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K-12 Outreach Programs at Missouri S&T

ECEDHA Annual Meeting

Mar 26, 2012

Kelvin Erickson

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General Philosophy

Campus Philosophy:Those that visit campus are more likely to come

as students

Department Philosophy:Have them build something to take home

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Summer Programs• Jackling Introduction to Engineering• Minority Introduction to Technology &

Engineering• CyberMiner Camp (Comp Eng)• Robotics Camp• It’s A Girl Thing• Summer Solutions

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Programs During Academic Year

• Expanding Your Horizons

• SWE Lock-in

• Pre-College Initiative

• Boy Scout Merit Badge University

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Jackling Introduction to Engineering

• Rising high school juniors and seniors

• Sun-Thurs for 3 different weeks

• Stay in residence halls

• 18 engineering programs

• Typically 170-200 students

• 80 will visit EE, 60 will visit CpE

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Jackling Typical Day

Morning - Lectures and demonstrations

Afternoon - Visits to and hands-on activities in departments

Evening - Special presentations, competitions, and recreational activities

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EE Afternoon Project

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CpE Afternoon Project

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Minority Introduction to Technology & Engineering

• Rising high school juniors and seniors

• Sun-Thurs for 2 different weeks

• Similar to Jackling except smaller group

• One visit to most of the engineering programs

• ECE – 3 hours

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ECE Project

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CyberMiner Camp

• Rising high school juniors and seniors

• Sun-Thurs for 1 week

• Comp Eng, Comp Sci, Info Sys & Tech

• Each program has 1 day

• Typically 50 students

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CpE Project

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Robotics Camp

• Ages 12 - 15

• Wed-Fri for 1 week

• EE and ME

• Typically 40 students

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Robotics Activities

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It’s A Girls Thing

• Rising 7th and 8th grade girls

• Mon-Fri for 1 week

• One visit to most of the engineering programs

• ECE – 2 hours

• Typically 30 students

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ECE Project

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Summer Solutions

• Rising freshman and sophomore girls

• Mon-Fri for 1 week

• One visit to most of the engineering programs

• ECE – 3 hours

• Typically 30 students

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ECE Project

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Expanding Your Horizons

• 7th and 8th grade girls from the local area

• One day in November

• Rotate among 4 45-min hands-on activities (20+ total) plus general sessions

• ECE – electromagnetic flashlight

• Typically 600 participants

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SWE Lock-In and Pre-College Initiative

• High school students

• Weekend programs run by students

• One visit to some of the engineering programs

• ECE – 1 ½ to 2 hours

• Typically 30 participants

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EE Project

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Boy Scout Merit Badge University

• 7th grade + students

• Electricity MB largely hands-on, culminating in building a DC motor

• Electronics MB lecture and demonstration in morning. Project building in afternoon

• Taught by faculty, assisted by students

• Typ. 10 in Electricity, 36 in Electronics

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MBU Project

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Project Lead The Way (PLTW)

• Training for Digital Electronics course in high school

• 2 weeks

• Typically 12 participants

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Project Lead The Way (PLTW)