USA: UMaine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center Offers Day Camps

June 22, 2012

The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center is hosting summer day camp for high school students on July 23 – July 27 and July 30 – August 3.

The Advanced Structures and Composites Center has a few spots left in its summer engineering day camps for high school students in the greater Bangor area seeking a challenging, innovative, and fun day camp experience this summer.

Windstorm Challenge Reloaded! (July 23 through July 27) – Gives students a chance to work with engineers and to design, build, and test their own floating offshore wind turbines. They will learn how to create a business pitch and market their new product. This week includes time spent in the pool and a trip Monhegan Island to visit the UMaine’s Deepwater Offshore Wind Test Site.

Build, Bend, and Break! (July 30 through August 3) – Students will design and build two products. Once the products are tested and proven, they will work with Innovation Engineers on their business pitch.

Both weeks include hands-on math and science workshops to help build skills before the next school year. Students will meet professional engineers, faculty, and current students, and tour UMaine’s engineering laboratories.

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Offshore WIND staff, June 22, 2012; Image: DeepCwind