Issue #4, 01/03/2014 NIU-Enhancing Engineering Pathways, http://www.niu.edu/eep NIU-EEP MARCH 2014 Saturday Engineering Workshops March 1st, 15th & 22nd, 2014 Beginner Level 8:30 am to 10:30 am (March 1st ) 8:30 am to 11:30 am (March 1st & 22nd ) v v v Fruit Batteries/Static Electricity Lean Manufacturing Alice Programming Advanced Level I 9:30 am to 11:30 am (March 1st) 9:30 am to 12:30 am (March 15th & 22nd ) v v v Electronic Playground LED Flashlights & Sewing a LED Bracelet Sewing a LED Bracelet Advanced Level II 11:30 am to 1:00 pm (March 1st) 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (March 15th & 22nd ) Location - NIU-Naperville Room Number: #265 - Beginner Level #266 – Advanced Level I #265 – Advanced Level II Don’t forget to “Like” us on Facebook J v v Arduino Programming Design an App: A Mobile Tic-Tac-Toe game "A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein http://www.niu.edu/eep Issue #4, 01/03/2014 Dear Parents and Participants, The weather has certainly been wacky the past week with temperatures fluctuating above and well below the freezing temperatures. Hoping to see the onset of Spring very soon and no more weather related cancellations of our workshops. Here is fourth newsletter for the 2013-14 academic year. Last month we did have a cancelled workshop due to bad weather and that workshop will now be conducted on March 22nd, 2014. We had another workshop from 2013 that had to be accounted for and that will be done by adding an extra hour for the two sessions (March 15 th & March 22nd) held in the month of March. Please note that these two sessions (Mar. 15th & March 22nd) would be three hour workshops. The start and end times for the workshops during the month of March along with the details of the activities have been listed in the previous page. Beginner level participants will be working on fruit batteries and Static Electricity on March 1st and will be introduced to Lean Manufacturing Principles and Computer Animated Programming on March 15th and March 22nd. Lean Manufacturing activity (building Lego mini-jets and Lego race-cars) is one of the most enjoyable activities in the NIU-EEP program and so parents of beginner level participants, please ensure your daughters do not miss out these sessions. Advanced level I participants will get to explore electronic playground sets and start to work on their LED Mini Flashlights and sew a LED bracelet. For the LED mini Flashlight, parents please send in one Altoids empty box with your daughters this Saturday without fail. I need to get the holes drilled and keep them ready for building the flashlights on March 15th, 2014! Advanced Level II participants who got to explore the Arduino Programming, will get to experience designing a video game for a mobile phone in the next few workshops after March 1st, 2014. These activities will continue next year as well, with a major project embedded tying all what was learnt this year in Advanced Level II! 2014 Summer Camp registration packet and details will be made available by the mid of April 2014. Camp dates and camp theme for this year are listed in the next section of this newsletter. Have a nice weekend and see you all tomorrow! Dr. Suma Rajashankar STEM NEWS - COMPETITIONS!! TECHNOVATION CHALLENGE 2014 A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM! Free Program for Young Women 10-23 yrs old! GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR 2014 Deadline May 12th, 2014 The Google Science Fair is a global online science competition open to students ages 13-18 from around the globe. Register by March 1st, 2014! http://www.technovationchallenge.org/home/ 2 https://www.googlesciencefair.com/en/?gclid=CJK CjOex67wCFQtgMgod3TgA4Q http://www.niu.edu/eep Issue #4, 01/03/2014 Are you interested in Evolutionary Biology? If yes, then go to… TIMELINE THEATRE, CHICAGO! NOT TO MISS! – “THE HOW & THE WHY” A smart and compelling new play about science, family, and survival of the fittest. Two women meet for the first time on the eve of a national conference. Both are brilliant evolutionary biologists who share a zeal for science and a bold, contrarian approach to their male-dominated field—even as one challenges the other with a radical new theory that may change the way people regard sex. As mysteries unfold about their relationship, the two scientists clash over differing views on evolution, feminism and generational divides in modern America. February 6th – April 6th , 2014! http://www.timelinetheatre.com/ It may just be a two-woman lead, but Berkeley is welcoming its first introduction to computer science class in which women outnumber men! http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/21/womenoutnumber-men-for-the-first-time-in-berkeleysintro-to-computer-science-course/ 2014 SIEMENS COMPETITION! Kick-off on May 1st, 2014! http://www.discoveryeducation.com/siemenscompet ition/ 3 http://www.niu.edu/eep Issue #4, 01/03/2014 Sampled photos from the February 15th SEW sessions 4 http://www.niu.edu/eep Issue #4, 01/03/2014 Sampled photos from the November & December 2013 SEW sessions 5 http://www.niu.edu/eep Issue #4, 01/03/2014 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING NEWS!! Magical things 3D printing can do – A WORKING PROSTHETIC LEG FOR A CANDIAN DUCKING CALLED DUDLEY! http://www.dogonews.com/2014/2/7/dudley-theduck-gets-a-3d-printed-prosthetic-leg NASA WOMEN OF STEM! http://www.nasa.gov/education/womenstem/ #.Uw9s0F7PYWI NIU-EEP Mentors High School Team Leader Mentors (Participants for last 4 years) 1. 2. 3. 4. Graduate and Undergraduate Mentors 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Swetha Garaga Naidu, Graduate, EE Neelima Guturu, Graduate, EE Poojitha Giriddhati, Graduate, EE Ankita Patil, Graduate, EE Marianna Ruggerio, Graduate, EE Nora Guzman – Undergraduate, EE Haley Inboden, Undergraduate, EE Itzamaray Lopez, Undergraduate, EE Sarah Lindley, Undergraduate, EE Lindsey Dodis, Junior, ME Derek Seaton, Undergraduate, EE High School Leader Mentor (Participant for last 4 years) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 6 Akshara Sreedhar- Senior, WVHS Shreya Santhanam – Senior, IMSA Sameeksha Malhotra – Junior, IMSA Bethany McCormick – Junior, West Aurora HS Mihika Iyer, Sophomore, WVHS Adithi Murthy, Sophomore, WVHS Sophia Paliganoff, Sophomore, Bartlett HS Geetha Rajagopal, Sophomore, WVHS Medha Rajashankar, Sophomore, MVHS Mary Reinertson, Sophomore, WVHS Carmen Robson, Sophomore, WVHS New High School Mentors (Participants for last 3 years) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Samhita Inampudi, WVHS Marissa Jaskae, WVHS Preethi Kashyap, NVHS Sunita Kavthekar, WVHS Nila Kirshnan, NVHS Meghana Mohan, WVHS Annabelle Pisciotta, IMSA Ashraya Sreedhar, WVHS Isha Tyle, NVHS Pooja Vemu, WVHS
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