Summer Engineering Academies
Now in Anchorage (UAA) and MatSu!
Sponsored by BP
About the Summer Engineering Academies
The UAA Summer Engineering Academies offer a series of week-long, hands-on instructional sessions for students entering grades 5 through 12 in Anchorage and MatSu. Each academy is designed to encourage interest and provide exposure to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). The academies also seek to support historically underserved and underrepresented students who have limited opportunities for these experiences.
The academies are divided into 1-week sessions for middle school (grades 5-8) and high school (grades 9-12). Each week explores a different topic. This year's themes are:
- Lego Robotics
- Tetrix Robotics
- Arduino Robotics
- FIRST Lego League
- Creative Coding
- Advanced Coding
- Structure Destruction
- Shaking Buildings
- Advanced Structures
- Wing Aerodynamics
- Alternative Energy
- Rocketry
- Water, Water, Everywhere
See this year's schedule.
Academy Fee
Each week-long academy session has a fee of $100 per participant. This fee includes instruction, lunch, and materials. Fee waivers are available for students with financial need.
Summer Engineering Academies in the News!
People are talking about us. Here are some stories:
- 2016 Summer Engineering Academies: http://bit.ly/29AppLm
- 2015 Wing Aerodynamics: http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/35999/learning-what-keeps-us-aloft-when-we-fly/
- 2015 Robotics: http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/35250/kids-find-their-bliss-at-uaa-summer-engineering-academies/
- 2014 Structure Destruction: http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/25251/summer-academies-open-kids-eyes-engineering-possibilities/
- 2014 Summer: http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/UAA-s-Summer-Engineering-Academies/26150066
- 2013 Summer: http://www.ktuu.com/news/news/UAA-Hosts-Engineering-Summer-Camp-for-Middle-School-Students/21065446
Contact Us
Summer Engineering Academies
Ph: 907.786.1910
sea@alaska.edu