<p>Any suggestions for an "Introduction to Engineering" summer program for a rising high school senior. My D has recently shown interest in majoring in Envionmental Engineering and it was suggested that she attend a summer program to see if she really wants to pursue engineering. Unfortunately, she will be away all of July, so we need something in June or August. She is considering University of Missouri Introduction to Engineering or Wind and Water Camp <a href="http://dce.umr.edu/NonCredit/PreCollege/%5B/url%5D">http://dce.umr.edu/NonCredit/PreCollege/</a> - does any one have any experience with this program? Also considering FAU's ESP program <a href="http://www.dess.eng.fau.edu/esp.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.dess.eng.fau.edu/esp.htm</a>. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>You might want to look into the Catapult program at Rose-Hulman. Do a search under the Rose-Hulman board -- some cc'ers attended last summer and wrote about it.</p>
<p>I run the engineering camp at the University of Arkansas - Fort Smith. Unfortunately it is in July. I know University of Missouri - Rolla has some excellent camps.</p>
<p>Look at some of U of I's stuff. They usually have a ton of camps. I'll check it later to see what it going on.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your replies. I will look into the programs suggested. I have asked University of Missouri - Rolla for additional information. </p>
<p>dr_reynolds
Your responses to students on CC are consistently informative and useful and I certainly have benefited from reading your posts. As such, I was very disappointed to hear that your camp only runs in July otherwise Id seriously consider it!</p>
<p>Several years ago my daughter was looking for such programs. I think Purdue runs some. . .and the University of Dayton runs a week long program for girls who are interested in engineering. She attended that, and did benefit from it. She attended Carnegie Mellon's Pre-College one summer, and that was a real intro to engineering education. . .</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman'sOperation Catapult is superb.</p>
<p>Last year we got mailings from both Vanderbilt and Milwaukee School of Engineering about week long summer programs. I don't recall the dates, just that we had a timing conflict with one of them that was taking place in either June or August.</p>
<p>Thanks for the many suggestions - I greatly appreciate everyone's input. This is the current situation. My D has recently decided that she might want to study Environmental (or perhaps Chemical) Engineering in college. How do you know if your child is suited for engineering??? She is currently taking Chemistry AP and Calculus AB AP. She took Chemistry Honors and Physics Honors last year. Chemistry is her favorite subject by far. Anyway, my science loving kid is scheduled to take English Literature and Art this summer in England. I don't want to discourage her since these courses are out of the ordinary for her and I think they will be good for her. However, it has been suggested that she take an Introduction to Engineering short course to see if she really is interested in the field. The programs we've looked at:</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman Catapult - looks great but ends June 30 (the day she has to be in England.
Purdue - especially interesting especially because she can take Chemical Engineering in the morning and Environmental Science in the afternoon but ends July 1 - same issue as above
Milwaukee School of Engineering - dates are all in July - no chemical or environmental focus
Vanderbilt PAVE program - we recieved this mailing but the program is too long - June 26 - Aug 4
GW Scholars Program - June 18 - 28 - Very expensive
University of Dayton - Women in Engineering Summer Camp - July 9 - 14
CMU - June 24 - Aug 4 - too long
U of I - Exploring your Options - Dates are good! June 11 - 17 but not much information is provided on the website
University of Wisconsin - The Women in Engineering Exploratory Career Camp - both sessions in July
U of Arkansas - Fort Smith - I douldn't find information...
University of Missouri -June 11 - June 16 Introduction to Engineering and/or June 18 - June 23 Wind and Water Camp
FAU - June 5th - June 23rd - non-residential but close to home</p>
<p>Found a nice site at <a href="http://www.engineeringk12.com%5B/url%5D">http://www.engineeringk12.com</a> that I am going to look at more closely today. </p>
<p>Thanks again! Hopefully we can make a decision this week.</p>
<p>Your DD sounds like a great candidate for engineering. Here's another link for engineering camps. <a href="http://tbp-highschool.mit.edu/highschool/%5B/url%5D">http://tbp-highschool.mit.edu/highschool/</a></p>
<p>I did the Intro to Engineering Program at Rolla last year, and I thought it was really good. It taught me a lot about all the different types of engineering, and you got to see what they did, they didn't just talk about it. The activities were a lot of fun and informative. They had some really interesting speakers come in, so that was fun too.
But, if your daughter is looking for an intensive course where she has to do a lot of work, this wouldn't be one of them. They try to teach you some basic engineering principles, but they don't really focus on it too much, so you don't really get much out of it unless you listen. Apart from that, I definitely recommend the program. That's pretty much all I can think of to tell you about the program, I hope this helps!</p>
<p>RPI has Preface for Minorites in engineering, as a girl i got in. Im not sure when they are running it this year, but I had a good time and it gave me a this is every disipline in engineering overveiw. </p>
<p>WPI has Frontiers which is about the same, its also a blast. I recomend both. </p>
<p>Did both, had a blast.</p>
<p>Deb922 - thanks for the extensive list. I found several programs that look promising. Took me a while to get through it though...</p>
<p>loudnoises - I appreciate your comments on the Rolla program. I'm glad you had fun and found it interesting. I think my daughter understands that she won't be don't much work in a one or two week course, so that's ok. Her goal is to get more information on the profession - especially since her current college list currently contains mostly small LACs! If my daughter has any questions, she may PM you, if it's ok with you.</p>
<p>tomboy - Thanks for your suggestions too, sounds as though you had a great time. I hope my D enjoys wherever she ends up as much as you did!</p>
<p>Not a problem, if you have questions, feel free. Im always around.</p>
<p>mum07, it seems the Rolla program would be really good for what your daughter is looking for. And it's not a problem at all if she wants to PM me to talk to me about it.</p>
<p>I have just spent the evening researching weeklong (or less) programs which will give my rising senior son an overview of engineering. The goal is to help narrow down our selection of colleges to apply to. Unfortunately, we are severly restricted by the fact that he is attending 3 other weeklong camps and a weeklong family vacation this summer. </p>
<p>I have narrowed down the list of summer engineering programs that 'fit' our schedule to Purdue (STEP), Widener, Drexel, RIT and Univ of Colorado-Boulder. </p>
<p>Does anyone have any experience with any of these programs? </p>
<p>Thanks!!!</p>
<p>Just for the sake of keeping a list, here is some info on Rochester Institute of Technology's programs:</p>
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College & Careers - 2006</p>
<p>July 21 & 22, 2006
August 4 & 5, 2006</p>
<p>High school students who are entering their senior year in the fall of 2006 are invited to investigate their career options through hands-on activities at the 16th Annual College & Careers at RIT. Working with our students and faculty, they will use our state of the art facilities and technology to help them get started in making choices for their future. You may view last year's workshop offerings here. Online registration for College & Careers will be available in June 2006.
<a href="http://www.rit.edu/%7E960www/careers2005/%5B/url%5D">http://www.rit.edu/~960www/careers2005/</a> (not updated yet)
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<p>And here is a link to some RIT programs that are open to girls only:
<a href="http://www.rit.edu/%7Ewomen/HighSchoolPrograms.php3%5B/url%5D">http://www.rit.edu/~women/HighSchoolPrograms.php3</a></p>
<p>"And here is a link to some RIT programs that are open to girls only:"</p>
<p>[sarcasm] Are there any engineering programs that are open to boys only? [/sarcasm]</p>
<p>Noob- From my experience, unfortunately, most of 'em, at least unofficially. There were countless times in rocketry camp and other science camps that I played the awkward role of "only girl". The only thing I remember from rocketry camp is that incessantly quoting Ren and Stimpy is not my cup of tea...! ;) It's nice to see that there's a place where the ratio's changed up a bit! =)</p>
<p>PS- TA&MU-G's Sea Camp was quite awesome, and there were plenty of girls, in case anyone's interested in a really good marine biology camp. Hope it's still around. It's been about a decade since I attended.</p>
<p>Seniormom, not sure where you are located, but I believe Drexel's is a commuter program.</p>