Scientific and Technical Outreach Programs at UC
Southwestern
Ohio District Science and Engineering Expo (SEE)
This
exciting event is open to students in grades 7–12 who have received a
“superior” rating at their schools’ science fairs. The school must be located
in the southwestern
Women in
Engineering
Junior
and senior high-school women meet with female faculty and student organizations
to visit labs and participate in hands-on activities. http://www.eng.uc.edu/prospectivestudents/rowecenter/
BEST Robotics
Competition
BEST is a non-profit, volunteer
organization whose mission is to inspire high-school students to pursue careers
in engineering, science and technology through participation in a sports-like,
science- and engineering-based robotics competition spread out over two months.
Junior-high and high-school teams receive their materials in a September
kick-off and then have six weeks to build their robots. This year’s Bearcat
Best Game Day is
JETS TEAMS
Competition
The
JETS Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics and Science is a unique and
challenging academic program enabling teams of high-school students to learn
team development and problem-solving skills, and then participate in an
open-book, open-discussion, engineering problem competition. http://www.eng.uc.edu/prospectivestudents/precollege/jetsteam/
MathCounts
7th
and 8th grade students to compete individually or as part of a team
in written and oral competitions. MATHCOUNTS challenges students' math skills,
develops their self-confidence and rewards them for their achievements. http://www.eng.uc.edu/prospectivestudents/precollege/mathcounts/
Bridge
Competition
High-school
students build a wooden model bridge to be tested for strength. http://www.eng.uc.edu/resources/collegenews/bridge/
Engineer for
a Day
This
event is open to minority students in middle and high school. Middle-school
students participate in a variety of fast-paced hands-on activities presented
by corporate guests. High-school students receive a pep talk on ACT/SAT
preparation, scholarship searches, and engineering topics from corporate
guests. http://www.eng.uc.edu/resources/collegenews/fullstory.php3?id=225
Men in
Engineering and Women in Engineering Summer Camps
High-school
students learn about the various engineering disciplines, visit labs,
participate in hands-on activities, and observe department presentations. http://www.eng.uc.edu/prospectivestudents/summercamp/
Bridge
is an intensive six-week residential program conducted annually from the third
week of June until the First Friday in August to prepare students for their
first year of undergraduate study in engineering. This program is sponsored by
UC’s Emerging Ethnic Engineers (E3)
office.
Materials
Camp
The
ASM Materials Education Foundation sponsors this week-long camp which includes
free meals, tuition, entertainment and knowledge and is open to 30 high-school
students entering their junior or senior year. Materials Camp is a team-based,
problem solving science experience exploring materials science and engineering
principles.
This
four-week course gives you a sample of what it's like to be in medical school,
but is designed to be entertaining and educational. Join our distinguished
faculty from the
This is a year-round hands-on science enrichment program held at
the College of Medicine 13 Saturdays per year from early July through mid-May
from
Health Careers Exploration Program (HCARE)
HCARE
is a five-week summer program for 20 high-school juniors and seniors from the
The
Howard Hughes Excellence in Science Education and Learning Program (ExSEL)
ExSel
is a five-week summer, basic science enrichment program for 20 gifted and
talented high-school seniors from the
Science
Olympiad
Teams
of middle and high school students compete in over twenty events to test their
skill and knowledge of science. Winners from this competition will compete in
the state Olympiad.
Calendar of
Recent and Upcoming Events
4/?/07 Concrete
Canoe, Civil and Environmental Engineering