• DEADLINE EXTENDED to Friday, February 6th for Award Nominations including STEM Teacher of the Engineer and Jr & Sr. Engineer and Scientist of the Year. The awards will be presented at the Annual QCESC Banquet held during Engineers Week on Thursday, February 26, 2015. Application and information can be found at: http://qcesc.org/Awards/awards.html
  • The 8th Annual Battle of the Bridges Contest February 6th and 7th for all ages, with 2-4 people per team at the Putnam Museum, 1717 West 12th Street, Davenport, Iowa 52804. Details and Pre-Registration (a must!) can be found here: http://qcesc.org/Bridge_Building/battle_of_bridges_3.html

    We will continue to register teams until we reach our capacity (40 per day).  All of the materials are provided with no pre-work required.
  • Pre-Registration is Open Now for the QCESC Annual Banquet, February 26th. EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. The 53rd Annual Banquet of the Quad City Engineering & Science Council celebrating Engineers Week & STEM Education and Careers will be held on Thursday, February 26th at John Deere's Worldwide Headquarters (One John Deere Place, Moline, Illinois) beginning at 5:00 P.M. with networking social hour, silent auction, displays including by students, dinner, Order of the Engineer Inductions, scholarship presentations to high school students, annual awards and guest speaker.  Our very special, inspiring keynote speaker will be William White, Midwest Regional Vice President for Project Lead the Way who played 11 years in the NFL including in the Super Bowl, attended Ohio State University with a degree in metallurgical engineering.
  • To Pre-Register and view details, visit:

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