2018

In 2018, the CIE SoCal chapter was actively involved in the community, by promoting different outreach events. Some of the events hosted by the Chinese Institute of Engineers in 2018 include: Discover E Girl Day – Introduce a Girl to Engineering, Young Professional Forum, Paint the Future, Plant a Seed of STEAM Workshops, Annual Convention, Host of CIE/USA National Council Fall Meeting. A Reflection of these events can be seen below.

Discover E Girl Day – Introduce a Girl to Engineering

CIE-SoCal hosted 2018 DiscoverE Girl Day – Introduce a Girl to Engineering during the National DiscoverE Engineers Week on February 22, 2018 at a coastal junior high school (Rolling Hills Preparatory School) and an inland university (University of California, Riverside), helping focus a growing movement to inspire girls’ futures so they learn they have a place in engineering a better world. The events were arranged for girls (Grade 6–8) from local communities in Southern California to introduce them to an exciting engineering journey, by presenting a featured movie on engineering preliminaries, inviting female engineers for sharing their experiences, as well as getting involved in interesting activities/experiments as suggested by DiscoverE. 

Girls Night Out lecture and hands-on activities hosted at the University of California, Riverside.

Young Professional Forum

On May 25th, 2018, CIE-SoCal held its 9th STEM Young Professional Forum (YPF) on the sunny slopes of the Mt. San Antonio College (Mt. Sac) campus, a collaboration through the Physics/Engineering Department of the Natural Science Division. The event brought together students, professors, and young professionals in the local industry for an evening of questions, testimonies, and career diorama.

Panel Discussion /  Q&A

Paint The Future

This year marked the second anniversary of our implementation of the Paint the Future Event into action. The goal of the program is to encourage children to engage in science, technology, art, engineering and math. This is done by introducing an artistic medium for the students to express themselves through art. 

2018 CIE/USA-SoCal Annual Convention

CIE/USA-SoCal successfully held the 2018 Annual Convention at Holiday Inn Diamond Bar, California, on October 13, 2018, featuring an afternoon program: Plant a Seed of STEAM Workshops, and evening banquet program. The afternoon program attracted more than 100 attendees. The evening program was well attended by more than 150 guests, including government officials, sponsors, community partners, members and friends. More than thirty CIE/USA National Council representatives from other six chapters joined the celebration with SoCal members. The evening program started with banquet dinner accompanied with beautiful music performed by Diamond Bar High School String Quartet Team. California State Senator Ling Ling Chang and Director Richard YC Chang from Taipei Economic and Culture Office in Los Angeles gave warm congratulatory speeches. Photos of the event can be seen below.

2018 Awards Banquet

CIE/USA National Council Fall Meeting