K-12 Outreach and Recruitment in Engineering - Building Connections for Student Retention

1. Everything I know I learned in Kindergarten -- Connections between K-12 Outreach and and Recruitment and Retention in Engineering Skip Rochefort Chemical Engineering Department Oregon Sate University

2. K-12 Outreach Activities with the Hewlett Foundation at Oregon State University Skip Rochefort, Jason Hower, Keith Levien OSU Chemical Engineering Ellen Ford, Saturday Academy Ellen Momsen, OSU COE Women and Minorities Program And many College of Engineering and High School Students

3. OSU Hewlett Foundation Grant • Recruitment and Retention of Engineering Students • PI – Toni Doolen, IME • $1.1 million - 3 years • $85,000/year for K-12 Outreach

4. OSU K-12 Outreach Programs K-8 (OSU based programs) • Saturday Academy (Corvallis and Portland) • *E-Camp* – middle school girls and boys (summer) • LEGO RoboLab Camp – MS girls and boys (summer) • *AWSEM *- middle school girls (school year) • SMILE - Science Math Investigative Learning Experiences (rural communities) • Hydroville Project (SMILE associated program) • Science Education PartnershipS (SEPS – Corvallis) • Adventures in Learning(grades 5-7 summer programs) • Expeditions (grades 3-4 summer program) • Winter Wanderings (grades 3-7 school year) • KidSpirit (sports/arts summer camps) • *SKIES* – Spirited Kids in Engineering and Science (summer camp) • Wood Magic – College of Forestry

5. OSU K-12 Outreach Programs HIGH SCHOOL (OSU based programs) • Saturday Academy ASE - Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering (statewide) • SESEY - Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth (nationwide) • Science Connections(Portland)

6. Oregon K-12 Outreach Programs COMMUNITY – K-12 and Public Outreach (Lifelong Learning) • OMSI – Oregon Museum of Science and Industry ( statewide connections) • MESA – Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement (PSU based) • 4-H of Oregon (statewide) • Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts of Oregon (and associated programs) • daVinci Days(Corvallis celebration of the arts and sciences)

7. Mentoring* • Multiple levels of Mentoring exist in all activities and programs • Every individual from Program Directors to the K-12 students interact with all levels * Key to Recruitment and Retention in Engineering

8. Mentoring Pyramid

9. Hewlett Foundation Sponsored Summer 2003 Outreach Log

10. The PIN Hey….. I’ve got one of those pins!

11. SKIES • Spirited Kids In Engineering and Science • 11 week-long K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 grade level camps • Content areas include • Engineering: chemical, material science, environmental • Science: chemistry, physics, biology • Inquiry-based with hands-on emphasis

12. SKIES Photos

13. E-Camp • 1 wk. Engineering day camp for middle school students (15 boys and 11 girls) • Inquiry-based learning with Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, and Environmental Engineering Themes • Lessons taught by Engineering faculty, graduate, and undergraduate students • Use of wireless PDAs for data analysis

14. E-Camp Photos

15. AWSEM • Advocates for Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics • Served 11 Middle School Females • 8 Sessions on weekends (2 hrs.) • Activities designed to interest middle school girls in the sciences • Chemistry, Anatomy, Math, Engineering, Physics, Biology

16. AWSEM Photos

17. SESEY • Summer Experience in Science and Engineering for Youth (High School) • Week-long research projects in ChE, BioE, and Chemistry • Projects created by Faculty, daily work guided by ChE/BioE students • 19 HS girls, 9 HS boys from 5 states

18. SESEY 2003 Photos

19. ASE • Saturday Academy Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering • 8 week summer internship in ChE or BioE research laboratories • Faculty Advisor with graduate/undergraduate mentors • Culminates in research symposium with poster and PowerPoint presentations

20. ASE 2002 Four Generations of ASE Dr. Skip Rochefort: ASE Superstar, Faculty Mentor (kind of), likes to eat peanuts Hai Le: ASE ‘00, McKay High U Wisconsin, ChE Jason Hower: ASE ‘97, Corvallis High, Oregon State Univ. Chemical Engineering Annie Gai: ASE ‘99, Sheldon High, Stanford University Chemical Engineering Adam Welander: ASE ‘98, Central High, Carnegie Mellon Chemical Engineering

21. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS *Flora and William Hewlett Foundation *Toni Doolen, OSU Hewlett PI *OSU Enrollment Management for Precollege K-12 Program Support *ALL OSU K-12 Program Directors * My outreach colleaguesEllen Ford and Jason Hower….and all the kids!

22. School-Year Outreach • Engineering Outreach activities done throughout the school year by volunteer college students • Activities include • High School visits typically 1 day (~150 students) • Open Houses at OSU Campus • Multiple Day Engineering Activities

23. High School Visits • OSU ChE students to area high schools 3x per term (12x per year) • Contacts typically science teachers • Discuss Chemical Engineering, polymers, hydrogels, and applications • Activities include • Orbitz Drink and Bead-based bioreactors • Baby Diapers and Super Absorbant Polymers • Kidney Dialysis and Engineering Design

24. Extended OutreachActivities • Multiple session experiments in chemical engineering with high school students • Two 4 hour sessions about Kidney Dialysis with Benson High Chemistry • At OSU • One week Kidney Dialysis with North Eugene High Engineering Class • At North Eugene High School • Experiments in Dialysis, Gel Applications, Microelectronics

25. OSU K-12 Outreach Programs • Dr. Skip Rochefort • Chemical Engineering Department • Director, OSU Precollege Programs • Email: skip@engr.orst.edu • Phone: 737-2408