GRC NEWS RELEASE 04-013 04-013 For Release: February 23, 2004 Sallie A. Keith Media Relations Office 216-433-5795 sallie.a.keith@nasa.gov NASA ENGINEERS VISIT THE CLASSROOM Engineers are practical inventors who use science and technology to turn ideas into reality, making our lives easier, healthier, more productive and fun. In order to create a better understanding of what engineers do, more than 80 engineers from NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, will visit students in classrooms throughout Northeastern Ohio during National Engineers Week, February 22-28. Students, grades K-12, will meet with Glenn employees representing aerospace, chemical, computer, electrical, environmental, material, mechanical and research engineering. By sharing the ways they use mathematics and science in their jobs, the engineers hope to excite students and encourage them to consider a future career in engineering. Engineers visiting elementary schools will share hands on activities such as allowing students an opportunity to build their own paper plane to see how added weight affects flight. Older students may get to see demonstrations of engine parts or wind tunnels. All of the students will get to see first hand the passion that Glenn engineers hold for their profession. This program of classroom visits is part of the National Engineers Week activities in the Cleveland area and is supported by Glenn's Educational Programs Office in conjunction with the Cleveland Area National Engineers Week Committee. The National Society of Professional Engineers established National Engineers Week in 1951. Its purpose is to increase public awareness and appreciation of the engineering profession. Each year National Engineers Week takes place at the time of George Washington's birthday. His agricultural, military and land-surveying skills led to his acquiring the title of our nation's first engineer. He directed a growing society toward technical advancements, invention and education. An order issued by George Washington in June 1778 called for engineers and engineering education and is considered to be the origin of the U.S. Army Engineering School. To determine which schools are participating in this year's program, please refer to the following list. Media representatives interested in covering these visits will need to make arrangements directly with the schools involved. SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING IN NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK Akron Firestone High School Our Lady Of The Elms High School Avon Avon East Elementary School Beachwood Beachwood High School Bedford Heskett Middle School Berea Berea High School Riveredge Elementary School Brooklyn Brookridge Elementary School Brunswick Crestview Elementary School Huntington Elementary School Kidder Elementary School Canton Glenoak High School Chagrin Falls St. Joan Of Arc Cleveland Artemus Ward Elementary School Audubon Middle School Carl & Louis Stokes Central Academy Clara Westropp Cleveland Early Childhood Development Center Collinwood High School Franklin D Roosevelt Middle School Garrett Morgan Middle School Of Science Harry E. Davis Junior High School James Ford Rhodes High School John D. Rockerfeller Fundamental Education John F. Kennedy High School Luis Munoz Marin Middle School Martin L. King Law & Public Service High School Mary B. Martin Middle School Max S. Hayes Vocational High School Orchard School Of Science Elementary School South High School Urban Community School William Cullen Bryant Elementary School Cleveland Hts. Hebrew Academy Oxford Elementary School . Columbia Station Columbia Middle School Columbia High School Cuyahoga Hts. Cuyahoga Heights Middle School Garfield Hts. Elmwood Elementary School Green Green Intermediate School Huron McCormick Middle School Lodi Cloverleaf High School Lorain Lorain Middle School Whittier Middle School Mayfield Village Mayfield High School Medina St. Francis Xavier North Olmsted Forest Elementary School Maple Elementary School North Ridgeville Wilcox Elementary School Lake Ridge Academy Norwalk Saint Paul High School Oberlin Lorain County Joint Vocational School Olmsted Falls Olmsted Falls High School Parma Bethel Christian Academy Parma Hts. Holy Name High School St. John Bosco Perry Perry High School Rocky River Goldwood Primary Magnificat High School Shaker Hts. Shaker Middle School Sheffield William Barr Elementary School South Euclid Adrian School Strongsville Allen Elementary School Surrarrer Elementary School Whitney Elementary School Sullivan Black River High School Van Wert Vantage Career Center Vermilion Vermilion High School Warrensville Hts. Eastwood Elementary School Westlake Dover Elementary School Parkside Middle School Wooster Lara B. Keen Elementary School -end- -end-