WHAT: West Virginia University’s Statler College will host two Engineering Challenge Camps the week of June 25. Growing Roots in STEM, a camp for female high school students, will give campers the opportunity to design and build hands-on engineering projects, tour industry facilities and work in teams and with professionals to learn about career paths and opportunities within STEM. Engineering Around the World, for middle school-aged children, will take campers from Japan to India to Brazil as they explore bridge building, dam construction and wind turbines.
HIGHLIGHTED ACTIVITIES: Growing Roots in STEM
June 26, noon, 205 Mineral Resources Building
Problem-Solving
Activity: Human Tank
Led by Camp Counselors
Campers will work as a team to build a “human tank” using newspaper and masking tape. All of the team members have to fit inside the tread and have to work together to move it forward. This will be a competition between teams.
June 27, 1
p.m., B27 Engineering Sciences Building
Biomedical
Activity: Physiological Response Measurement
Led by Robin Hissam, teaching assistant professor, chemical and biomedical engineering
Campers will design simple experiments and use sensors and biomedical tools to measure how their bodies react to the experiments.
June 28,
11 a.m., Ground Floor, Mineral Resources Building
Flow
Lab Activity
Led by Ilkin Bilgesu, associate professor, petroleum and natural gas engineering
Campers will learn about flow measurement and run real-life scenarios in the rig-floor simulator lab as they learn skills used by petroleum and natural gas engineers.
June 29,
11 a.m., 109 Mineral Resources Building
Artificial
Joint Activity
Led by Camp Counselors
Campers will design an artificial knee joint using household materials. They will test them in various scenarios such as kicking a ball and squatting.
HIGHLIGHTED
ACTIVITIES: Engineering Around the World
June 27, 10 a.m., Location TBD
Intro to Computer/Electrical Engineering and Mini Project: 3D Printing
Led by Camp Counselors
Campers will use Tinkercad, an online 3D drawing program, to design an object that will later be printed on a 3D printer. Campers will also learn how 3D printers work by watching demonstrations on our Makerbot 3D printers.
June 28, 3
p.m., Location TBD
Oasis
of the Seas: Boat Construction
Led by Camp Counselors
Campers will design a boat that must cross a pre-determined distance. They will have limited materials, and will have to decide what method they’ll use to propel their team’s boat.
Complete camp agendas can be found online at http://www.statler.wvu.edu/outreach/camps
WVU’s Engineering Challenge Camps are co-sponsored by the Statler College and EQT, and are sponsored in part by Halliburton and Eaton.
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