2008 Awards Banquet

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tom Crouch, Senior Curator of Aeronautics for the

National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution

Date and Time: Friday, February 22, 2008        6:00 pm - 9:30 pm 
Location: University of San Diego (USD) Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice 
Map 
Parking:  Free Parking at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice 
Parking: Complementary self parking under the building. (using all spaces, even reserved spaces).
Complementary self parking in any adjacent student or faculty lot or street space after 5 pm 

Attire: Business Attire

Registration: Upon arrival at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, go to the Registration Table. Give the check-in person your name and your engineering society affiliation. You will be given one beverage ticket, a menu ticket indicating your reservation menu choice and table number. Additional beverage (soft drink, beer or wine) tickets available for $3 each upon check-in, prior to 7:15 pm.  

Reception: Rotunda [6 pm - 7:15 pm]
Banquet: Banquet Room (A, B, C, D) [7 pm - 9:15 pm]

6:00 pm: Rotunda: Registration
No-host reception - Beverages $3.00 [One free beverage ticket per dinner]
7:00 pm: Dinner - Banquet Room (A, B, C, D): Kevin Burns, AIAA, General Chair, MC
8:00 pm: Awards Presentations [Outstanding Engineer, Engineering Educator,Engineering Project(s); Outstanding Service; Co-sponsored Projects].
Gerald Gerace, IEEE, NEW SD 2008 Awards Chair.

8:30 pm Keynote Speaker Introduction by Kevin Burns, AIAA, NEW SD 2008 General Chair, Banquet MC.

 9:15 pm End

 Meal Selections: includes one beverage (soda, beer, or wine), salad, chocolate mousse dessert, and coffee; choice of entree:

Fish or Chicken or Vegetarian  

Meal Selection: Chicken, Fish or Veggie includes one drink (additional drinks $3.00) 
Event Price:     $37.50 per person       ($40.00 after February 8th - Chief's Choice) 
                Make Check Payable to Society of Manufacturing Engineers
                Mail Check, Name, and Indicate Meal Selection Before February 8^th to: 
                        Tony Kalwasinski Email for address to scribe@sme44.org
                      
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Tom Crouch, Senior Curator of Aeronautics for the National Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian Institution

Keynote Topic: Inventing Flight - The Science of Balloons to the Technology of Wings