IEEE-KC Electronic NL, 03 DEC 2009

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TGgroup, LLC a professional engineering consulting firm, has a great consulting opportunity for a power engineer to analyze the power distribution in SE MO for the addition of  solar renewable energy generation. Must be familiar with transmission, distribution and substations and the addition of electrical generation  to the power grid with SPP.

Send resume to:

Russ Trimble, PE
Partner TGgroup, LLC
rltrimble @ gmail.com (remove the spaces)

As an Engineer Mentor in the National Engineers Week Future City Competition, you will give 7th and 8th grade students an opportunity to learn about engineering.

Students who participate in the competition will create a city simulation in SimCity 4 Deluxe, build a scale model of a portion of the city, write an abstract about the city and an essay on sustainability, and recite an oral presentation to describe the merits of their creation.

Your role as a mentor would be to give the students information on how engineers help design, build, and improve cities. As an Engineer Mentor, you will work with one teacher and three students from now through January of 2010. You will assist them with the design of their city, visiting the school once about every two weeks.

Schools currently in need of a mentor:

Kansas:

• Lansing Middle School, 509 W. Ida, Lansing, KS 66043
• Chisholm Middle School, 832 Trinity Ct., Newton, KS 67114

Missouri:

• Raytown Middle School, 4900 Pittman Road, Kansas City, MO 64133
• Raytown Central Middle School, 10601 E. 59th St., Raytown, MO 64133
   

For additional information:

• Engineers Mentor Manual: http://www.futurecity.org/docs/2010_Engineer_Mentor_Manual.pdf
• Future City 2010 Program Handbook: http://www.futurecity.org/docs/2010_Program_Handbook.pdf

Or contact:

Jeff Sims
Mentor Coordinator
KDOT – Road Section
700 SW Harrison, Topeka, KS 66603
Tel: 785-296-0143
Em: Jeffrey @ ksdot.org (remove the spaces)

Or sign up to be a mentor on the Web at www.futurecity.org

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