Engineering

This dynamic, co-ed, overnight summer camp is based on the VEX Robotics System which offers high school students an exciting platform for learning about areas rich with career opportunities spanning science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Beyond science and engineering principles, a VEX Robotics project also encourages teamwork, leadership and problem solving among groups. When not in class, students enjoy planned activities on campus as well as free time for relaxation. Living, dining, and learning together as a team, students have ample opportunity to get to know each other well and develop lasting friendships. The emphasis is on having fun and enjoying our beautiful natural surroundings while learning! With our dynamic, engaging, talented and caring faculty; terrific facilities; and lovely surroundings, the Alfred University Robotics Engineering Camp could make this your best summer ever!

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STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) was introduced by scientific administrators in 2001, and since then organizations and universities have been developing programs deeply rooted in the rigorous skills and educational foundation needed to pursue degrees and careers in these areas. However, a large number of students who may be interested in one of these areas may still have questions about what they can actually pursue and how it can be applicable to their lives. This course is designed for those students. We will explore five of the most popular specialties within the field of engineering and dive into some projects that will give an idea of how skills are applied. Students will examine the concepts of building structures like bridges and tunnels, explore medical technologies that help people with injuries and disabilities, learn about rocket science, and discover a variety of engineering related professions. Program areas of concentration are: Civil Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Aerospace Engineering. Like all of our courses, our summer engineering programs are fun and engaging. You get top-notch instructors who love to teach. No homework. No tests. No worries! It’s a great way to explore your interests with zero pressure to perform. Imagine, Plan, And Create With Us This Summer!

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This program is an academically challenging, hands-on introduction to various engineering disciplines, topics in technology, and how basic scientific phenomena are applied in engineering design. The curriculum includes classroom instruction, laboratory demonstrations and experiments, and a variety of other interesting and fun academic activities.

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CATALYST Academy is a one-week summer residential program for underrepresented high school students who excel in math and science, enjoy solving problems, and want to learn more about careers in engineering.

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Curious about engineering as a career path? In this program you'll use your math and science skills to address real-world challenges and explore the field of engineering. Through labs, team projects, guest speakers, and field trips, you'll gain an overview of college and career opportunities in engineering. You'll engage in hands-on exercises designed to give you practice developing products and solving design challenges. You'll also meet with College of Engineering advisors and tour Cornell's innovative research facilities.

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CURIE Academy is a one-week summer residential program for high school girls who excel in math and science, enjoy solving problems, and want to learn more about careers in engineering.

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This multi-faceted camp addresses three areas of interest surrounding biosciences and engineering: current research, ethics and communication, and college and career paths. During the two weeks, participants will advance their understanding of current research in biosciences and engineering while developing their analytical thinking and problem solving skills. Through hands on activities in various engineering lab settings, students will learn about the current tools and techniques used in research. Additionally, they will develop relevant, real-life problem definitions and go through the engineering design process to generate possible solutions to the problem they define. The problems defined will be derived from exposure to the current research conducted during the first week of the camp.

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The Mechanical Engineering Rocket Propulsion program summer program teaches students the principles of rocket and air-breathing propulsion. Students will participate in a range of classroom and hands-on learning activities exploring the aspect of propulsion system design, analysis, fabrication, and testing. Students will also learn about the history of air-breathing and rocket propulsion, the current state-of-the-art, and where propulsion systems are headed and future prospects in the propulsion field. This is a hands-on course. Students will be working with Embry-Riddle faculty in our engineering lab. You will learn the basic principles of propulsion – The thrust equation, conservation of mass, momentum and energy. Design and build a simple rocket from “off the shelf” parts. Then fly the rocket. Learn simple propellant chemistry and participate in mixing of solid propellant and casting it into grains. Static test fire solid rocket motors from the grains they cast. Learn about and participate in simple fabrication methods such as 3-D printing (rapid prototyping), water jet, laser cutter, and traditional machine tools. Learn about and participate in simple laboratory and testing activities, including LabVIEW programming and data acquisition.

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This immersive program will introduce you to the overarching principles of engineering, including the design thinking process and how it, along with other key concepts, can be applied across a variety of engineering disciplines. Over eight incredible days on the campus of a top-ranked engineering school, you and fellow high school students will explore your passions while being exposed to the vast array of engineering professions. You will gain access to cutting-edge labs and facilities, and apply your newfound skills to assist with achieving some of the Sustainable Development Goals set forth by the United Nations.

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Explore the fundamentals of structural engineering in the School's state-of-the-art Class of 2017 EFX Laboratory. Students design, prototype and build three dimensional structures as creative solutions to engineering challenges. In this two-week program basic theories of structural design (forces, materials, and properties) will be taught.  Students will learn how to analyze a structure and its components by using concepts from math and physics. They will then design and build a structure based on a set of parameters that include cost, manufacturability, performance, and aesthetics.  This program will combine academic and hands-on work to provide an insight into structural engineering. The setting for this course is the Hotchkiss Class of 2017 EFX Lab and the Leung Prototyping Studio, giving students access to several fabrication tools including an Epilog Laser Fusion M2 laser cutter and Zortrax and FormLabs 3D printers. Structural Engineering is ideal for those students who are not afraid to fail, iterate, and redesign in the pursuit of creative engineering solutions.

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Engineering Innovation is an exciting, college-level, summer program for motivated high school students with an aptitude in math and science and an interest in (or curiosity about) engineering. This program has been available to high school students since 2006. In the program, students learn to think and problem-solve like engineers and have the opportunity to earn Johns Hopkins University (JHU) credit. By applying knowledge of math and science to labs and hands-on projects, the concepts learned in high school classrooms are linked to real-world practice.  Additionally students’ confidence grows as they attend college-level lectures, solve problems, test theories, and ultimately learn to think like engineers.

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The AIM program at Kettering University is a five-week residential summer program for high school students of color (in the graduating class of 2019) who are interested in science, technology, engineering, math and business. This program provides students with real college experience. Students enroll in college-level courses to develop functional, quantitative and qualitative skills.

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Students see how engineers help prevent injuries by designing airbags and child car seats and testing them with crash test dummies. They learn how engineers repair joints, limbs and organs by making replacements that are functional and durable. During the camp, students explore environmental challenges in engineering and solve crimes by combining science and technology.

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For explorers at National Geographic, technology and exploration go hand in hand—cutting-edge science and high-tech tools are invaluable to their expeditions. Join some of National Geographic’s leading explorers on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) campus to examine the many intersections of technology and exploration. Attend seminars on a range of topics—from 3D printing to engineering mobile urban farms—and participate in related experiments. Tie your experiences together in a capstone project that uses cutting-edge science to help address an important issue in your own community.

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If you are interested in nuclear engineering, this one-week summer program will introduce you to the fascinating world of nuclear power and the outstanding opportunities in nuclear engineering.

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Bioengineering Immersion is an intensive, experiential, and project-based program for talented high school students who want to deepen their understanding of bioengineering and build a toolbox of technical skills. Over the course of two weeks, students will learn the basics of bioengineering and engineering design principles from our world-renowned research faculty while working on cutting-edge projects, such as 3D printing artificial implants. Students will complete labs on tissue engineering, medical implant design and testing, and biomedical circuit design, and will leave the program with 3D printed parts designed in SOLIDWORKS and a powerpoint presentation for their portfolio. Students in this program will be making site visits to engineering companies to see first-hand how new technologies are being used and to learn about the many career paths in the field. Previous visits have seen how Conformis makes custom total knee replacements, Mitek sports medicine creates devices for minimally invasive surgery, and AstraZeneca develops new drugs. There will also be a panel of current bioengineering students fielding questions and talking about their co-ops, courses, and campus experience.

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Deepen your understanding of engineering disciplines and current engineering challenges. Engineering Innovation and Design (EID) is an intensive, experiential, and project-based program for talented high school students who want to deepen their understanding of engineering disciplines and current engineering challenges while building a toolbox of technical skills to set themselves apart from their peers. Over the course of two weeks, students will learn the basics of engineering design principles in the context of several themes: Robotics in Service to Society, Sustainability in a Changing World, and Product Design. They will research and complete hands-on build projects under these themes using our newly redesigned college Makerspace. EID will include visits from professionals onsite in robotics, manufacturing, and product design, to see first-hand how new technologies are being used and career paths in the field. EID will travel to some of Boston’s leading technology and innovation companies. Past visits have included the animatronics laboratory at Hasbro and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Wind Turbine Testing facilities.

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Designed for advanced students in high school grades 10-12 and Year 1-2 college students with an interest in machine learning, this course will present and practice introductory concepts in machine learning. The course will be delivered synchronously with time built-in for practice, questions, and review. Students will learn how to write Python programs and some mathematical concepts that are used universally in machine learning. Topics to cover include: Evaluating functions, reading and writing images, matrices and vectors, fitting data with a line, minimizing a loss function, extracting features from images, and how classification works. Pre-requisites are high school algebra and calculus.

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This week-long intensive program immerses students in the product and industrial design process, which combines the social sciences, arts, and engineering to develop objects that are aesthetically appealing, functional, and useful.  Participants work in small groups, facilitated by a product design mentor, to define real-world problems, think about user experiences, rapidly iterate divergent ideas, prototype, build, and pitch their refined concepts.  Students will use the Design, Innovation, & Society (DIS) Program’s wood shop, 3D-printing and digital manufacturing center, modeling and animation lab, and sketching and physical concepting spaces, and will work with faculty and advanced students from the DIS Program.

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Are you a high school sophomore or junior (entering 11th or 12th grade in the fall) with a passion for engineering or technology? PREFACE is a summer experience hosted by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute designed for students interested in pursuing a career in engineering or technology who are part of groups that have been historically and traditionally underrepresented or underserved in science, engineering, and other technological fields. Since 1978, PREFACE has provided a pre-college introduction to the different types of engineering, allowing students to understand what engineers do and what it takes to become an engineer. PREFACE students are exposed to today’s global challenges and learn to use engineering design and manufacturing processes to develop possible solutions.

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This program is an introduction to engineering concepts with a focus on creativity, teamwork, communication, and working across seven available engineering disciplines. Students will be introduced to various disciplines as well as engineering design processes through a week-long project, providing a design-build-test experience.

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In 2019, School of Engineering at Santa Clara University will host its 30th annual Summer Engineering Seminar (SES) program. This special summer experience is for current high school sophomores and juniors who are interested in exploring the field of engineering. The program is designed to acquaint participants with the engineering profession, the academic expectations of college, and the nature of life at a university. 

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The residential camp is designed for rising juniors and seniors in high school to explore the four main disciplines of engineering offered at the Lyle School: electrical, mechanical, civil and environmental engineering, as well as computer science learning the skills and tools that are part of a career in engineering. Campers will spend much of their time in the Deason Innovation Gym, the Lyle School’s maker space that is a combination of a design studio, a machine shop, and a garage focusing on group and individual projects. The 1,200 square foot Gym houses 3D-printers, a laser cutter, vinyl cutter, power tools, and white boards, all the equipment needed to further interest in an engineering career. While on campus, campers would also have the benefit of experiencing several aspects of college life, including top-level educational facilities, dorms, and independent living. SMU Lyle undergraduate students would serve as camp counselors and mentors and stay in the dorms with the campers. 

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This engineering summer program for high school students doesn’t just tackle engineering and science fundamentals, it also challenges students to think critically and creatively about how to design innovative solutions to complex problems. We will explore facets of mechanical, structural, civil, and biomedical engineering in a hands-on, minds-on approach. In the first six classes, students will spend two days focused on each of the following fields of engineering: biomedical, civil, and mechanical. For each subfield of engineering, students will learn some key concepts and complete at least one design challenge. For the last three classes, each student (or team of students) chooses the field of engineering that interests them most and does a larger project or design challenge focused on that area.

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Mechanical engineering is an exciting field, offering jobs in almost every industry. Some of the top industries hiring mechanical engineers today include engineering services, R&D and manufacturing. This hands-on course will provide exposure to mechanical engineers who can share their personal academic and career paths.

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Think analytically and look beyond the obvious while deepening your understanding of astronomy, physics, math and team-building psychology. You'll work on a variety of practical and interactive activities throughout the week. Building the brain muscle is challenging. Working individually and in teams with other like-minded students makes the learning fun. During this residential experience, you'll practice and improve your problem-solving skills and meet other students who share your interests. SU faculty from various academic disciplines will introduce you to their areas of expertise, including: Star gazing and building a Rover with Dr. Pirbhai (astronomy and physics); Digital electronics with Minecraft with Dr. Faust (physics); Building and battling bots with Dr. Zain (physics); Dr. Brakke's soap bubble research (mathematics).

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Engineering design is the practical application of the science and theory of engineering to the needs of the real world. Through team-based projects in our brand new state-of-the art maker space, lectures, and guest speakers, students will examine not just the “how” but the “why” of engineering projects preparing them for the way real engineering projects work! All while meeting new friends and experiencing life on the campus of Tufts University.

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SEE UA! camp at the University of Akron is an engaging one week residential and day summer camp for girls entering the ninth through twelfth grades that immerses the girls into biomedical, civil, chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering.  Each day is comprised of fun-filled hands-on engineering activities in the morning that are led by our talented faculty, followed by dynamic tours of local engineering firms and then campus-wide activities in the evening. The campers also spend the week working as a team on an engineering design project or research project and then compete against other camp teams at the end of the week.

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Do you ever wonder what makes bridges capable of withstanding 100-mph winds or why a skyscraper doesn’t collapse during an earthquake? If so, then perhaps you’ll be an engineer someday! Here is an invitation: if you are entering the 11th or 12th grade, come to The University of Alabama campus to discover if engineering or computer science is the right career for you by participating in our SITE Program!

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The emerging field of Molecular Engineering brings together concepts from chemical and mechanical engineering, materials science, physics, and nanotechnology in order to innovate across a wide range of areas, including energy storage and harvesting, water purification, and manufacturing electronic, biomedical, and mechanical devices.

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Summer Camp in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science provides high school students with a fun yet thorough introduction to these exciting fields.

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This one-week day camp will allow you to develop your creativity as well as provide you with the opportunity to meet and speak with working engineers. For part of the camp, you will work on campus with different engineering departments, learning and completing hands-on projects to better understand the breadth and variety of different engineering fields. For the remainder of the camp, you will visit various corporate engineering plants such as General Electric, Procter & Gamble, and Northrop Grumman Xetron to meet professional engineers and see their work in action. Throughout the week, you will also take part in teamwork activities, group projects and sessions to learn about college preparation, approaches to teamwork, professional development, and meet UC Engineering and Applied Science students! On campus housing options available if you are traveling long distance. 

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This one-week day camp will allow you to develop your creativity as well as provide you with the opportunity to meet and speak with working engineers. For part of the camp, you will work on campus with different engineering departments, learning and completing hands-on projects to better understand the breadth and variety of different engineering fields. For the remainder of the camp, you will visit various corporate engineering plants such as General Electric, Procter & Gamble, and Northrop Grumman Xetron to meet professional engineers and see their work in action. Throughout the week, you will also take part in teamwork activities, group projects and sessions to learn about college preparation, approaches to teamwork, professional development, and meet UC Engineering and Applied Science students! On campus housing options available if you are traveling long distance.

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Engineering will come alive this summer on the University of Dayton campus — and you can be part of the action at METEC. Minority high school males who will be seniors in the fall are invited to this weeklong program where they will: Conduct a variety of hands-on engineering experiments with University professors, graduate students and industry professionals; Build the skills needed to conquer the ACT and SAT; Get acquainted to college life with engineering students from the UD chapters of the National Society of Black Engineers and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers; Visit engineering and research firms including the Air Force Research Laboratory at nearby Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, one of the largest U.S. Air Force installations in the world; Learn about career paths, get tips for college success, and engage in social and recreational activities while at the University of Dayton!

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Learn what distinguishes chemical, civil, electrical and mechanical engineering through hands-on activities. Complete engineering projects and experiments guided by our faculty. Design and build robots to solve specific problems. Use your creativity to solve real-world problems. Meet experienced engineers and gain insight into their fields. Work in state-of-art facilities and laboratories.

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The Women in Engineering Summer Camp at the University of Dayton is a Sunday-through-Friday experience that gives you the chance to dabble in engineering through hands-on, learn-by-doing activities. Guided by University professors, you'll conduct experiments and use your creativity to make cool stuff in our classrooms and laboratories. You'll meet women engineers and visit a job site.

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G.R.A.D.E. CAMP is a week-long day program designed specifically for entering 8th to 12th grade girls who want to find out what engineering is all about through "hands-on" experience. G.R.A.D.E. CAMP emphasizes career exposure rather than career choice, so you can come just to experience something new. Not only will you gain valuable engineering knowledge and experience working in teams, but you will also have a lot of fun! By the end of Camp, you will have gained valuable insight from Houston-area female engineers and engineering students and you will have designed your own robot that can make its way through a maze!

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Visit research labs and learn about research opportunities within the College of Engineering. Work in teams to complete hands-on engineering projects. Get an overview of all subjects of Engineering through presentations and demonstrations by our very own faculty and current Engineering students. This allows campers to learn more about each field and decipher what they love about Engineering by covering a broad curriculum to explore your options.

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The Summer Engineering Institute is a multi-faceted program that allows students to explore how engineers envision creative, practical solutions that benefit the everyday lives of people and the communities in which they live. Students will be exposed to selected topics in areas such as biomedical, chemical, civil, computer systems, electrical, environmental, industrial, and mechanical engineering. These areas will be examined through faculty-led presentations, hands-on, guided discovery, and a design project. Students will tour active engineering labs on campus in order to experience current research projects in a variety of engineering fields. Finally, students will participate in activities, research projects, and presentations geared towards technical learning, team building, and enrichment activities. The course will be conducted in one of the campus team based learning labs, which offer modern computer stations and state-of-the-art instructional technology, as well as several locations in the Engineering Quadrangle. 

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The College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame would like to introduce you to the world of opportunities available in engineering. Give us just two weeks of the summer between your junior and senior years in high school, and we'll give you an introduction to engineering that includes: a taste of college life, a chance to visit our campus and meet the faculty of the College of Engineering, an update on career opportunities in engineering, a look at the many facets of engineering, an overview of the elements of engineering design and computer programming, a tour of our state-of-the-art computer facilities, and a chance to meet professional engineers.

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The Engineering Summer Academy at Penn (ESAP) welcomes highly motivated and talented students to explore Engineering at the college level.  The Academy’s intensive, three-week programs combine sophisticated theory with hands-on practical experience in cutting edge technologies. Work with leading faculty while earning college credit, live on Penn’s historic campus, and connect with new friends from around the world.

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Students will experience a wide range of engineering applications for a variety of engineering majors through designing, building, and testing their own projects, conducting research, completing homework assignments, and taking assessments. Students will work in teams to design, simulate, and build engineering projects. Students will use Asana.com for project management.

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At USC Viterbi's Summer High School Intensive in Next-Generation Engineering (SHINE) students can join a USC Viterbi professor's research team for seven weeks to discover how engineering addresses our real world problems in various fields including biomedicine, robotics, aerospace and more. Each student works with an assigned professor as well as a mentor (Ph.D. student or post-doctoral researcher) dedicated to training that student in experimental lab work or computational research – learning by doing not by studying. Each student works on authentic, immersive lab projects within their choice of cutting-edge research in order to learn through experience, transforming good students into confident, capable contributors to high-impact research.Through weekly activities with the entire cohort SHINE also builds a close-knit community where students are introduced the practices and ethics of creating new knowledge, social and intellectual networking, college prep tips, and extensive experience in science communication.

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Engineering Summer Program (ESP) is a fully funded, six-week residential program for students who will be high school juniors or seniors in the upcoming school year. The ESP course curriculum includes math, physics, chemistry, engineering, and technical communications. Other structured programming such as industry site visits, field trips, guest lectures, workshops, and faculty mentoring will help students gain a better understanding of the field of engineering and its applications. 

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