Posted on November 27th, 2011 by Jaimie Schock
In many poor, rural areas of the world, scourges like malaria, HIV/AIDS, and malnutrition are endemic. Blood tests for anemia are a quick way to diagnose them, but it can take days to get results back from hospitals many miles away. Last year, a multidisciplinary team of Rice University undergraduates devised a clever solution: It’s a centrifuge fashioned from a common salad spinner.
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Tags: Clean Water, Disease, Engineers Without Borders, Health, Healthcare, University outreach, Water management
Posted on July 17th, 2011 by Jaimie Schock
Fewer than 18 percent of engineering undergrads are female. In an attempt to find the best ways to bring more women to the field, Arizona State University (ASU) education specialist Tirupalavanam Ganesh will soon begin a study of sixth grade girls as they explore hands-on learning experiences focused on engineering.
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Filed under: K-12 Education News | Comments Off on New Study on Girls in Engineering to Begin
Tags: Girls Education, Higher Education, Outreach, Programs for Girls, Research on Learning, University outreach, Women in Engineering
Posted on November 21st, 2010 by ASEE
The Cornell Center for Materials Research offers excellent education resources for teachers, including Lending Library of Experiments, with science and engineering lesson plans and activity sheets. Teachers in the area can borrow kits associated with these activities, free of charge, and arrange classroom and lab visits for their students.
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Filed under: For Teachers, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Grades K-5, K-12 Outreach Programs, Web Resources | Comments Off on Website: Experiments from Cornell
Tags: Engineering outreach, Science Lesson Plans, University outreach
Posted on September 20th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Tufts university will loan state-of-the-art lab equipment to four Boston area high schools, to help support better lab instruction and to hook kids on science inquiry.
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Tags: Free equipment, Laboratory Experience, Technology for Learning, University outreach
Posted on September 8th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The Student Teacher Outreach Mentorship Program (STOMP) at Tufts University partners Tufts University students with K-12 teachers in the greater Boston, Mass. area to create an engineering curriculum that reaches across all disciplines, peaks the students’ interests in engineering, and improves the students’ problem-solving skills. Teacher resources such as class activities, full units, a list of websites, and grant information are also available.
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Tags: Class Activities, Internet Resources, Outreach for Schools, Programs for Students, Teacher Resources, University outreach, Web Resources, Website
Posted on September 3rd, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
The College of Southern Maryland’s 3rd Annual Youth in Technology Summit, a day complete with technology demonstrations, STEM workshops, building trades, college and technical school planning, career development, networking, and more, will be held on November 13, 2010.
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Tags: Events, Family events, Outreach, Science and Technology, Student Conference, Technology, University outreach
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Five California State Universities have received a Learn and Serve America Higher Education grant totaling $1.5 million from The Corporation for National and Community Service. The grant is based on California State University-San Bernardino’s CoyoteCareers program. It will fund a new program, “STEM SQUARED,” which will support service learning in STEM disciplines, as well as academic support, career skills training, and networking opportunities.
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Tags: Career Planning, Programs for Students, Robotics, University outreach
Posted on July 19th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Thanks to a $7 million government grant, Carnegie Mellon University’s Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE) program is giving kids hands-on experience with robots. The researchers hope to combat a national decline in the number of college students majoring in science, engineering, and math.
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Tags: Building robots, Career Planning, Programs for Students, Robotics, STEM subjects, University outreach
Posted on July 15th, 2010 by Jaimie Schock
Carnegie Mellon’s new Fostering Innovation through Robotics Exploration (FIRE) program, a DARPA-backed effort to increase middle and high schoolers’ interest in STEM and computer science, will support the creation of programs such as game-like virtual worlds where robot programs can be tested and computerized tutors that teach mathematics and computer science in the context of robotics.
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Tags: Outreach, Robotics, University outreach
