K-12 Outreach
Early exposure to science, technology, engineering, and math is a crucial factor in a student’s interesting in engineering and applied science as a career path. Our outreach programs connect underserved communities with world-class STEM resources.
Columbia Engineering Outreach
- Outreach at Columbia Engineering provides greater accessibility to academic and professional opportunities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines, especially for traditionally underrepresented local stakeholders.
Sponsored Broader Impact Programs
- MRSEC Research Experience for Community College (partnership w CUNY LaGuardia )
- MRSEC Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) (partnership w CCNY)
- Hypothekids//HKMaker Lab: NIH sponsored program providing underserved students with hands-on science and engineering educational and mentorship experiences
- COSMOS-NewLAW Research Experience for Teachers (RET), Summer Program for NYC STEM Teachers (w NYU)
- Integrated Project Week
- May Materials Madness
- Science Honors Program (run out of Physics Dept)
- STEM Academy
- STEM Teachers Workshop (partnership w Cornell)
- STEMteachersNYC Workshops
- Summer Research Program for Science Teachers (partnership w CUIMC)
- For undergrads: Research Experiences for Undergraduates
- High School teacher training with NYU
Student Programs
- Girls Who Code: After school clubs for girls to explore coding
- RoboGals: Teaches design and programming for girls 9-16
- MMaths: On campus tournaments in upper-level mathematics for high schools students.
- SIAM Coding Bootcamp: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
- National Society of Black Engineers: Pre-College Initiative
- Society of Women Engineers (SWE): Engineering Exploration Experience
- SHPE: Society of Hispanic Pre-Professional Engineers
- Mechanical Engineering: 2 Train Robotics (FIRST Robotics) team – Columbia students mentor high-school teams
- Mechanical Engineering: Columbia Space Initiative – outreach activities to introduce students to STEM and aerospace engineering, including efforts with Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth program; Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum’s Kids Week; Girl Scouts’ curriculum for Space Sciences Badge; and FIRST Lego League Robotics teams.
Faculty-Run Programs
- Inside Engineering
- Engineering Speaks
- Engineering the Next Generation (E.N.G.), Summer Research Experience for High School Students
- SHAPE: Summer High School Academic Program for Engineers
- Art of Engineering
- AI4ALL: Opening doors to artificial intelligence for underrepresented talent through education and mentorship.
- Hypothekids//HKMaker Lab: Providing underserved students with hands-on science and engineering educational and mentorship experiences
- Syndemic: Science-based video game to teach students about microbiology
- Electrical Engineering
- SWE workshop - Introduction to Sound Source Localization
- 5G Showcase for high-school students and teachers
- World Science Academy on Photonics for high-school students to start in 2021
- Professor Teherani Educational Outreach Videos on nanoscience
- Mentoring and advising, lab visits, outreach seminars, and summer research opportunities targeting underrepresented groups
Contact
If you have questions, feedback, or suggestions, or want to get involved with outreach initiatives at Columbia Engineering, send us an email at [email protected].