To secure America’s global competitiveness, HoustonWorks USA and Schlumberger are sponsoring the city-wide Engineering Excellence (E2) Competition. E2 will inspire excellence, confidence and curiosity in students and encourage them to create and explore a vision of future technology by combining their imaginations with the tools of science. The E2 Competition will provide students with the foundation for success in science, technology, engineering and mathematics careers. The competition will require students to use research, presentation and computer skills, practical math and science applications and problem solving skills.
Volunteers are needed to serve as Judges and General Volunteers for:
The 2012 Preliminary and Final E2 – Engineering Excellence Competitions Sponsored by HoustonWorks USA and Schlumberger
Preliminary Competition
When: Saturday, February 4, 2012 – Preliminary Competition
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. (volunteers needed at 7:00 – 2:00)
Where: Peck Elementary School – 5130 Arvilla Lane , Houston, TX 77021
Final Competition
When: Saturday, February 18, 2012 – Final Competition
9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. (volunteers needed at 8:00 – 1:30)
Where: The Houston Museum of Natural Science
Volunteer judges will evaluate each contestant’s project based on four categories: Essay, Poster Presentation, Table Display, and Interview. Judges will be emailed approximately 5 – 6 brief essays by contestants for review and grading prior to the competition. This will help to speed up the on-site judging process. We will need approximately 100 volunteer judges for the Preliminary competition and 25 for the Final.
General volunteers will assist in registration, serving refreshments and other duties as needed. Volunteers must be 16 and over.
Judges and volunteers will be given competition t-shirts.
The E2 Competition is designed to provide students with an opportunity to demonstrate their problem-solving skills, research and presentation skills, and their practical application of math, science and technology. The top 10 winners from each education level (elementary, middle and high school) from the Preliminary competition on February 4, 2012 will advance to the final round of competition on February 18, 2012.
Project topics include:
- Elementary School (Grades 3, 4, and 5) – Engineering and Energy
- Middle School (Grades 6, 7, and 8 ) – Engineering and Agriculture or Environment
- High School (Grades 9, 10, 11, and 12) – Engineering and Video Gaming
If you are interested in serving as a judge or general volunteer, please complete the following volunteer form and email it to Francheska Williams, francheska.williams@houstonworks.org. Additional questions can be directed to Francheska Williams at (713) 654-1919, ext. 1212.
We are looking for technical and non-technical judges and volunteers.