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Reception at 5:30 pm, Dinner and Award Presentations at 6:30pm

Featuring the the 97th presentation of the Washington Award to Dr. Alvy Ray Smith. Dr. Smith cofounded or was present at the beginning of four centers of computer graphics excellence: Altamira, Pixar, Lucasfilm, and New York Tech. He is a pioneer who has earned an international reputation for his work in the use of full computer graphics. His work has been recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures receiving two Academy Awards. He initiated and negotiated CAPS (Computer Animation Production System) project between Pixar and Disney, the hardware and software system that Disney now uses now uses for full production of all its "traditional" 2D animated feature films.

The Chicagoland Engineers Week Committee will also recognize some of the hundreds of middle to high school aged students who participate in a variety of mathematic and science programs and competitions throughout the year and during E-Week.

For information and sponsorship visit www.chicagolandeweek.org

Illinois Institute of Technology, West will be hosting the 26^th Annual Exposition for Engineers Week this year.  This event will be held from 11 am until 3:30 pm on Saturday, February 20 at the IIT/West campus in Wheaton.  (View flyer, 732kb pdf file)

The event is an opportunity for students and their parents to find out more about engineering so that they can decide whether or not engineering is a good choice for their future academics and whether they may want to pursue a career in engineering.

As part of this event, the Chicago Chapter of SFPE will be staffing a table to answer questions from students and to explain what we do as fire protection engineers and to let them know what kind of academic courses that they may need to take to prepare for a future in engineering.

We are calling for volunteers to staff this table for 2 hour shifts.  The shifts will be as shown below:

 The 10:30 am to 12:30 pm shift is responsible for set-up of the table.  The 2:00 to 4:00 shift is responsible for dismantling and clean-up of the table.

 Please contact Joe Talbert at (630) 665-2194 or Joetalbert@aol.com by February 13 to volunteer to assist SFPE in this very rewarding effort.

 THANKS!

Roger and Carol Bassett are pleased to announce that they have established the Roger and Carol Bassett Fire Protection Scholarship at Purdue University and are funding the scholarship.  The FM Global Foundation is providing matching funds.  The first scholarship is for a junior or senior student studying mechanical engineering at Purdue University and who is interested in entering the field of fire protection engineering.

For the student to be considered for the scholarship they must show an interest in the field of fire protection by completing research or a project related to the field or getting an intern job in the field. The new president of Purdue, France Cordova, has written Roger congratulating him on setting up this scholarship program.

Roger is a 1959 graduate of Purdue University in Mechanical Engineering and is a Fellow in the Society of Fire Protection Engineers. Roger retired from FM Global. It is Roger’s desire to expand the scholarship program to other schools at Purdue University as additional funds become available. Anyone may contribute to the scholarship fund by sending the funds directly to Purdue University at the following address:

Dick and Sandy Dauch Alumni Center
403 West Wood Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2007.

The donation should be noted to be credited to the Roger and Carol Bassett Fire Protection Scholarship. It requires a minimum of $20,000 for each scholarship.

The University is looking for future intern jobs for summer work and coop work to assist these students. Direct contact regarding intern jobs should be made to Jerry Mathews at (765) 494-5702 or jmathew@ecn.purdue.edu/ME

A great place to get all kinds of information from state, county and city websites, as well as many business and economic organizations, is www.illinois-home.com.  A link to our chapter's website has been included.