The Caruth Institute for Engineering Education
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U.S. high schools graduate nearly 4 million students each year. Fewer than two percent of today's students will obtain an engineering degree. More »
Natalie Davies ’10 | SMU Electrical Engineering Major, pictured with Eddie Hourigan ’10.
Not all K-12 students have access to a challenging math and science curriculum. To supplement their education, Math and Science Summer Institutes have developed summer study for DFW-area middle school students to help bridge the gap in engineering, math and science concepts not yet offered by their schools. The camps also increase students’ familiarity and comfort with a university campus environment. Through the success of the Summer Institutes, this SMU Institute for Engineering Education program has become a model for others and is being tried at regional universities.
Students like Natalie Davies are exposed to engineering and science through SMU’s Math and Science Summer Institutes. Natalie attended the SMU Engineering Camp for Girls in summer 2005. She participated in a group engineering design project in which teams were challenged to create a product using a technology that would turn images into sounds. After the camp, Natalie earned a $1,000 scholarship to attend the SMU School of Engineering as an undergraduate.