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Jun Wang
Professional Development Officer
Office: Bourns A143
Tel: (951)827-2708
Email: junwang@engr.ucr.edu

 

 

 



Calendar

Date Event Location

Summer 2008

July 20 to
July 25, 2008 

Engineer IT Girl – Robotics! 

BCOE
  This is a resident (overnight) camp.  It will run from July 20 to July 25, 2008.  The girls will be housed in the dorms at UCR.  We will be working with the Bourns School of Engineering at UCR as well as the Society of Women Engineers.  We will work in teams building and programming LEGO Robots.  In addition, we hope to find enough girls interested in learning more beyond the camp experience to develop a team for the annual LEGO Robotics Competition.  A tour and presentation is scheduled for the JPL facilities in Pasadena.
Flyer for STEM.doc		  
July 28 to
August 8, 2008 

BCOE
  Minds for Design Summer Program is sponsored by Girl Scouts of San Gorgonio Council and UC Riverside, Bourns College of Engineering. With a goal towards engaging more girls in the areas of science and technology, this two-week summer day camp is designed to introduce 30 girls in sixth through ninth grade to the world of engineering.  Through hands-on activities, field trips to engineering firms, guest speakers, and professional mentoring, the girls have an opportunity to learn first-hand what it would be like to work in the field of engineering.

This is a day camp that runs 8-5 p.m. and will also be held at UCR Bourns College of Engineering.  Our curriculum was developed by Intel Corporation specifically for GSUSA.  We have two fantastic field trips tentatively scheduled: 
1)    Disneyland/California Adventure including a behind-the-scenes tour and presentation by Disneyland Staff, highlighting Physics phenomena at the Park
2)    tour of the Boeing facilities.
Please see the attached flyer and registration form.  We are waiving the teacher recommendation as part of the application process at this time.
Minds for Design Flyer FINAL 2008 (PDF)
Contact Alesia Tom, STEM Program Specialist at atom@gssgc.org if you have further questions on any of the above programs.

  
     

Spring 2008
April 12,
2008		 Bourns Space Science and Engineering Day BCOE
 

NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab will provide engineers and exhibits for 500 Girl Scouts and the UCR community.  Participants will make balloon-propelled Land Rovers and build bubble rockets, construct telescopes and watch students make ice cream with liquid nitrogen, among other activities.  JPL will conduct the Pathfinder Egg Drop Contest and bring out the actual Mars Landrover.  There will also be talks and demonstrations, including several telescope viewing provided the by the Riverside Astronomical Society (a partner with JPL's NASA Planet Quest Program).  The even is sponsored by the Society of Women Engineers. For more information, please see: http://www.engr.ucr.edu/~ssed/

  
April 12,
2008		 Boy Scout Merit Badge Day BCOE
 

Participants
When: Saturday, April 12, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Where: University of California at Riverside, Bourns College of Engineering; Parking is Free. Look for signs leading you to the engineering building from the parking lot.
Who: Boy Scouts wanting to learn about electronics, electrical engineering, robotics and more. Attendance is limited to the first 150 Scouts on a first come, first served basis pre-registration is required. No walk-ins will be accepted. Last day for pre-registration is Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
Cost: $5.00 to cover materials, insurance and other expenses.
Bring: Parent permission slip, merit badge card for each merit badge you wish to earn, signed by your Scoutmaster; a merit badge pamphlet for each badge; sack lunch.
Badges: Computer     Electricity    Space Exploration*

Electronics     Engineering*     Energy*
Each of these merit badges may have prerequisites that must be accomplished in advance of the Merit Badge Fair if you wish to complete the merit badges requirements by the end of that day.
Please check the merit badge pamphlets or go to http://www.meritbadge.com/ for more details concerning merit badge requirements.
For additional information about the Merit Badge Fair, please contact:“Curley” Puckett at (Home)(951) 688-0850 (Cell) (909) 229-4412 or Giovani Denina at (951) 968-0267.
Download Registration Form : Merit Badge Fair

  
     

Winter 2008
February MESA High School Day Campus
  Approximately 100 underrepresented students from five MESA high schools participated to learn how to create web pages, build towers, and invent and build a new product. MESA High School Day is sponsored the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.  
     

Fall 2007
November 10,
2007		 "WOW! That's Engineering!" BCOE
  The Society of Women Engineers National selected the UCR SWE student section to host their Wow! That's Engineering! outreach event in Fall 2007. The event is designed to bring young girls together with female engineers to learn more about the field of engineering through interactive activities and discussions.  The selection process included a review of 22 applications from 19 professional sections, and 3 student sections across the nation.  Collaborators for the event will include SWE national, and the Orange County Professional Section to plan for the West Coast event.  The other two host sites selected were Atlanta and Minnesota. For more information, please see: http://www.engr.ucr.edu/wow/