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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