There are many other E-Week events throughout Chicagoland in addition to our E-Week Expo. We have listed some that are available to the public and geared towards students in all age groups.

The Essay/ Poster Contest is sponsored by AAAEA and is open to all students in the 3rd through 8th grades in the Chicago land area schools.  Students submit an essay and a poster about an engineer that they admire or have made an impact on their life.  The essay should explain who the engineer is and why the student admires this engineer.  The poster should depict some aspect of the engineer and the engineer’s accomplishment.  The purpose of the contest is to stimulate students to consider careers in engineering by fostering interest in engineering through research, essay writing, creating a poster and interacting with engineers.

Deadline: 5:00 p.m. on Monday January 11, 2010.
Past Years Contests: See the following link for previous contest submittals WWW.aaaea.org/Photos/2008/Album_2008_EssayPosterContest.htm
Notification of Winners: Will be notified by phone and/or e-mail no later thanFebruary 6, 2009.

The winners from each group will receive the following:

  1. Each group will receive $100.
  2. The winners and their teacher/parent sponsor will be invited to attend the Washington Award Banquet on Friday, February 19th, 2010
  3. Engineering and/or other book publishing company(s) might sponsor other tangible gifts to the winners, which will be given to the students in the Washington Award Banquet
  4. The winning essay/poster will be displayed during this event and during Dupage Area E-Week Expo at IIT-Rice Campus on Saturday, February 20th, 2010 (for more info., see www.dupageeweek.iit.edu

If you have any questions feel free to e-mail Jamal Grainawi, PE, SE, at jgrainawi@aaaea.org, (312) 803-6516, or Dr. Soliman Khudeira, PE, SE at soliman.khudeira@cityofchicago.org, (312) 744-9605.
We look forward to receiving your responses!
This program for high school students is designed to teach students the fundamentals of physics through "hands-on" construction and testing of model bridges.
A nationwide math competition for middle school students concentrating on improving math skills.
National competition sponsored by the National Engineers Week Committee for 7th and 8th graders. Students design and present their concepts of the city of tomorrow.
An academic challenge for teams of math and science students from high schools throughout the area.