January SWE-Blast
Eastern Nebraska Society of Women Engineers
Every 4th Thursday - SWE Programs
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Papillion Creek Watershed Project w/ ASCE
Joint SWE / ASCE January Program
Join the Eastern Nebraska Section of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Nebraska Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Water Resources Technical Group as we host Speaker Lori Laster of the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District.
The Papio-Missouri River NRD Broke ground on Oct 1st, 2015 on Papillion Creek Watershed Dam Site 15A located northwest of 168th and Fort Streets. Site 15A will help protect lives and property while offering a 220-acre lake for public water-based recreation. The total parkland area will be approximately 700 acres with hiking/biking trails, boating and fishing, picnicking, and other outdoor recreation and wildlife viewing opportunities for metro area residents. This reservoir is the single largest project undertaken by the Natural Resources District. Opening of the recreation area is currently estimated for early 2018.
PDH/CEU's available (pre-registration required)
TIME: 6:00pm Networking & Dinner
7:00pm Presentation
LOCATION: UNL Othmer Hall Room 106.
1600 Vine St, Lincoln, NE 68508
COST: FREE (pre-registration required)
Register with promo code “NESWE” by 1pm CST on Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07eez34qb6dcdb028a&llr=tdh4jixab
Thursday, Jan 18, 2018, 06:00 PM
UNL Othmer Hall, 1600 Vine Street, Lincoln, NE
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Drone Applications in Engineering, Surveying & Mapping
2018 Nebraska Engineer's Roundtable E-Week Banquet
Michael Laird is the Drone/UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Program Director for Olsson Associates. He is a Professional Land Surveyor Licensed in Kansas and Missouri, and performs commercial UAV operations under the authority of a Private Pilot License, and an FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot License. He has been mapping with UAV’s professionally for three years and has flown jobs in 12 states for major clients such as Railroads, Mining Operators, DOT’s, and Wind Energy developers. Michael has logged over 1,000 hours of UAV flight, and 350 hours of manned aircraft flight.
Eddie Fossler has an Associate’s Degree in Computer Aided Design and Animation and is the Survey Technical Manager for the Omaha office of Olsson. He brings over 20 years’ experience in Civil/Survey to the 3D Scanning and UAV initiatives.
0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEU) or 1.0 Professional Development Hours (PDH) available
Thursday, February 22, 2018
Time:
6:00 PM – Social Hour (Cash Bar)
7:00 PM – Banquet & Speaker
Banquet Location:
Field Club of Omaha, 3615 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha NE 68105
Please note that this event is a Thursday evening. In order to provide a total attendance count to the Field Club, only advanced reservations will be accepted. Advanced reservations, attendee’s name and payment must be received by noon, Tuesday, February 20, 2018 (reminder that Monday, February 19th is a mail Holiday).
More info online at http://engineerroundtable.org/
Sponsored by the Engineer’s Roundtable
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Tenneco Seward Tour
Join us for a tour of Tenneco in Seward. Tenneco Inc is an $8.6 billion global manufacturing company, that is pioneering global ideas for cleaner air, and smoother, quieter and safer transportation. They are one of the world’s leading designers, manufacturers and distributors of Clean Air and Ride Performance products and technology solutions for diversified markets, including light vehicle, commercial truck, off-highway equipment and the aftermarket. They serve customers from 91 manufacturing facilities and 15 engineering and technical centers around the world. Tenneco Seward is a more than 700 person plant that provides exhaust products to GM, Chrysler, Ford, Navistar, Caterpillar and John Deere and contains tube mill, bending, canning, welding, and assembly processes.
Date: Thursday, March 22nd
Time: 6pm Dinner, 6:30pm Tour
Place: Tenneco, 1111 Izaak Walton Road, Seward, NE 68434
Cost: $10 Members, $15 Guests
RSVP below or to Tricia at vice_president@swe-nebraska.org
Thursday, Mar 22, 2018, 06:00 PM
Tenneco Automotive - Walker, 1111 Izaak Walton Road, Seward, NE, United States
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
--- Volunteers needed ---
- NAWIC is hosting their annual Block Kids competition and are looking for volunteers to judge the event. The event is being held at the South Omaha Campus of Metro Community College on Saturday, January 27th, beginning at 10 am. More info is online at http://www.agcnebuilders.com/events/upcomingevents.html/event/2018/01/27/2018-block-kids-event/147666
- Heritage Elementary School in Bennington is hosting its annual STEAM Night on Thursday, February 1. The event is a collaboration with local businesses, colleges, and the school district in an effort to engage adults and children of all ages in a fun, family event. SWE is looking for volunteers to help lead an outreach activity from 6 pm -7:30 PM.
- The Metropolitan Science and Engineering Fair will be held Saturday, March 10, at the Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. SWE is looking for judges for the SWE special award. Go to https://www.msefomaha.com/ for more information on this event.
- FIRST LEGO League volunteers needed for Qualifying Events 1/27 & 2/3 and Championship Tournament 2/17/2018. In this season’s challenge, the human water cycle describes the ways people find, transport, use, and dispose of water in order to meet a specific need or desire. Register online to volunteer at https://www.firstinspires.org More info online at https://unl.box.com/v/2018volunteerguide.
If you are interested in volunteering for any of the above events, or would like additional information about outreach opportunities, please contact Shannon DeVivo at outreach@swe-nebraska.org.
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Nebraska SWE FY18 Calendar
Update your calendars for our programs planned:
1/28 Joint SWE / ASCE Water Resources meeting at UNL (Lincoln)
January 26-28 - WE Local Tulsa (Renaissance Tulsa Hotel)
February 18-24, 2018 - National Engineers Week
Thursday, Feb 22 - Nebraska E-Week Banquet. Drone Applications in Engineering, Surveying & Mapping: Lessons learned from 3-years in the field
February 23-25 - WE Local Phoenix (Sheraton Grand Downtown Phoenix)
March 9-11 - WE Local Milwaukee (Wisconsin Center / Hilton Milwaukee City Center)
Thursday, March 22 - Tenneco Tour (Seward)
April 6-8 - WE Local Portland (Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront)
April 20-22 - WE Local Providence (Rhode Island Convention Center / Omni Providence)
Thursday, April 26 - "Choose Your Own" Professional Development (Omaha)
Thursday, May 10 - "Pack like a Pro: Work or Vaca - Fit It All In!" (Omaha)
Summer 2018 - "Monday Morning Leadership" Book Club
Italics denotes Regional / National SWE Programs
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Renew your SWE Membership Now!!
Did you know SWE's FY18 started July 1st? Your SWE membership is not only crucial to your career and/or education, but it’s important for advancing STEM diversity all over the world.
Here’s a look at what SWE accomplished during the 2016-2017 membership year:
- Launched the SWE Research site, where we share studies that provide insight into workplace experiences and culture, and aim to improve the rates at which women pursue engineering careers.
- Hosted our very first WE Local conferences in San Jose, CA and Pittsburgh, PA – 2017 marked the year where SWE brought learning, networking and growth opportunities of the annual conference to your backyard!
- Hosted over 1,000 attendees at conferences and roundtables in locations around the world, including countries like India, China, Malaysia and the Netherlands.
- Solidified our place as the largest scholarship program for female engineers by awarding over $750K in scholarships to members and non-members!
- Got over 5,000 participants involved in the SWENext K-12 Outreach program, including K-12 girls and K-12 STEM adult advocates.
In addition to continuing current programs, SWE will offer even more innovative and inspiring benefits in the coming membership year.
You can look forward to WE Local conferences in five locations around the US, monthly orientations for new members, a SWE Training Program for executives and the expansion of our STEM Re-entry Task Force program.
So just how can you renew your membership? Check out these step-by-step instructions to do so online.
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SWE Outreach Metric Tool - Take Credit for your Impact!!
The SWE Outreach Tool is a simple 10 question survey to complete after any of your STEM outreach events.
Volunteer for work? Yes - that counts!
You are a regular computer teacher at the library? Log your time!
Volunteer to judge at your child's science fair? Absolutely counts!
Help out the local 4-H Robotics Team? Yes - this too!
Any events that focus on students ages 4-18 and/or their adult advocates such as parents, educators, and group leaders. The data you enter will be used internally by the SWE Outreach Committee to set goals and make strategic decisions. The data will also be used externally with sponsors to show the impact of the outreach that all SWE members do. Many grants require the information we are collecting, and we need accurate information to share with them. Here’s the information you should gather together before you use this tool:
– Event name and date(s)
– Section name: I002 Eastern Nebraska
– Event type
– Number of girls who participated in the event
– Number of boys who participated in the event
– Age of students who participated (Estimates are okay; report the age range of the majority)
– Number of Adults who participated – These are Parents, Educators, and other non-volunteers who participated in the event.
– Number of SWE Member volunteers
– Number of other volunteers – not SWE members
– Name of Partner Organization(s), if applicable
– Any best practices you would like to share (optional)
--> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SWEOMTFY18
More info online at http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/swe-members/479-slides/4463-outreach-metric-tool-report-your-outreach
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Over 10 years ago, SWE launched an initiative designed to foster inclusiveness and engage the diverse members of our organization – SWE Affinity Groups. Affinity Groups are growing and members are sharing and embracing a common element of diversity to work collaboratively and support each other. The current Affinity Groups are: African-American, Latinos, Native American, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer and Allies, Global Women Engineers, Women in Government, Small Business and Entrepreneur. These teams are working to enhance and promote networking mechanisms to connect members. These Affinity Groups are a great way for members to share knowledge, concerns, and experiences with each other and SWE partners and to provide feedback to SWE on making the networks a more powerful resource.
More info is online at http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/10/swes-affinity-groups-supporting-inclusive-environment-within-swe/
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It’s Not Special Treatment: The Case for Acting to Ensure Equity
In the fields of technology and engineering, we know that there are young people who have not been given access or opportunity to STEM experiences – girls, youth of color, those from economically disadvantaged communities, and those with disabilities, to name a few. Providing more support and resources to those who have not had access to STEM opportunities is not special treatment – it is balancing the scales of equity.
Continue learning more on Ensuring Equity online at http://alltogether.swe.org/2018/01/its-not-special-treatment-the-case-for-acting-to-ensure-equity/
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WE Local - Meet Locally. Learn Socially.
WE Local brings together participants in all stages of their collegiate and professional journey to learn, energize/re-energize and connect through high-quality professional development workshops, networking opportunities, inspirational presentations and outreach activities.
These conferences bring the excitement, energy and learning environment of SWE's annual conference right to the member's backyard. Join us for a WE Local near you!
Three WE Local conferences (Tulsa, Phoenix and Milwaukee) are now accepting speaker submissions for breakout sessions. Visit the "schedule" tab on the host city website for more information.
Check out our Digital Book about WE Local Conferences
http://alltogether.swe.org/2017/11/check-we-local-digital-book/
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