Engineering and Construction Camp at the USAF academy

Author

Mitchell, Zane W. ; Washington, Harry K. ; Kuhl, Charles D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Civil & Environ. Eng., USAF Acad., CO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Abstract

The US Air Force Academy´s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DFCE) and the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) are committed to inspiring the potential of the nation´s youth with the leadership skills, motivation, and technical competence to be future leaders to the Nation. To help achieve this, DFCE and SAME jointly sponsored a prototype Engineering and Construction Camp at the USAF Academy in the summer of 2000. The intent of this collaborative effort was to provide opportunities for SAME Posts to engage in long-term mentorship with high school students and to interest them in the engineering profession through hands-on activities in engineering, construction, team building, and learning under the mentorship of SAME officers and USAF Academy cadets. The response to the one-week camp was overwhelmingly positive and the camp was offered for a second time during July 2001

Keywords

building; engineering education; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Engineering and Construction Camp; Society of American Military Engineers; US Air Force Academy; hands-on activities; leadership skills; learning; long-term mentorship; motivation; school students; team building; technical competence; Aerospace engineering; Buildings; Collaboration; Concrete; Design engineering; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Prototypes; System testing; Wastewater treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2001. 31st Annual

Conference_Location

Reno, NV

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6669-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2001.963849

Filename

963849