Other Area Outreach Events
All Students | Elementary | Middle School | High School | Students Admitted to OSU
Other K-12 outreach programs offered thoughout the College of Engineering and across The Ohio State University are listed below by age group.
All Students
OSU's P-12 Project
The P-12 Project website includes a searchable database of outreach activities for all colleges / areas of interest relating to pre-school - 12th grade students. Please visit the P-12 Project website for more information and to search the database, or contact Nancy Nestor-Baker at 614-247-6398.
Elementary School (Grades 3-6)
There are no OSU outreach events available for Grades 3-6 at this time.
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
Camp Engineer
Camp Engineer is a one-week day camp that seeks to provide middle school girls with a more in depth exposure, understanding, and appreciation of engineering. During the week, students work on design projects as well as participate in engineering department tours and workshops that help introduce them to specific engineering disciplines. Various College of Engineering faculty, staff members, and graduate students work with the young women to highlight and teach essential engineering concepts. The program concludes with an awards luncheon for the girls and their parents. Please contact Felicia Sawyer at sawyer.8@osu.edu or (614) 292-7329 for more information. PLEASE NOTE: This program is ONLY open to the middle school participants of the Columbus Public Schools' Young Women Empowerment Conference.
Young Women's Summer Institute
The Young Women's Summer Institute (YWSI) is designed for current 6th and 7th grade girls to have fun, meet new friends, and learn science and computer skills. YWSI is a week-long program sponsored by Ohio Supercomputer Center for middle-school girls in Ohio. It is designed to promote computer, math, and science skills as well as provide hands-on experiences. YWSI helps girls develop an interest in these subjects by allowing them to work on a practical, interesting scientific problem using the latest computer technology. The students live in dorms on the OSU campus. If interested, please contact YWSI at ywsicontact@osc.edu or call 614-688-4101 and visit the website: http://www.ywsi.org
High School (Grades 9-12)
ACCAD Summer Workshop for Girls
Digital Animation: A Technology Mentoring Program for Young Women is a free, two-week summer experience for high school girls at Ohio State. Students work with women mentors at the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design and investigate technology through the creative applications of computer-generated animation and Web media. The program is open to girls currently in or entering grades 8 or 9. Please see http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/ for more information.
Engineering Explorers
Engineering Explorers is a career education program for high school girls and boys. Exploring is run through the school year and consists of evening visits to the OSU main campus once a month. This program is based on a unique and dynamic relationship between youth and organizations throughout the community. Engineering Explorers provides students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the engineering field. Youth will engage in a program of activities which will encourage personal and career development. Engineering Explorers provides the ability for students to build relationships with working professionals in the engineering field and experience positive leadership from adult mentors. For more information about the Exploring Program, contact Alyssa Fry at 614-436-7200 ext. 234 or afry@skcbsa.org
To keep up-to-date, check out the Explorer Post blog:
http://eng-exploring.blogspot.com/
Engineering Summer Academy
The Engineering Summer Academy is a three-week program at Ohio State for students who have completed 11th grade (junior year of high school), allowing them to receive college credit. During the program, the students (male and female) will design documentation and standards using manual and CADD/Inventor techniques. They will receive an introduction to 3-dimensional orthographic and pictorial visualization and presentation. The seventy-two hours of classroom and laboratory instruction will give the students credit for Engineering H191, equivalent to four quarter hours of undergraduate credit at Ohio State or for potential transfer credit at other institutions. If you are interested in the program and would like to learn more, contact Frank Croft at 614-292-6230 or croft.3@osu.edu.
Science and Engineering Apprenticeship Program (SEAP)
The American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) is now administering SEAP, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). SEAP is an eight week summer research opportunity at participating ONR laboratories for high school student who have completed at least grade 9, must be 16 years of age for most Laboratories, and a U.S. citizen. A graduating Senior is eligible to apply. The stipend for the summer program is $1,500 for new students; $1,550 for returning students. The application is currently open and must be completed by January 28, 2008. Go to http://www.asee.org/seap.
Stone Laboratory
Come take part in a workshop for high school teachers and high school students. Live and learn at the Stone Laboratory, the oldest freshwater field station, and research laboratory in the US. See the website www.sg.ohio-state.edu for course descriptions and dates. We offer courses for college students, high school students and educators. Our summer courses include both 1 week and 5 week sessions. Courses at the 500 and 600 level normally require at least 15 quarter hours of biological sciences. Information on Prerequisites can be obtained by calling the Stone Laboratory office. Courses offered during first term are not prerequisites for second-term courses. Individual Studies (293 and 693), Thesis Research (998), or Dissertation Research (999) may be taken in addition to the regular course load. Introductory courses (107, 110, 125, 126) have no prerequisites and are available to college and select high school students.
http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/stonelab/courses/
Summer Honors Institute for Gifted Students
The Engineering Summer Institute is a week long, resident program primarily targeting gifted high school students (male and female) who have completed 10th grade (sophomore year of high school) and are interested in engineering. Eligible students are Ohio residents who have been designated as "gifted." This course will provide the Gifted Student the opportunity to be introduced to the fundamentals of engineering. While the focus will be on robotics, the course will introduce the student to the various engineering disciplines, the engineering design process, team-working skills, engineering drawing and communications, elements of problem solving with computers, simple programming elements and logic, and engineering professionalism and ethics. To learn more about the program, contact Dr. Rick Freuler at 614-688-0499 or freuler.1@osu.edu or visit http://feh.eng.ohio-state.edu/simain.html
Supercomputer Center Hosting Summer Institute
SI is a two-week residential program that gives gifted high school freshmen, sophomores, and their teachers hands-on experience with supercomputers. Admission to the program is based upon a competitive application process. Applications can be found at the following site: http://www.osc.edu/si For more information, contact 292-0890 or e-mail si-contact@osc.edu
Students Admitted to OSU
PREFACE
The Pre-freshman and Cooperative Education Program (PREFACE) is a summer bridge program designed to provide pre-freshman minority students (male and female) with an orientation to the freshman engineering curriculum at The Ohio State University and to expose them to the actual practice of engineering. The program is divided into two major components. The first is a six-week academic component in which participants attend classes while living on campus. The second is a six-week work component in which participants work with professional engineers on challenging technical assignments. For more information on this program contact the Minority Engineering Program at 614-292-6491 or visit http://mep.eng.ohio-state.edu/