Summer Opportunities
at Thayer School

Hands-on engineering projects for middle and high school students.

Engineering Design Workshop

Through the Engineering Design Workshop middle school students collaborate with faculty, students, and staff at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth to design and build things (musical instruments, skateboards, wearable devices, etc.). No background in engineering, math or science is required; just an interest in designing and building! Participants will get to use advanced tools for design (SolidWorks, a computer-aided design—or CAD—program) and machining (such as laser-cutters and 3D printers) as they design and build. The logistics of the workshop are handled by the Montshire Museum of Science.

Design it! Build it!

Participants will spend two weeks collaborating with faculty and staff from Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth to design, build, and test engineering prototypes.

The workshop is for high school students entering grades 11 & 12 who want to:

be creative
solve problems through design solutions
use advanced tools for design (SolidWorks) and machining (such as laser-cutting and 3D printing)
build stuff and make new things

Week one will focus on problem-solving, design thinking, and spatial reasoning.

Week two will focus on selecting, designing and building an engineering prototype.

Dates

July 5–July 16, 2016
Activities start in the late afternoon on opening day.

Location

Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth

Day Program

Price: $750 | Capacity: 10

Includes participation in all scheduled activities as well as prototyping supplies, teaching assistant support, lunch and snacks. Day students will not sleep on campus, and breakfast and dinner are not included. Core workshop activities take place between 9am – 5pm.