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Girl Scout STEM Day

11/27/2018

On Nov. 17th, the SWE-ECI Section partnered with STEAMOn and the Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois to sponsor an event that allowed Girl Scouts to explore engineering and earn their Think Like an Engineer Journey Badge. Girl Scouts were broken out into their levels (Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, Seniors and Ambassadors).

Each level was assigned two SWE volunteers who then led the girls through age-appropriate design challenges. The design challenges allowed the girls to get hands-on experience and learn what engineers do in their day to day jobs. The event boasted an attendance of over 250 girls and over 100 parents. The parents had their own full-day session that taught them how to foster their girls’ interest in STEM.

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First Lego League

11/27/2018

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SWI-ECI had an opportunity to volunteer and be a Judge at First Lego League held at Prairie School on November 10th.

Hands-on FIRST programs introduce students to coding, programming and engineering in an environment where students work collaboratively to solve a yearly robotics challenge.
This year challenge for First Lego League Jr (FLL Jr) was Mission Moon. There were 6-7 teams between ages 6-10. Each team illustrated their research and team journey in a Show Me Poster, sharing what they studied and learned.
Teams designed and built a Team Model based on Mission Moon challenge, representing what they have learned. Students were very creative and persistence to solve problems. They has lot of fun working as team and learn from each other.

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Shive-Hattery SWENext Tour

11/27/2018

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Earlier this month, my SWENext group had the opportunity to visit Shive-Hattery Architecture Engineering Consulting Firm. During our visit, we got to hear from a few of the civil engineers who work there describe what a civil engineer does, the types of work Shive-Hattery has done, the graphics and 3D modeling technology they use, some of the projects these women had personally helped with, and what some of the factors are that go into consideration when working on a project. We also had the opportunity to participate in an activity where we were given a plot of land, what the client would like done with the land, and some of the factors that would influence where the buildings could go on the land, such as city codes of how close the buildings can be to the land plot lines. After the activity was complete, as a group, we discussed different options of how the building configurations could be placed depending on the client’s wishes. This gave those of us on the tour the opportunity to see first hand what type of work a civil engineer does, and the challenges that can arise when working on a project. When we were finished with the activity, we went on a tour of Shive-Hattery’s new facilities in Cedar Rapids. Our tour was led by one of the women who had personally designed the spaces. Overall, the tour was very informative and gave all of us a new perspective and insight into the field of civil engineering. We are very grateful and appreciative that Shive-Hattery allowed our group to come tour and get insight into the work of a civil engineer.

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