PUBLIC AWARENESS

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Public Awareness Committee
Joel Snyder, Chair June 18 ,2004
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Membership

• The PAC consists of six voting members and
  nonvoting members as follows
• Voting Members-
• Joel Snyder, PAC Chair
• Jan Brown Nahid Khazenie
• Geoffrey Orsak Wallace Read
• Arthur Winston
• Nonvoting Members-
• TBD
• Ex-Officio-
• James Tien
• Staff Support-
• Douglas Gorham

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Meetings

• Email correspondence
• Face to face meeting on June 5 and 6
• Pre-meeting dinner with representatives from ASCE
  and AIChE
• Day long meeting of Committee

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PUBLIC AWARENESS

• Goal 6 To enhance the perceived status of
  engineers and the engineering profession.
• Objective 6.1 Partner with companies and
  organizations worldwide, to enhance the public
  understanding and awareness of the contributions
  of engineers and the engineering profession to
  the global economy and quality of life.

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Issue

• The general public is not aware of the
  contributions of engineers to their daily lives.
• Sub-objective Educate the general public about
  how technology influences our daily lives and the
  role that engineers play.

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Actions

• 6.1.1 Research and identify companies and
  organizations worldwide that address the issues
  of this Goal. (UNESCO or other U.N. Bodies)
• 6.1.2 Research to establish the extent to which
  the terms engineering and engineers are being
  used and portrayed in advertising and other
  media. ( Look into research currently being done
  at universities to see if there is an opportunity
  to partner, including NSF, UEF etc)
• 6.1.3 Develop a concept and a proposal for a
  Global Summit on Public Awareness of Engineering.

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PUBLIC AWARENESS

• Goal 6 To enhance the perceived status of
  engineers and the engineering profession.
• Objective 6.2 Enhance the image and
  desirability of engineering as a profession.

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Issue

• In some parts of the world engineering is not
  respected as much as other professions.
• Sub-objective Enhance the quality, quantity and
  diversity of individuals entering the engineering
  profession.

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Actions

• 6.2.1 Identify groups who are currently
  researching this issue.
• 6.2.2 Work with IEEE Research Staff to determine
  the feasibility and design of an IEEE research
  study on global perceptions of engineering.
  (Harris Poll as a benchmark)
• 6.2.3 Determine the feasibility of expanding
  E-Week globally.
• 6.2.4 Identify what IEEE is doing to address the
  issues on the image of the engineer. (Find out
  what is going on with AAES and IEEE-USA)
• 6.2.5 Find out whether accreditation bodies
  include curricula in issues related to
  self-awareness, self-promotion etc.