Monday, April 30, 2007
Writer: Shanna Relford
news@utsi.edu
If you’re a high school student entering your
sophomore, junior or senior year this fall and you enjoy science
experiments using rockets, lasers and cutting-edge technology, you
should spend a week at UTSI this summer!
The University of Tennessee Space Institute will be holding an ASM
Materials Camp from June 11-15, 2007. Materials Camp gives high
school students a chance to perform hands-on experiments working
with actual equipment and research materials. Experiments will be
led by UTSI professors and research staff, and will delve into the
areas of lasers, rockets and jets, carbon nanotubes, which may be
the stuff future super-light vehicles and planes are made of, and
much more.
ASM Materials Camp will turn students into materials scientists for
a week, studying “the stuff that things are made of,” and learning
principles of applied math, physics and chemistry. Materials
scientists use their knowledge of the properties of materials to
design new and better products, things as big as jets and as small
as the tiniest microchip.
Students applying for ASM Materials Camp should have basic knowledge
of algebra, chemistry and physics, and be able to describe why they
want to learn more about engineering and materials science as a
possible college major and career.
There is no cost to attend this camp, and meals will be provided.
While attending the camp is free, space is limited and
applications, available from your school office, must be
turned in by May 15. For more information, contact
Carole Thomas at UTSI at 393-7485, or go to
http://cla.utsi.edu/Community_Outreach/MaterialsCamp.htm for a
registration form.
