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Posted by Rena Pederson, NMSI Director of Communications:
It's terrific to see ambitious math and science events like the upcoming Engineering Expo in Coppell, Texas.
The Coppell High School created the School of Engineering about three years ago. The program now has 160 students enrolled. Last year the parents formed a Booster Club to help support the program and this year they are sponsoring their first annual Engineering Expo. The free event will be Sunday, March 8 from 2-5 p.m. at Coppell High School.
The parents have shown admirable initiative in arranging for a significant number of universities from around the country to participate, including University of Michigan, Georgia Tech, Purdue University, Washington University in St. Louis U.S. Naval Academy, University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M, TCU, SMU, UT Dallas, UT Arlington and others. They will have representatives available to talk with students about engineering programs, curriculum, and admissions.
The Coppell engineering boosters also have arranged for corporations from the area to have engineers available to talk with students about engineering careers and career paths. Those companies include IBM< GM< Army Corp of Engineers, Lockheed, Bombardier, Sikorsky, NCH Chemical, Southwest Airlines and others.
Speakers will include Dan Patterson, an aviation photographer who has published more than 30 books, and Eric Branyan, VP of Project Management at Lockheed . Branyan directed mission engineering programs for the F35 strike fighter program.
To cap off the event, the students will be demonstrating many of the engineering projects they have created - -including a solar car, an underwater ROV that they competed in the NASA Neutral Buoyancy facility in Houston, a hover craft, among other projects.
This is a good "best practice" example of how to stimulate interest in engineering and technology careers. As Booster Club president Frank Bush points out, technology drives the global economy and the demand for engineers has never been greater. Unfortunately, as this demand steadily increases, the number of engineers graduating from American universities is declining. To reverse this trend, talented young students need to be informed and excited about STEM careers - and that's exactly what these Coppell parents are doing.
For more information: www.coppellisd.com/engineering/expo
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