April 22, 2005

Summer camp explores engineering careers for high school students

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Female students in the ninth and 10th grades can apply for a week-long summer camp to explore careers in engineering and technology.

Exciting Discoveries for Girls in Engineering, also known as EDGE, will be offered June 5-10, by the Purdue Women in Engineering Program, which is designed to encourage high school girls to explore career paths in engineering.

Activities at the camp include building an engine for a radio-controlled airplane, designing a Mars exploring robot and fabricating platform shoes. The group also will tour a local industrial manufacturing facility.

Campers will stay at Cary Quadrangle residence hall. The cost is $400, and the price includes a banquet for the students and their parents. Scholarships are available for families for in need.

Interested students must submit an application, a recommendation letter from a math or science teacher and a short essay from the student. Application forms are available by contacting the Women in Engineering Program Office at (765) 494-3889, puwie@ecn.purdue.edu. An application also can be downloaded.

Writer: Marydell Forbes, (765) 496-7704, mforbes@purdue.edu

Source: Carol Stwalley, assistant director of Women in Engineering, (765) 494-0758, cgss@purdue.edu

Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; purduenews@purdue.edu

To the News Service home page