An Interactive Event Model to Introduce Young Women toEngineering:Evolution of a Scalable Program and Lessons Learned

摘要

This paper presents a model used successfully at two institutions as an outreachmechanism to middle school and high school aged young women. As the driving forcebehind the particular outreach event at each of the institutions, the author provideslessons learned to implement, strengthen, and sustain similar activities on her own andother campuses. The spotlight event is a day-long, hands-on program exposing theparticipants to many options in engineering. A hallmark of the program is its interactivenature, allowing the participants to see how math and science can be used to make theworld a better place.