Robots and girls

Author

Brake, Mary L.

Author_Institution

Mercy High Sch., Farmington Hills, MI, USA

Volume

46

Issue

1

fYear

2004

fDate

2/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

142

Lastpage

143

Abstract

This paper is about a project, which aims to encourage girls to pursue math, science and especially engineering careers. We chose Lego Mindstorm® robots to introduce engineering concepts to a high-school physics curriculum at an all-girls´ school. The project lasted about four weeks. The equipment and framework for the program was provided by the Wireless Micro Systems (WIMS) Research Center at the University of Michigan. The cochlear implant was picked as the device around which the projects were loosely based because most of the girls seemed particularly interested in biological applications. The result of the said project is discussed in this paper.

Keywords

control engineering education; electrical engineering education; gender issues; robots; student experiments; Lego Mindstorm® robots; PowerPoint; University of Michigan; Wireless Micro Systems Research Center; cochlear implant; engineering careers; high-school physics curriculum; math careers; motors; science careers; vibration sensor; Artificial intelligence; Auditory system; Circuits; Cochlear implants; Educational institutions; Electrical engineering education; Engineering profession; Humans; Physics; Robot sensing systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2004.1296171

Filename

1296171