — 1:15 PM