WHEREAS, The week of February 16 to 22 is being observed by state and national engineering organizations as National Engineers Week, during which time a number of observances will be taking place throughout California and the nation; and

WHEREAS, During National Engineers Week, students in elementary and high schools are introduced to many facets of the engineering profession through special educational programs; and

WHEREAS, There are approximately 120,000 registered professional engineers in California; and

WHEREAS, Professional engineers have used their scientific and technical knowledge and skills in creative and innovative ways to fulfill society’s needs; and

WHEREAS, Engineers practice in a number of important specialties, including chemical, metallurgical, civil, industrial, geotechnical, structural, mechanical, and electrical; and

WHEREAS, Engineers are on the leading edge of technology and have helped conquer many frontiers in space, in the operating room, in factories, on the ocean floor, and inside the earth; and

WHEREAS, California’s “registered professional engineers” serve the interests of the state in the areas of investigations and analyses, project planning, facilities design and construction support, and environmental studies, and develop special solutions to technical problems that broadly affect the public interest; and

WHEREAS, Society will begin to look more and more to engineers and their knowledge and skills to meet the challenges of the future; now, therefore, be it