These programs seek to develop the pipeline of students who are excited about careers in engineering and prepared to apply to the U-M College of Engineering.

Spring Programs offered by the Center for Engineering Diversity and Outreach (CEDO), with the Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP), offers a series of classes each spring to 7th-9th grade students. Each class is sponsored by a different UM Engineering department, focusing on material related to that engineering discipline. The classes are designed to sharpen students' problem-solving skills and display the relevance of engineering in everyday life through hands-on activities and field trips. The Spring Programs ultimately seek to support the students' interest in science, technology, engineering, and math, and to encourage them to pursue careers in those fields.
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Summer Engineering Academy (SEP, MITE, LEAD, SCEEP) is a carefully structured series of enrichment programs that introduce middle- and high-school students to the disciplines, challenges, and career opportunities of engineering.
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Outreach Programs

Ypsilanti School Outreach

The Office of Engineering Outreach and Engagement has been in partnership with Ypsilanti Public Schools for the last four years to enhance the educational opportunities at both institutions.  The partnership has included pairing teachers in high school math and science classrooms with graduate students as Teaching Assistants; parent involvement and education programs that help parents, family members, and others in the community support and encourage their children to learn about the importance of a STEM education; and providing increased access to the UM College of Engineering through field trips and visits to campus.  

In the past year, we have run two 7 week sessions of an after-school engineering club culminating in a field trip to campus, had graduate students designing and co-implementing engineering based labs for all 7th and 8th grade classrooms, had one graduate student designing and co-implementing engineering based lab for some physics classes, run four parent involvement and education programs raising public awareness and learning about a STEM education, and sponsored two other opportunities for high school students to come and learn about engineering through Design Expo.