January 2005, Issue #36
Letter from the Editor
Welcome back! It's hard to believe another year is beginning. I hope all of you made some excellent resolutions that you can stick to. Common resolutions from readers of the Pre-Engineering Times include, become an engineer, get involved in a JETS competition, get better grades, do my homework, have a fantastic eweek, etc. This is the first newsletter of 2005 and it's starting with a bang!
Don't forget to start planning for Engineers Week (eweek) 2005. In case you aren't aware, it used to be called National Engineers Week but this year, the eweek committee dropped National from the title to recognize the increasingly international role of engineering work. Eweek is a week-long celebration of engineering that takes place in February. The 2005 festivities will be held Feb 20-26. One of the benefits of eweek is that you can usually talk an engineer into coming to your classroom to talk about engineering. Eweek said that last year, 40,000 volunteer engineers visited schools to help promote the profession. If you are a student, let your teacher know about this opportunity. If you are a teacher, call a local engineering firm and ask for their assistance. For more information about how to get involved and what other people are doing for eweek, visit their site http://www.eweek.org.
This month our feature is petroleum engineering. In a 2002 National Society of Professional Engineers salary survey, they found that petroleum engineers made the most money with an average salary of $114,000! Petroleum engineering is interdisciplinary and may be studied as a major or as an emphasis in a mechanical or chemical engineering program. This issue also provides several links for petroleum engineering exploration and other news you can use.
If you know of students, educators or engineers that would be interested in this kind of information please forward this newsletter and encourage them to subscribe.
Happy New Year,
Celeste Baine (celbaine@engineeringedu.com)
