Engineering Ambassadors In The High School Classroom

Students and faculty within the School of Engineering and the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut have initiated a program, with the support of the National Science Foundation, to introduce core engineering concepts to select high school students in the State of Connecticut. This program, entitled the Galileo Project, is an extension of the university’s alreadysuccessful da Vinci Project, now entering its fourth year. This paper describes the goals and objectives of the program and documents progress made during the first nine months.