The Akamai Maui Short Course

The Akamai Maui Short Course

Akamai Maui Short Course Informational Talk, 1/24/06

The Students 10-12 Maui- and Kauai-based

students: from MCC ECET program, UH, mainland 4-year schools

Students spend the summer in an internship with a local high-tech company

We track their progress Weekly meetings Research expo (July 28 on Maui) [Optional] participation in the

SACNAS conference (October 26-29 in Tampa)

Akamai Maui Short Course Informational Talk, 1/24/06

The Program, part 1

One-week short course: May 30 - June 3

Goals: Mostly attitude Comfort in a lab/research setting Ability to form investigable questions Boldness in asking questions and

proposing solutions Communication: writing abstracts,

presenting inquiry results to each other, making posters for research expo

Familiarity with AO technology and uses Subject material is geometric

optics, light & color, AO - considering revisions at PDW

Akamai Maui Short Course Informational Talk, 1/24/06

The Program, part 2

Two half-inquiries Camera Obscura and Sun Shadows

Two full inquiries Lenses & refraction and Color & light

Two topic units Image processing, light detectors, AO &

wavefronts, Gemini AO game More advanced, hands-on, practical,

directed Time to meet summer mentors

Lunch and project discussion Group visit to an internship site

Cultural history of Maui and Haleakala

Akamai Maui Short Course Informational Talk, 1/24/06

More about AO ??

Logistics

Have two instructors plus host Need a planner/lead instructor, maybe another

instructor?

Planning starts at PDW: earliest Short Course Min. monthly videocon meetings with Mark H

In progress/development this year Connection with high-tech community

Sense of what the internship will be like Post-internship opportunities

New topic units?Image processingCircuits & light detection

Akamai Maui Short Course Informational Talk, 1/24/06

The Pitch

This is a great program! The students are very engaged, and Mark and MCC are developing new and exciting programs and partnerships