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and and Recruitment and Retention Recruitment and Retention in Engineeringin Engineering

Everything I know I learned in Everything I know I learned in Kindergarten -- Connections Kindergarten -- Connections between between K-12 OutreachK-12 Outreach and and

and and Recruitment and Retention Recruitment and Retention in Engineeringin Engineering

Skip RochefortSkip Rochefort

Chemical Engineering DepartmentChemical Engineering DepartmentOregon Sate UniversityOregon Sate University

K-12 Outreach Activities with K-12 Outreach Activities with the Hewlett Foundation at the Hewlett Foundation at Oregon State UniversityOregon State University

K-12 Outreach Activities with K-12 Outreach Activities with the Hewlett Foundation at the Hewlett Foundation at Oregon State UniversityOregon State UniversitySkip Rochefort, Jason Hower, Keith Levien Skip Rochefort, Jason Hower, Keith Levien

OSU Chemical EngineeringOSU Chemical EngineeringEllen Ford, Saturday AcademyEllen Ford, Saturday Academy

Ellen Momsen, OSU COE Women and Minorities ProgramEllen Momsen, OSU COE Women and Minorities ProgramAnd many College of Engineering and High School StudentsAnd many College of Engineering and High School Students

OSU Hewlett Foundation Grant

• Recruitment and Retention of Engineering Students

• PI – Toni Doolen, IME• $1.1 million - 3 years• $85,000/year for K-12 Outreach

OSU K-12 Outreach Programs

• Dr. Skip Rochefort• Chemical Engineering

Department• Director, OSU Precollege

Programs• Email: skip@engr.orst.edu • Phone: 737-2408

OSU K-12 Outreach Programs

K-8 (OSU based programs)– Saturday Academy (Corvallis and Portland)

• *E-Camp* – middle school girls and boys (summer)• LEGO RoboLab Camp – MS girls and boys (summer)• *AWSEM *- middle school girls (school year)

– SMILE - Science Math Investigative Learning Experiences (rural communities)

– Hydroville Project (SMILE associated program)– Science Education PartnershipS (SEPS – Corvallis)– Adventures in Learning (grades 5-7 summer

programs)– Expeditions (grades 3-4 summer program) – Winter Wanderings (grades 3-7 school year) – KidSpirit (sports/arts summer camps)– *SKIES* – Spirited Kids in Engineering and Science

(summer camp)– Wood Magic – College of Forestry

OSU K-12 Outreach Programs

HIGH SCHOOL (OSU based programs)– Saturday Academy ASE -

Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (statewide)

– SESEY - Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth (nationwide)

– Science Connections (Portland)

Oregon K-12 Outreach Programs

COMMUNITY – K-12 and Public Outreach (Lifelong Learning)– OMSI – Oregon Museum of Science and

Industry ( statewide connections)– MESA – Mathematics, Engineering, and

Science Achievement (PSU based) – 4-H of Oregon (statewide)– Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of Oregon

(and associated programs)– daVinci Days (Corvallis celebration of the

arts and sciences)

Mentoring* • Multiple levels of Mentoring exist

in all activities and programs• Every individual from Program

Directors to the K-12 students interact with all levels

* Key to Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

Mentoring PyramidSkip Rochefort

Ellen FordJason Hower

GraduatesUndergraduates

High School Students

CampCoordinators

High SchoolPrograms

ElementaryPrograms

Middle SchoolPrograms

SESEYASE

E-CampSKIES

LEGO CampAWSEM

SKIES

Hewlett Foundation Sponsored Programs

EngineeringFaculty

Hewlett Foundation Sponsored Summer 2003 Outreach Log

Program Who Number What When

ASEHigh School Students 8 8 wk. research project All Summer

SKIES* K-8 students 360Half-day, week long science and engineering camp

All Summer

E-Camp* Middle School Students

26 1wk. Engineering day camp

mid. July

SESEYHigh School Students 28

1wk. Residential engineering research camp

mid. July

Lego Camp Middle School Students

31 1 wk. Half-day lego robotics Camp

mid. July

AIL Middle School Students

120 2 wks. 2hr. Polymer science activities

early July

Physics Teachers Program

High School Science Teachers 30

half-day sessions on polymer science in high school science cirriculum

Late June

BESTHawaiian High School students 15

Half-day session on polymer science activities Early August

ASE Midsummer Conference

High School Students 150

2 day conference on technology and work related skills

Early July

AWSEM* Middle School Girls 11 2 hrs. Twice a month for Four months

Fall - Winter

TOTAL 779

SKIES• Spirited Kids in Engineering and Science• 11 week-long K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grade level

camps• Content areas include

– Engineering: chemical, material science, environmental

– Science: chemistry, physics, biology

• Inquiry-based with hands-on emphasis

SKIES Photos

E-Camp• 1 wk. Engineering day camp for middle

school students (15 boys and 11 girls)• Inquiry-based learning with Chemical,

Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, and Environmental Engineering Themes

• Lessons taught by Engineering faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students

• Use of wireless PDAs for data analysis

E-Camp Photos

AWSEM• Advocates for Women in Science,

Engineering, and Mathematics• Served 11 Middle School Females• 8 Sessions on weekends (2 hrs.)• Activities designed to interest

middle school girls in the sciences– Chemistry, Anatomy, Math,

Engineering, Physics, Biology

AWSEM Photos

SESEY

• Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth (High School)

• Week-long research projects in ChE, BioE, and Chemistry

• Projects created by Faculty, daily work guided by ChE/BioE students

• 19 HS girls, 9 HS boys from 5 states

SESEY 2003 Photos

ASE• Saturday Academy Apprenticeships in

Science and Engineering• 8 week summer internship in ChE or BioE

research laboratories• Faculty Advisor with

graduate/undergraduate mentors • Culminates in research symposium with

poster and PowerPoint presentations

ASE PhotosFour Generations

of ASE

Jason Hower: ASE ‘97, Corvallis High, Sophomore Oregon State Univ. Chemical Engineering

Adam Welander: ASE ‘98, Central High, Freshman Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering

Annie Gai: ASE ‘99, Sheldon High, Freshman Stanford University Chemical Engineering

Hai Le: ASE ‘00, McKay High, Senior (will be Oregon State Univ. Chemical Engineering fall ‘01)

Dr. Skip Rochefort: ASE Superstar, Faculty Mentor (kind of), likes to eat peanuts

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS*Flora and William Hewlett Foundation*Toni Doolen, OSU Hewlett PI *OSU Enrollment Management for

Precollege K-12 Program Support*ALL OSU K-12 Program Directors* My outreach colleagues Ellen Ford

and Jason Hower….and all the kids!