| The following camp directory lists some of the summer camps for K-12 students in engineering throughout the United States and Canada that are and were previously offered. The directory lists camps that have been hosted by Universities and research centers in the past. Please note that all camps may not be offered every year and that new camps and programs are currently being added. Old or unsuccessful programs are always being eliminated or modified. A substantial number of programs specifically target minorities, women, and other groups traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. The programs offered change frequently, and this database is not comprehensive. This is only meant to be a guide to aid your search for engineering education preparation tools. Many of the programs offer scholarships and may have application deadlines as early as January. If you are interested in a program, please email, call or write the organization listed for an application and the most current information available.
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Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, California
EPIC – Engineering Possibilities in College
The EPIC summer day-camp for high school students offers an exploration of engineering disciplines using the Cal Poly Learn-By-Doing approach. Students will attend eight hands-on lab courses in various engineering disciplines, all taught by Cal Poly professors. The week will include fun activities, an industry tour, classes on college admissions and guest speakers. At the end of the week parents & friends are invited to the Student Showcase where students will proudly exhibit the engineering projects they completed. Women and other underrepresented groups in the field of engineering are highly encouraged to apply. Scholarships are available. Please note that we do not currently offer a residential option.
Contact: Outreach Coordinator, College of Engineering Student Affairs, 1 Grand Ave, Bldg 40-117, San Luis Obispo, CA 93410 (805-756-1324)
Email: epic@calpoly.edu
Web site: http://epic.calpoly.edu
Digital Media Academy
Computer Camps and Technology Courses
Locations: Stanford University, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), University of California at San Diego (UCSD)
Kids Jr. Adventures ages 6-8 & Adventures ages 9-12, Pre-Teens (11-14), and Teens (13-18) will experience digital media & art adventures by participating with hands-on learning environment in any of these camp courses. 3D Game Modding, Design, Development and Programming, Digital Art, and Web Design, Filmmaking, Robotics using Maya, Flash, Photoshop CS5, Python, C++, and Microsoft Visual Studio. NET. Our summer camps offer a more sophisticated learning environment than any other summer computer camp. Digital Media Academy is accredited by the prestigious Stanford University with all teen camp courses project-based and taught by award-winning industry experts. . All summer courses offered for day & overnighters camp located on prestigious university campuses both in U.S. & Canada. Also offered a multi-course Digital Media Academy Certification Programs.
Other Locations: Harvard University, Brown University, Drexel University, University of British Columbia, Swarthmore College, University of Texas at Austin (UT), George Washington, and University of Chicago.
Contact: Call Toll Free (866) 656-3342
Email: info@digitalmediaacademy.org
Web: http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/
Johns Hopkins University, Whiting School of Engineering
Engineering Innovation, Sites: CSU-CI, CSU-Fullerton, CSU-LA, PCC, U of C-Santa Barbara (MESA only), U of P - Stockton (MESA only), CLU
Session 1: Dates vary, check our website
Learn to think and problem-solve like an engineer while earning Johns Hopkins University credit. Through Engineering Innovation, high school students put engineering concepts to the test. Applying their knowledge of math and science to labs and hands-on projects, concepts they’ve learned in their high school classrooms are suddenly linked to real-world practice. Students’ confidence grows as they attend college-level lectures, tackle problems, test theories, and ultimately learn to think like engineers.
Contact: Meg Bentley, Engineering Innovation, JHU, 3400 N. Charles Street, Shaffer Hall 103, Baltimore, MD 21218, 410-516-6224
Email: engineering-innovation@jhu.edu
Website: http://engineering-innovation.jhu.edu
San Bernardino Community College District
Career Exploration Day-Camp
Career Exploration Day-Camp is for Middle School students entering 6th through exiting 8th grades in the Fontana, Rialto, San Bernardino City, Colton, Redlands, and Yucaipa-Calimesa School Districts. Featuring hands-on laboratory, field trips and career exploration experiences in the fields of Science, Technology Engineering and Math. Cost: $35 Processing fee.
Email: janet_johnson@cry-rop.org
Web site: www.cryrop.org
San Francisco State University
Summer Engineering Institute
The Summer Engineering Institute is a two-week residential program for high school students at the San Francisco State University campus, where participants will be provided with real-world context to the study of engineering through practical, meaningful, applied and hands-on problem solving and design-oriented projects.
Contact:CaŅada College Summer Enrichment Programs, Bldg 18 Rm 109, 4200 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94061 (650-306-3321)
Email: enriquez@smccd.edu
Web site: http://canadacollege.edu/bridge/#EngineeringInstitute
Santa Clara University
Summer Engineering Seminar (SES)
The SES is a special summer experience for high school students who have an interest in science, mathematics and engineering.
The program is designed to acquaint high school students with the engineering profession, the academic expectations of college, and university life. It provides participants with a chance to explore the possibilities of engineering as a career while living in a university residence halls.
Participants take specially designed courses taught by engineering faculty that spans the range of the field of engineering. Courses are a mix of interactive lectures and interactive activities and labs.
If accepted, this program has no cost to participants outside of transportation to and from the university. Women and other underrepresented groups in the field of engineering are highly encouraged to apply. Those who are completing their junior year are given first priority.
Contact: Shane Wibeto, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA (408-554-4728)
Email: swibeto@scu.edu
Web site: http://scu.edu/engineering/undergraduate/ses.cfm
The Summer Science Program
June-August
One of the longest-running and most successful pre-college enrichment programs, SSP offers motivated students an exciting immersion into real-world, hands-on science. Working in teams of three, students determine the orbit of an asteroid from their own observations, measurements, and software. College-level lectures in astronomy, physics, calculus, and programming provide the practical and theoretical tools for this research. This six-week residential program includes behind-the-scenes field trips to places like Jet Propulsion Lab or the Very Large Array. Since 1959 students have described SSP as an intense, exhilarating intellectual and social environment, "the educational experience of a lifetime". Two campuses, in California and New Mexico. See website for brochure, application, and alumni comments.
Contact: Richard Bowdon, Summer Science Program, Ojai, CA 93024-0850 (866-728-0999).
EMail: info@summerscience.org
Web site: http://www.summerscience.org/
University of California, Los Angeles
Sci | Art NanoLab
The Sci | Art NanoLab is a highly competitive summer program for high school juniors and seniors interested in collaborating with diverse minds to challenge traditional, polarized perspectives of the arts and sciences. Throughout the 2-week intensive program, students will experience life in a research university setting, where they will meet world-renowned researchers and work collaboratively with their peers from many disciplines, all in a Los Angeles urban environment! Sponsored by UCLA’s Art | Science Center, the Department of Design | Media Arts and the California NanoSystems Institute, the Sci | Art NanoLab seeks to cultivate an integrated approach to learning based on creative insight as a means to address the future challenges of society. Join us for the 2011 UCL Sci | Art NanoLab and IMAGINE THE IMPOSSIBLE!!!
Contact: Adam Z. Stieg, Director, Sci|Art NanoLab, 570 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, (310.983.1026).
Email: sciart@cnsi.ucla.edu
Web site: http://artsci.ucla.edu/summer
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