Several employees with Bechtel National, Inc. volunteered for the “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” event.
Office of Environmental Management
March 3, 2020
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RICHLAND, Wash. – Several employees with Bechtel National, Inc., the EM Hanford Site Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant contractor, volunteered for the “Introduce a Girl to Engineering” event at the Richland Public Library in Washington during the recent Engineers Week. More than 100 students participated in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) activities involving pocket-size robots and tests to see how many coins a makeshift boat of aluminum foil could hold. Volunteers also came from the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of Women Engineers, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Bechtel control systems engineer Courtney Felt is pictured at left.
More than 20 engineers from EM Hanford Site contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) volunteered for Engineers Week in local elementary, middle, and high school classrooms, teaching students about the concepts of engineering and opportunities available at Hanford. Founded by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1951, Engineers Week is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce by increasing interest in engineering and technology careers. Hayley McClendon, a CHPRC scientist, is pictured at far left with sixth-graders in a science class at Horse Heaven Hills Middle School in Kennewick, Washington.