Volunteer Opportunities / Upcoming Events
Engineers Week is February 16 – 22, 2025
DiscoverE – Discover Engineering
2025 Theme: Design Your Future
This year’s theme isboth a call to action and a celebration of the limitless possibilities in engineering. It invites us to dream boldly, innovate relentlessly, and create a future shaped by our collective ingenuity. As we mark 25 years into the 21st century, engineers remain at the forefront of addressing rapid technological advancements, societal shifts, and global challenges. Their critical work is reshaping how we live, work, and connect
DiscoverE is the backbone organization behind Engineers Week™ (established 1951), Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day™ (2001), World Engineering Day (2016, formerly known as Global Day of the Engineer), the Persist Series (2005), and the Future City Competition™ (1993). DiscoverE programs and resources have been adopted by individuals and organizations around the globe.
DiscoverE programs cover pre-k to work force and intersect at the points of corporate social responsibility, public affairs, and talent acquisition. They are highly collaborative, represent the breadth of engineering, and are compelling yet simple to execute. This strategy enables organizational partners, volunteers, and educators to effectively reach millions of students, parents, and young adults with the message that engineers work with smart, inspiring people to invent, design, and create things that matter.
2025 MEMPHIS-AREA ACTIVITIES
Visit the Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council website https://mjecm.org
Saturday, January 25, 2025 – VEX at the Nest III (MS/HS) VEX V5 Robotics Competition
Location: St. Benedict at Auburndale High School, 8250 Varnavas Drive, Cordova
Contact: Victor Hoang, email victorhoangn@gmail.com
Volunteers are needed.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F48AEAB2EA1F85-49772717-vexatthe#
OTHER VEX Robotics EVENTS
2025 Brighton High Vex High Stakes Robotic Tournament (VEX V5 Robotics Competition)
Brighton High School 8045 Hwy 51 S Brighton, Tennessee 38011
Date: 1-Feb-2025
Cheryl Jacobs <CJacobs1@tipton-county.com>
MUS VRC Winter Tournament (VEX V5 Robotics Competition)
Memphis University School 6191 Park Avenue Memphis, Tennessee 38119
Date: 21-Feb-2025 – 22-Feb-2025
Garrett Smithson <garrett.Smithson@musowls.org>
St. Agnes Academy Battle at the Academy (ES/MS) (VEX IQ Robotics Competition)
St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School 4830 Walnut Grove Road Memphis, Tennessee 38117
Date: 8-Feb-2025
David Tran <dtran@saa-sds.org>
St. George’s Rapid Relay School Day Showdown (MS Only) (VEX IQ Robotics Competition)
St. George’s Independent School 1880 Wolf River Boulevard Collierville, Tennessee 38017
Date: 20-Feb-2025
Crista Smothers <csmothers@sgis.org>
2025 MEMPHIS-AREA ACTIVITIES (Continued)
Visit the Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council website https://mjecm.org
Saturday, February 1, 2025 – MATHCOUNTS
Location: Southwest Tennessee Community College (Macon Cove Campus)
Sponsoring Organization: Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers Memphis Chapter
Contact: Brian King 901-748-1811, email bking@fisherarnold.com
The Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) sponsors both regional and state competitions every year for the nationwide MATHCOUNTS program (www.mathcounts.org). MATHCOUNTS is a national competition for students in 6th through 8th grade. Regional and state competitions are held in February and March, along with a final national competition in May. MATHCOUNTS offers exciting programs for students who not only love math, but fear math as well. The programs are designed to engage students of all ability levels in fun and challenging ways that are sometimes not possible within the structure of a math classroom.
Volunteers are needed to help with MATHCOUNTS. Contact Brian if interested.
Saturday, February 8, 2025 – FIRST® LEGO® League West TN FLL Challenge Championship
and West TN FLL Explore Festival
Time: Championship 7:30 AM – 4:30 PM; Festival 12:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Location: St. Louis School, 5192 Shady Grove Rd, Memphis
Contact: Patrick McGinnis, email patrick@nobox.org
Website: https://fll.nobox.org/challenge/volunteers/
FIRST® LEGO® League introduces science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) to children ages 4-16 through fun, exciting hands-on learning. Participants gain real-world problem-solving experience through a guided, global robotics program, helping today’s students and teachers build a better future together. Students apply their skills in an exciting competition while building habits of learning, confidence, and teamwork along the way.
Volunteers are needed and MUST be registered.
To register as a volunteer: https://fll.nobox.org/challenge/volunteers/
2025 MEMPHIS-AREA ACTIVITIES (Continued)
Visit the Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council website https://mjecm.org
Tuesday – Sunday, February 4 – 9, 2025 – MJEC Engineers Week Student Contest
First Round Judging – to be done as your schedule permits
There will be two rounds of judging. The deadline for schools to participate is Monday, February 3, 2025. Teams will submit their projects in pdf format, preferably with pictures. The Contest Chairman will organize the entries and send them via email to the judges, who will review and score the projects as their schedules permit. These scores determine which projects will advance to the Championship Round.
The Championship Round will be held in person on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Sponsoring Organization: Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council
Contact: April Branch, 901-550-3300, email ajbranch@outlook.com
Volunteers are needed to judge the Student Contest, both the First Round,
February 4 – February 9, and the in-person Championship Round on Saturday,
March 1. You can do either or both events. Contact April if interested.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW FOR THE EVENTS BELOW:
Wednesday, February 12, 2025 – Engineers Week Kickoff Luncheon
Saturday, February 15, 2025 – STEMology (for 3rd-12th grade students)
A conference to spark interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math)
Thursday, February 20, 2025 – Engineers Week Banquet
Saturday, February 22, 2025 – eDay (Engineering Day at Herff) University of Memphis
Saturday, March 1, 2025 – MJEC Engineers Week Student Contest
SAVE THE DATE IN MAY
Thursday, May 8, 2025 – Tom Lee 100th Anniversary Ceremony