Making a World of Difference

Rockwell Collins is a proud supporter of Engineers Week. The purpose of this annual activity, known as EWeek, is to recognize the contributions of engineers to our society and to promote engineering as a career.

Rockwell Collins employs a large number of engineers and technical professionals. We participate in EWeek activities across the country as a way to both recognize and reward our employees for their contributions, and as a way to encourage young people to consider engineering as a career.

EWeek is an extension of Rockwell Collins' K-12 Business Education Partnership Program. One particular activity, Introduce a Girl to Engineering, is aimed at reaching out to young women before they enter high school and introducing them to the possible career options available to them. The activities also promote the continued study of math and science as building blocks for any career. We also participated in the 24-Hour Global Marathon, for, by and about women in engineering.

Rockwell Collins, in partnership with the professional engineering organizations SWE, IEEE, IES and INCOSE, is participating in EWeek outreach activities across the United State. Employee volunteers coordinate hands-on activities for K-12 students, and mentor high school and college students in special events during this week. Additionally, we sponsor free hands-on engineering activities in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City corridor including:

• Free Engineering Day, Saturday, February 17, 2007, at The Iowa Children's Museum at Coral Ridge Mall, Coralville, Iowa. More than 800 children and parents experienced hands-on activities including an egg-drop, building gumdrop domes and hoop gliders, and tracking time without a watch.
• Engineering Day at the Science Station in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Saturday, February 24, 2007. Nearly 1,000 children and their parents explored science and engineering through experiments and hands-on activities.

For information on some of the contributions engineering and engineers have made to our world, see the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century.