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Rockwell Collins Receives Introduce a Girl to Engineering Award
By HE&IT
Apr 14, 2010, 17:23

WEPAN, working with the National Engineers Week Foundation, presents the Introduce a Girl to Engineering Award each year. This award recognizes a person or organization that organizes an exemplary Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGED) event. The award will be presented Wednesday, April 14 at the NAMEPA/WEPAN National Conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
 
Rockwell Collins was among the first to adopt Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. They have a large group of enthusiastic returning volunteers and have partnered with a variety of organizations, including universities.
 
This year, Rockwell Collins hosted 80 middle school girls at its corporate headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for its 8th annual 'Introduce a Girl to Engineering' event. Each young woman was paired with a female engineering mentor for the day and had the opportunity to visit a variety of engineering labs including a synthetic vision lab and flight deck lab, as well as various testing facilities.
 
Girls and their mentors had lunch and heard speakers including Rockwell Collins’ Senior Vice President of Engineering and Technology Nan Mattai. Mattai is a strong advocate for this program as well as others reaching out to girls and women. She will be the Global Chair for the 2011 Global Marathon – an event for, by and about women in engineering.
 
Girls leave Rockwell Collins each year feeling empowered and armed with information about opportunities for additional engineering activities and camps in the area as they move through high school.
 
Rockwell Collins is a pioneer in the development and deployment of innovative communication and aviation electronic solutions for both commercial and government applications. Our expertise in flight deck avionics, cabin electronics, mission communications, information management and simulation and training is delivered by nearly 20,000 employees, and a global service and support network that crosses 27 countries. To find out more, please visit www.rockwellcollins.com.
 
The National Engineers Week Foundation, a formal coalition of more than 100 professional societies, major corporations and government agencies, is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing understanding of and interest in engineering and technology careers among young students and by promoting pre-college literacy in math and science.  Engineers Week also raises public understanding and appreciation of engineers' contributions to society. 

Founded in 1951, it is among the oldest of America's professional outreach efforts.  Co-chairs for 2009 are Intel Corporation and the National Society of Professional Engineers.  For more information, visit www.eweek.org.


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