The fifth year of the AIST Midwest Chapter High School Engineering Seminar was held on Wednesday November 7, 2012 at Purdue University Calumet. Fifteen high schools attended; 200 students and 17 faculty members.
The following High Schools were in attendance: Chesterton, Crown Point, East Chicago Central, Gavit, Griffith, Hammond, Hammond Academy of Science & Technology, Highland, Hobart, Lake Central, Lowell, Marquette, Morton, Munster, and Valparaiso.
The following universities, industries, and engineering firms participated: Purdue University Calumet, Purdue University – West Lafayette, Valparaiso University, ArcelorMittal USA, NIPSCO, United States Steel Corporation, AIM Machinery, CET, Inc., EQ Engineers, SNC Lavalin – Capital Engineering, and Superior Engineering.
Also in attendance were members of the AIST Midwest Chapter, along with students and faculty volunteers from Purdue University Calumet and the CIVS Center.
QUOTES:
Michael Peterson – Lowell MS PLTW: “Thank you for accommodating our unique situation. Ryan really enjoyed the day’s activities. I hope that next year a larger contingent will attend representing the high school. It was a very enlightening and informative session.”
Kendal Smith – Lake Central High School: “Thanks again to you and your colleagues in AIST.”
Theresa A. Knipe – Science, Hammond HS: “First of all I would like to say my students really enjoyed the seminar. The pace and activities were really good. The only suggestion they had is to have more booths (mfg/schools..) to visit in the beginning.”
Drew Martin – Mathematics and PLTW Instructor, Hobart High School: “Thank you for the invite. Our kids loved it. Look forward to coming back next year.”
Chandramouli Viswanathan – Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Purdue University Calumet: “I wish to thank you for such a wonderful effort. It was an amazing effort.”
Nasser Houshangi – Professor & Head of Electrical & Computer Engineering Department, Purdue University Calumet: “Thank you for leading this excellent and important program as we need more students to be interested in Engineering.”
