Summer Programs

What are you doing this summer?

One way to have fun and find out if engineering might be a good fit for you is to try one of the summer programs offered by the Clark School.  You can learn about engineering, participate in hands-on activities, and meet engineering students and professors.  The Clark School also offers workshops that give you a chance to explore engineering during a one-day activity.

Engineering Programs for 6th through 8th Grade Students

Students in the Stepping Stones To Your Future program discuss design strategy for a project at the Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility. See the "A Challenging Eggs-periment" sidebar for more information.

Stepping Stones to Your Future
Stepping Stones to Your Future is an annual summer engineering camp for rising 7^th and 8^th graders, offered by the University of Maryland, College Park. This one-week commuter camp is an excellent opportunity for young men and women who are interested in science and engineering to work with current University of Maryland students on a variety  of fun and hands-on engineering activities.

Up, Up and Away
This two-week program offers students entering the 6^th, 7^th, and 8^th grades the opportunity to explore the science of flight. Through a series of exciting hands-on activities and field trips, students will learn about the scientific principles behind hot air balloons, airplanes, rockets and much more! Children are required to bring their own lunches.

Engineering Programs for 9th through 12th Grade Students

Terp Engineers
This program is an engineering summer camp for students entering the 9 ^th or 10^th grade. This one-week commuter camp is an opportunity for young men and women who are interested in science and engineering to work on a variety of challenging and hands-on engineering activities.

Discovering Engineering
This program is an engineering summer camp for high school students (rising juniors and seniors). Find out if engineering is for you. Meet faculty, tour one-of-a-kind labs and facilities, and learn about the various engineering disciplines offered at the University of Maryland. You will live on campus and participate in a variety of activities including laboratory work and demonstrations, lectures, discussions, computer instruction and team design projects.

ESTEEM (Engineering Science and Technology to
Energize and Expand Young Minds)
Offered by the Center for Minorities in Science and Engineering for rising High School Seniors, ESTEEM is a two-week research methodology seminar with lab demonstrations, lab tours, lab experiments, a computer/internet workshop, and a SAT Workshop. Students who participate in the program will have the opportunity to have an academic year-long independent research project with an engineering faculty member.

	E2@UMD students participate in a variety of activities hosted by the Clark School departments. Here, Dr. Nam Wang, Associate Chairman of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, demonstrates how to extract iron powder from oil.

Exploring Engineering at the University of Maryland (E²@UMD)
E2@UMD is a one-week summer program for high school women (rising juniors or seniors) who are considering engineering as a possible major and career. You will live on campus for one week and explore the world of engineering through fun hands-on activities, laboratory experiments, informative workshops, team LEGO challenges and seminars with professional engineers.

SAT Strategies Workshop
This program is open to all rising 10^th, 11^th and 12^th grade students. The focus of this workshop will be on successful test-taking skills and reasoning strategies to help students maximize their score on the SAT. Topics will be presented relevant to the math, verbal and new writing sections of the test. The program provides 40 hours of instruction, a pre-test and a post-test, as well as periodic evaluations to gauge student progress throughout the workshop. Choose from two sessions that will be offered, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Textbooks, supplemental materials and snacks are included.

Spring into the Future
Students will design and build a trebuchet for one week. The program will culminate with students attending the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) National Engineering Design Competition that will be held at the University of Maryland, College Park on June 21, 2008. Students will also meet with University of Maryland faculty and staff to learn more about attending the School of Engineering at the University of Maryland.

Young Scholars Program
The Young Scholars Program is for high schools students (rising juniors and seniors). The program lets you experience college life first-hand by choosing one three-credit, college-level course. And you'll continue learning outside the classroom, with evening seminars on college admission and scholarship application strategies, field trips and social events. Three courses of interest to budding engineers are ENES100: Introduction to Engineering Design, ENES140: Discovering New Ventures-Foundations of Entrepreneurship, and ENES 104: Introduction to Materials and their Applications-What Are Things Made From?

WIE LEAD Academies
The Women in Engineering Leadership Enhancement, Application and Design Academies provide students with the opportunity to spend 1-2 days learning and applying principles related to a particular engineering discipline found at the University of Maryland.