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Aerospace Engineering Summer Career Exploration Program - Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott, AZ Campus (June 2010) - Web site

This is a 6 day intensive overview of Aerospace Engineering at the world-renowned Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Campus. This camp is designed to demonstrate fundamental concepts of engineering in a fun hands-on environment. Each participant will learn the science of flight, the principles of aerospace design, how materials stress, strain, and break. Students will be introduced to a variety of fields relating to Aerospace Engineering through daily classes and labs. As an Aerospace Engineering Program Participant you will receive: opportunity to build and test your own balsa wood glider, chance to put your knowledge to the test in the bridge design lab, presentations and speakers on the latest technology in the world of aerospace and experiences in the industry, exciting experience - exposing each camp participant to a taste of college life and opportunities to ask knowledgeable faculty and staff about the university and the aerospace industry, variety of recreational activities.

Arizona State University Robotics Camp - Web site

ASU’s Robotics Camp is a summer program series designed for middle school and high school students who intend to pursue a science and engineering career. The camps are sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education's FIPSE Program, Intel, and the School of Computing, Informatics and Decision Systems Engineering at Arizona State University. Camp instructors use component-based robot construction, robotics programming, Web programming, and Alice game programming as a vehicle to teach the latest engineering design concepts and computing technologies. The robots built by students will enter a robotics competition and demonstration at the end of the camp.

Avnet Tech Games - Web site

The Avnet Tech Games (ATG) is an annual multidisciplinary technology competition open to all colleges, institutes, and universities in Arizona. The event offers students the opportunity to apply what they're learning in school to real-world scenarios. Teams of students will compete to win prizes and scholarships. The Avnet Tech Games will showcase students testing their knowledge, creativity, problem-solving and technical skills. All events are judged by an independent panel of sponsor representatives and technical experts and are designed to help prepare students for today's highly-competitive job market. Students have the opportunity to network with industry leaders for potential internship and job opportunities. In addition to a networking event, the day's events also include a trade show/career fair and awards ceremony, where the winning students are announced and awarded their scholarships and prizes. Pre-registration is a must! For more information, e-mail AvnetTechGames@Avnet.com or call (480) 643-8229.

National Robotics League (NRL) - Arizona - Web site

NRL provides a national structure for educational robotics competitions for the purpose of increasing traffic to manufacturing-related career opportunities and to provide NTMA chapters with a program that will invigorate and grow the organization. Qualifying robotics programs join NRL which offers a fair, safe and cost effective environment from which to build, design and compete. Student teams compete regionally to qualify for the national competition in search of being the league grand champion. In addition to students being introduced to the world of manufacturing technology, teachers and parents will be trained to support their team and also become much more orientated to the manufacturing industry.

FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) - Web site

The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an exciting, international competition that teams professionals and young people to solve an engineering design problem in an intense and competitive way. The program is a life changing, career-molding experience-and a lot of fun.

Phoenix Battlebot Internship (June - July, 2010) - Web site
The city of Phoenix and Phoenix Community Development and Investment Corporation (PCDIC) is currently offering a summer program in Advanced/High-Tech Manufacturing. Participants will have the opportunity to obtain community college credits (up to five credits) while gaining up to 200 hours of valuable work experience and even build a battlebot at the end of the program. Students will spend three days at the Maricopa Skill Center and two days with a local business. The program provides educational and employment opportunities for youth and young adults, ages 16-25, residing or attending school within the New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) census tracts. For further information, please call (602) 534-3794.

Skills USA - Web site

The SkillsUSA Arizona Championships is the premier showcase for Arizona's trade, technology and service high school and college students. This annual conference features 70 skill and leadership competitions that determine who will represent Arizona at the national SkillsUSA Championships. Employers, experts from industry and educators work together to design, judge and recognize members for their accomplishments in competitions that have real-world challenges. Contestants use math, science, reading and language skills in conjunction with hands-on technical skills to compete against the best in Arizona! SkillsUSA Arizona competitions are aligned with the State of Arizona, Career and Technical Education Standards. More information about specific programs of study is available at www.aztechprep.org.

Carl Hayden Community High School Science & Technology Club - Web site
The club is comprised of many students that want to participate from the entire student body. There are many different technical and nontechnical roles that club members can be involved in. One of the keys to the success of the club is that the students raise much of the club funds through the Arizona Tax Credit Plan. Another aspect of the team is one all the sponsors and students and all the rest of the faculty and administration share. The aspect in question is one of empowering the students. The team members want to show everyone that despite the location of the school, the socioeconomics of the general student population, general public's perception of public schools, they can set the bar as high as any other school and they can not only participate, but excel. The club has won numerous awards from their electric cars, their ham radio competitions, their robotics, their catapult competitions, etc. The club has also had media coverage from newspapers and radio to television. They present or exhibit all over the Phoenix metropolitan area throughout the year! The club is also on a campaign to change the surrounding community's perception of science and technology.

Summer Technology & Engineering Preview (STEP UP) - Web site

The NAU Summer Technology and Engineering Preview for Underrepresented Populations (STEP UP) camp is currently in its 3rd year and has generated attention from across the nation, with campers from various communities and ethnic backgrounds. The campers are young women entering 10th, 11th and 12th grades, who get to spend a week living on the NAU campus, exploring and learning more about science, engineering and technology, as well as spending time with professional engineers, science, engineering and computer science faculty from NAU. STEP UP 2007 was held on the NAU campus in early July and featured hands-on activities such as "Indigenous Environmental Engineering," topics focused on sustainable energy, "Exploring Construction Management", and computer design.

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