1) DO YOU RUN A SUMMER PROGRAM AT YOUR INSTITUTION?

a) Yesb) Noc) Thinking about it

2) WHAT IS THE GOAL OF YOUR SUMMER PROGRAM?

Welcome to the webinar. While we are waiting to start could you please answer the following questions?

OUR COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE RUNNING ENGINEERING SUMMER CAMPS AT THE

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

PRESENTERS; CYNTHIA FURSE, KAREN KRAPCHO AND DEIDRE SCHOENFELD

Summer Camps

Goal of Our Camps

Common GoalsRecruitment to University of Utah Engineering ProgramProvide a fun and experiential introduction to 8

engineering disciplines offered by the College of Engineering

Identify area of engineering of highest interestPublic OutreachCommunity AwarenessNot a bridge experience (not designed to increase

academic preparedness)

College of Engineering Enrollment during NSF STEP Grant #0652982

2007-8 2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 fall 20120

500

1000

1500

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2500

3000

3500

4000

Total Undergraduates: College of En-gineeringPre- majors (included in total un-dergraduates)

Academic Year

Num

ber

of

Stu

dents

Exploring Engineering Hi-GEAR

40-60 participantsTarget population is

all high school students

3 day camp

20-24 participantsTarget population is

high school girls5 day camp (has been

day and residential camp)

Engineering scholarships awarded

Overview of Camps

Explore Engineering Hi-GEAR

Include camp information in Youth Education Summer Program guide which is mailed to parents

Get information to parents Use Existing Channels

Email to participants from other outreach activities

COE website

Poster sent to every high school in the metropolitan area.

Flier emailed to every high school teacher on our contact list

Email “Invite” to female participants from all previous outreach activities

Email invitation sent out through College’s National Advisory Board and Industry Advisory Board

Flyer sent to program advisors for engineering clubs targeting underrepresented students

Flier emailed to all industry partnerships

Flier emailed to all faculty and female students in the College.

Advertising

Timeline for Camp preparation

Set Dates and

Theme for Summer

CampReserve central

location

Prepare ads, assemble student

team to prepare and organize camp.

Launch advertizing campaign

Faculty/

Student teams

meet to work

on activiti

es

Food is ordered, Supplies

purchased. Meet with counselors to confirm final

plans and locations of activities.

Contact guest speakers, arrange on-campus tours.

Booklets are assembled, camp information is emailed to parents {special needs, directions, release form and pre-survey}

Fall Late winter/early spring May/June

1) W H AT I S T H E B U D G E T F O R Y O U R S U M M E R P R O G R A M ? ( C H O O S E O N E )

A) Under $5,000B) Under $10,000C) Under $15,000D) Greater than $15,000

2) W H E R E D O E S Y O U R P R I M A R Y S O U R C E O F F U N D I N G C O M E F R O M F O R Y O U R C A M P ? ( C H O O S E O N E )

a) NSF grantb) College or Universityc) Corporate sponsorshipd) Registration Feese) Other

Question

Exploring Engineering HI-GEAR

Expenses

Personnel (20-25 college students)

$7,500

Supplies $2,000

Food $2,000

Advertizing $ 500

Camper Fees ($65 @)

+$ 2,000

Net Cost ~$10,000

Per camper cost (~40)

$ 250

Expenses

Personnel (2 interns) $3,000

Activity Supplies $4,000

Food $1,350

Advertising $300

Camper Giveaways (i.e. t-shirts, posters, CD’s, prizes)

$450

Total Expense $9,100

Budget

Income

Donations $3,000

Camper Fees ($85 per camper)

$2,040

Professor Grant Contributions

$2,000+

College Contribution $2,060

Total Income $9,100

*In addition, both camps require ~160 h of professional staff time to prepare, organize and run the camps.

WHO GENERATES THE CONTENT FOR YOUR CAMP (CHOOSE ALL THAT APPLY)1) STAFF2) FACULTY3) PROFESSIONAL4) STUDENTS5) OTHER

Question

Themes and Activities

Engineering a Greener Planet

BioInnovation

Lights, Camera, Engineering

General Agenda Exploring Engineering First two days: campers rotate

through their choice of 4 or 6 different 1 ½ h engineering activities

Catered lunch accompanied by speaker or tours

Final day: culminating STEM activity that integrates multiple disciplines and is led by the lead engineering team.

College 101 and Parent info session

Schematic for Challenge Activity: Cleaning and distributing a polluted water source

General Hi-GEAR Agenda 5 days to introduce 8 areas of

engineering Areas of engineering are covered

by one or more of the following: company tour, hands on activity, presentation, lab tour or demonstration.

One “Professional Women in Engineering” Panel Session

One “College 101” Session Catered lunches with female

faculty, students and engineering professionals

Awards ceremony open to parents

Sample: Professor Led Activity Agenda

HAPTICS

9:30 – Overview of Day, Intro to Mechanical Engineering and Robotics

10:00 – Overview of Haptic, Haptics Demo

11:15 – Discuss Demos and common elements of how they work, introduce the physics behind a spring and relevance to haptics

11:30 – Solidworks Activity– design a spring – tuning fork

12:30 – Lunch

1:30 – Tour water jet cutter while running tuning fork parts

1:45 – How Physical haptic systems work presentation

2:15 Haptics programming activity (interact with a virtual wall and virtual textures)

3:00 Discuss Physical vs Virtual systems

3:30 Verification of spring design project and equivalent virtual device (measure frequencies, compare against the virtual equivalent with haptic device)

4:15 Wrap-Up

Sample: Intern designed activityagenda

DESIGN A HEART VALVE

12:45 – Intro to Biomedical Engineering Presentation

1:15 – Depart for Tour of Tissue Engineering Lab

1:30 – Group broken into two groups of 10-12 and provided tour and demonstration of tissue engineering

2:10 – Group returns to lecture hall

2:20 – Intro to Prosthetic Leg Activity and Heart Valve Activity

4:00 – Wrap Up

Added value/finishing touches

Exploring Engineering HI-GEAR(girls –only)

Year Number of Attendees

Enrolled at U (% college-aged)

STEM Major(engineering)

2008 67 24(36%) 13 (9)

2009 41 17 (41%) 11 (7)

2010 5 3 (60%) 2 (1)

2011 42 5 (63%) 4 (3)

2012 45 (0 %)

Year Number of Attendees

Enrolled at U (% college-aged)

STEM Major (engineering)

2007 32 12 (50%) 8 (5)

2008 23 7 (30%) 4 (3)

2009 24 5 (21%) 4 (4)

2010 23 8 (44%) 6 (5)

2011 23 9 (69%) 7 (6)

2012 24 (0%)

Summer camp as a recruitment tool

Tracking Primary Interest in Engineering Over Time and Activity (2012)

Ranking of Activities (enjoyment): ECE > Civil > Bio=MS > ChemE=ME > CS

Assessment

Resources:

Contact Information; Karen Krapcho: k.krapcho@utah.edu

Office: 801-550-5104 Deidre Schoenfeld: dschoenfeld@coe.utah.edu

Office: 801-581-8954 Cynthia Furse: cynthia.furse@utah.edu

Office: 801-581-7236

Link to K-12 page: http://www.coe.utah.edu/k12Step Central Summer Camps Working Group: http

://stepcentral.net/groups/306 Templates for camp materials

Registration form(w/pre-survey) Agenda Activities abstract Post-survey

QUESTIONS?

Thank you!