Involving high schools students in a university-level mechanical engineering design competition

Michael Robertson; Joshua Vaughan; William Singhose; Michael Pastirik; Marion Usselman; Donna Llewellyn

Involving high schools students in a university-level mechanical engineering design competition

Michael Robertson, Joshua Vaughan, William Singhose, Michael Pastirik, Marion Usselman, Donna Llewellyn

Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper documents the involvement of students from a 99% African American metro-Atlanta area high school in a sophomore-level mechatronics course at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The course contains elements of computer science, electro-mechanical sensors and actuators, and mechanical design. The wide range of skills needed to build a competitive machine in the end-of-course competition attracts interest from a wide range of students. By involving high school students in this competition, and exposing them to the university setting, we hope to attract more minority students into science or engineering, and specifically into mechanical engineering.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	9039-9049
Number of pages	11
Journal	ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: The Changing Landscape of Engineering and Technology Education in a Global World - Portland, OR, United States Duration: Jun 12 2005 → Jun 15 2005

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Cite this

@article{2540bc5605bd4b498da070eb3c894e66,

title = "Involving high schools students in a university-level mechanical engineering design competition",

abstract = "This paper documents the involvement of students from a 99% African American metro-Atlanta area high school in a sophomore-level mechatronics course at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The course contains elements of computer science, electro-mechanical sensors and actuators, and mechanical design. The wide range of skills needed to build a competitive machine in the end-of-course competition attracts interest from a wide range of students. By involving high school students in this competition, and exposing them to the university setting, we hope to attract more minority students into science or engineering, and specifically into mechanical engineering.",

author = "Michael Robertson and Joshua Vaughan and William Singhose and Michael Pastirik and Marion Usselman and Donna Llewellyn",

year = "2005",

language = "English",

pages = "9039--9049",

journal = "ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings",

issn = "2153-5965",

note = "2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: The Changing Landscape of Engineering and Technology Education in a Global World ; Conference date: 12-06-2005 Through 15-06-2005",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Involving high schools students in a university-level mechanical engineering design competition

AU - Robertson, Michael

AU - Vaughan, Joshua

AU - Singhose, William

AU - Pastirik, Michael

AU - Usselman, Marion

AU - Llewellyn, Donna

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

N2 - This paper documents the involvement of students from a 99% African American metro-Atlanta area high school in a sophomore-level mechatronics course at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The course contains elements of computer science, electro-mechanical sensors and actuators, and mechanical design. The wide range of skills needed to build a competitive machine in the end-of-course competition attracts interest from a wide range of students. By involving high school students in this competition, and exposing them to the university setting, we hope to attract more minority students into science or engineering, and specifically into mechanical engineering.

AB - This paper documents the involvement of students from a 99% African American metro-Atlanta area high school in a sophomore-level mechatronics course at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The course contains elements of computer science, electro-mechanical sensors and actuators, and mechanical design. The wide range of skills needed to build a competitive machine in the end-of-course competition attracts interest from a wide range of students. By involving high school students in this competition, and exposing them to the university setting, we hope to attract more minority students into science or engineering, and specifically into mechanical engineering.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=22544455688&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Conference article

AN - SCOPUS:22544455688

SN - 2153-5965

SP - 9039

EP - 9049

JO - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

JF - ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

T2 - 2005 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: The Changing Landscape of Engineering and Technology Education in a Global World

Y2 - 12 June 2005 through 15 June 2005

ER -

Involving high schools students in a university-level mechanical engineering design competition

Abstract

UN SDGs

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this