Engineering Outreach to K12
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2013-05-02
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Ohio State University. Office of Outreach and Engagement
Abstract
Prof. Betty Lise Anderson leads an outreach program for engineering that is specifically designed to address the shrinking number of students going into the STEM fields and to increase the number of women and minorities in engineering. Along with Ohio State student volunteers, Prof. Anderson visits schools, camps, and after-school organizations to engage kids by teaching them how to build real engineering projects, such as working speakers and motors that they can take home.
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IMPACT. 1: Prof. Anderson and her students have visited a total of 47 different schools, bringing engineering hands-on projects to more than 5,000 students, many of whom may never have thought they could be an engineer, or even had any idea what an engineer does. -- 2. Recent projects have emphasized energy, with kids building a DC motor and a Faraday flashlight. Another has students build a finger- tip heart-rate monitor using a potato-chip clip, infrared LED, and some simple circuitry.
OSU PARTNERS: College of Engineering; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; College of Engineering Minority Engineering Program; College of Engineering Women in Engineering Program
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: 47 different schools; 4H Club; Vineyard Community Center; Engineering Explorer Post; YMCA Y-Club; Young Scholars Program; Wright Scholars; OhioScience and Engineering Talent Expansion Program
PRIMARY CONTACT: Betty Lise Anderson (anderson@ece.osu.edu)
OSU PARTNERS: College of Engineering; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; College of Engineering Minority Engineering Program; College of Engineering Women in Engineering Program
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: 47 different schools; 4H Club; Vineyard Community Center; Engineering Explorer Post; YMCA Y-Club; Young Scholars Program; Wright Scholars; OhioScience and Engineering Talent Expansion Program
PRIMARY CONTACT: Betty Lise Anderson (anderson@ece.osu.edu)
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Engaged Scholars, v. 1 (2013).