Calling all girls: Come to Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School on Saturday for an interactive, hands-on demonstration in engineering. Join a group of young women engineering students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who will be at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School
Calling all girls: Come to Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School on Saturday for an interactive, hands-on demonstration in engineering.
Join a group of young women engineering students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who will be at Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School to present four workshops that encourage girls in middle school and high school to consider an educational path to a career in engineering. It’s free, but interested girls should call Debra at 651-5725 to reserve a space.
This informative event is meant to be fun, too. The presentation will include information on the many opportunities there are for women in the field of engineering.
They will be shown some of the projects engineers design and build, and they will hear about the skill and academic levels needed to become an engineer. There will even be some hands-on exercises that require engineering principles.
Women with engineering degrees can look forward to a life involved in all sorts of fields.
“Most people think of that engineering is about cars, bridges, and roads,” says local event organizer, Debra Gochros. “It’s actually about a lot more than that.”
Engineers work on projects in many fields including: mechanical, electrical, industrial, chemical, and material engineering. Some engineers work on designing projects, while others work on the manufacturing and production part of a project.
This MIT “Girls Engaged in Engineering” presentation is sponsored by the Kaua‘i Chapter of the American Association of University Women.
“Most girls still think that engineering is mostly about cars, mostly for boys, and mostly for ‘math nerds,’” says Kaua‘i’s AAUW Chapter Chair, Jane Asher. “The truth is that this is an exciting and varied field, and it is open to any girl who likes a challenge and enjoys knowing how to build things or make them work.”
• The workshops are offered at 10:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. for middle school girls. The high school girls’ workshops are at 2:15 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 3:45 p.m. Call Debra at 651-5725 to reserve your space.
