Engineers get radio casting call to serve as voices of innovation

Have a great story to tell about the product you invented, the process you created or the work that you do? Ever wanted to be a star on radio or television? Want to help educate the public about the value of engineering?

Here's your chance.

Some 200 engineers will be needed over the next year for a new public radio program that is being launched by the American Association of Engineering Societies with generous support from ASME and the other Founder Societies.

The program, "Voices of Innovation," will run daily on public radio stations. It will feature the voices of engineers in two-minute programs that explore and celebrate the world of engineering.

The programs will profile engineers who talk about inventions, their work life or their career. Each one will be a story of its own. Production begins this month with a search for engineers with a story to tell. Programs will begin airing in April.

To be considered for one of the programs, engineers need to submit a story idea form, which is available at www.voicesofinnovation.org. Sample stories also are available there.
The idea for the program was generated by the AAES Committee on the Public Awareness of Engineering, chaired by Victoria Rockwell, who is the past vice president of the ASME Board on Public Information.

The Founder Societies include ASME, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the American Institute of Mining Engineers. The Founder Societies collectively provided $290,000 to kick off the first year of production. Another $50,000 grant was provided by NASA.

"Voices of Innovation" is being produced by Jim Metzner Productions, which also produces the award-winning "Pulse of the Planet" program that is broadcast on more than 300 commercial and public radio stations.

 

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