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Engineering Programs for High School Students

Register your class for a hands-on engineering experience, utilizing programming, math, and scientific tools.

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Engineering Summer Camp for High Schoolers

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Activities are aligned to the following NYSSLS Performance Expectations:

 

NY HS-PS3-3: Energy Conversion Device Design

Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.*

NY HS-PS3-6: Ohm's Law

Analyze data to support the claim that Ohm’s Law describes the mathematical relationship among the potential difference, current, and resistance of an electric circuit.

NY HS-PS4-2: Digital Transmission and Storage of Information

Evaluate questions about the advantages of using a digital transmission and storage of information.

NY HS-PS4-5: Waves and Information Technology

Communicate technical information about how some technological devices use the principles of wave behavior and wave interactions with matter to transmit and capture information and energy.*

NY HS-ETS1-2: Engineering Design

Design a solution to a complex real-world problem by breaking it down into smaller, more manageable problems that can be solved through engineering.

NY HS-ETS1-3: Engineering Design

Evaluate a solution to a complex real-world problem based on prioritized criteria and trade-offs that account for a range of constraints, including cost, safety, reliability, and aesthetics, as well as possible social, cultural, and environmental impacts.

To schedule your class or for more information, please e-mail: kathleen.dinota@stonybrook.edu

 

  Activity Cross-Cutting Concepts
 Programmable Smart Night Light ActivityProgrammable Smart Night Light
Create and program a smart night light with four functions.
Cross-Cutting ConceptsEnergy and matter, patterns, scale, proportion, and quantity.
 Home Security System ActivityOptical Intrusion Detection
Design and create an electronic detection system with an alarm and a memory.
Cross-Cutting ConceptsEnergy and matter, scale, proportion, and quantity.
 Traffic Light  ActivityTraffic Light
Design and create a switched traffic light for road intersection mockup with light emitting diode and programmable controller. Next, turn a traffic light into a game board.
Cross-Cutting ConceptsPatterns, cause and effect, energy and matter, scale, proportion, and quantity. 
 Temperature and Conductivity Sensor  ActivityTemperature and Conductivity Sensor 
Create a portable sensor that can measure temperature and conductivity. Ideal project for Chemistry and Environmental Science classes.
Cross-Cutting ConceptsEnergy and matter, systems and system models. 

The Design and Create Labs are available Monday through Friday. A lab activity can begin as early as 8am. All activities are 4–5 hours long (including break for lunch). Projects can also be conducted remotely or as a hybrid of remote and in-person work.

The maximum capacity of the lab is 40 students and transportation must be provided by the district.

Lab Director:   Dr. Mónica Bugallo, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences