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Hands-on Summer Camp to Attract K-12 Students to Engineering Fields
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Yilmaz, Muhittin; Ren, Jianhong; Custer, Sheryl; Coleman, Joyce – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
This paper explains the organization and execution of a summer engineering outreach camp designed to attract and motivate high school students as well as increase their awareness of various engineering fields. The camp curriculum included hands-on, competitive design-oriented engineering projects from several disciplines: the electrical,…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Day Camp Programs, Engineering Education, Secondary School Students
An Electrical Engineering Summer Academy for Middle School and High School Students
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LoPresti, Peter G.; Manikas, Theodore W.; Kohlbeck, Jeff G. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2010
An Electrical Engineering Summer Academy for Pre-College Students was held at the University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK, during the summers of 2007 and 2008. The Academy participants included students having just completed 7th to 11th grade and teachers from middle school through high school. The students and teachers participated in team-building,…
Descriptors: Engineering, Professional Occupations, Engineering Education, Career Exploration