The Engineering and Computer Science Camps are one-week camps designed to provide students with a broad exposure to the variety of engineering disciplines -- aerospace, biomedical, civil & environmental, computer science, electrical, materials science and mechanical -- plus related topics in chemistry and physics. Field trips to see engineering at area businesses and team projects supplement the classroom activities.

The Bridge and Gateway camps are residential camps; Access and Entry camps are 8:30 am to 5:30 pm day camps. All have a Friday evening awards session.  The program fees cover a participant's meals, housing (if applicable), insurance, project materials and activities; need-based partial and full camp scholarships are available. Each residential camp is limited to 50 students.

The sessions, fees and dates are:

We will have application materials posted on February 7th, 2012. Application materials will be available at www.uta.edu/engineering/summercamps/ .
Qualified applicants will be accepted on a first come first served basis.

July 23 – 27, 2012, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm
The goal of a girls-only camp is to increase the interest of high ability young women in a career in engineering by combating stereotypes, creating connections, reducing the issue of competition for resources with boys, and demonstrating the real-world social impact of engineering. This one-week day camp will introduce middle school young women to the field of engineering by showing how engineering is connected to personal issues, social concerns, and community interests.

By conveying engineering concepts in a more personal, social and community-oriented context and introducing them to middle school girls, we will show how engineers connect, communicate, and improve the world. Campers will experience faculty presentations and lectures, lab tours, field trips, hands-on activities.
The Girlgeneering fee is $225 and need-based partial and full camp scholarships are available. Additional information and an application form are available at http://www.uta.edu/engineering/girlscamps Applications must be postmarked by April 15th, 2012.

Contact
engineeringoutreach@uta.edu

July 20 - 22, 2012
Conducted by the Computer Science & Engineering Department, this three-day camp is designed for high school juniors, seniors and new graduates. In addition to a fun robot challenge, the camp will prepare students to successfully apply to the college of their choice, including talks on how to apply for financial aid and scholarships, how to write application essays, how to put together a resume or experience history, and how to apply online to UT Arlington.

The RoPro Camp fee is $40 and includes use of the robots and lunch on campus each day. Additional information and a registration form are available at http://www.cse.uta.edu/Robots/summerchallenge.asp.

July 14, 2012
This camp provides an opportunity for middle and high school students to learn more about properties of materials, including metals, ceramics, polymers and semiconductors – the world of Materials Science and Engineering. The camp is conducted by the Materials Science & Engineering Department with support from ASM International, North Texas Chapter of ASM International.

The fee of $30 includes a study book and lunch on the campus. The camp is limited to 30 students. More information and a registration form are available at http://www.uta.edu/mse/summercamp.php

Contact:
Tingqin Zhao
Graduate Student and Camp Director,
tinngqin.zhao@mavs.uta.edu
(817) 908 3754

TBD
This is a one-day camp for students entering the 4th and 5th grades see things they have never seen before – atoms! Make electricity from the sun! Conducted by the Materials Science & Engineering Department with support from the National Science Foundation.

No fee; pizza lunch and souvenir t-shirt provided. Limited to 12 participants. Information and registration form available at http://www.uta.edu/mse/Materialscamp.php.

Contact: Dr. Seong Jin Koh, camp director, skoh@uta.edu

Saturday, August 11
In its 50th anniversary year, the University of Texas at Arlington College of Engineering started a new program to offer a minor in Nuclear Engineering.  In order to promote this program and the other UTA engineering majors, the College will offer a one-day high school workshop on Nuclear Energy and Engineering.  Intended for incoming high school juniors, seniors and students just graduated, this workshop will be offered in the summer of 2012.  The workshop will feature talks about nuclear energy and the field of nuclear engineering, a laboratory visit, and hands-on experiments to measure radioactivity in common materials.  Students will also learn about the electrical engineering and mechanical engineering majors at UT Arlington and how the nuclear minor fits with these programs.  Each workshop is limited to 20 participants and the students will receive lunch and a T-shirt. The camp will be offered on Saturday, August 11, 2012. For more information and to register for the Nuclear Energy and Engineering camp, contact Dr. Lynn Peterson, peterson@uta.edu.