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Funded by the U.S Army Research Office
and Coordinated by JETS
Savannah State University, is conducting the Junior
Engineering and Technology program sponsored by the U.S Army
Research Office. This high quality program will nurture the
top 25 academically talented high school students' interests
in engineering and science through hands-on activities/field
trips in engineering and technology disciplines. The
university is supplementing an existing summer outreach
program (Upward Bound ) in collaboration with the U.S Army
Research Office to attract students who will be able to cope
with the requirements of its baccalaureate degree programs
in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
disciplines.
SUMMER 2008
SAVANNAH SATE UNIVERSITY
Narrative
Junior
Engineering and Technology Summer Program
Savannah State University (SSU) a senior unit of the
University System of Georgia is the oldest state supported
historically black college (HBCU) in the state of Georgia.
SSU, located in Savannah Georgia, serves both urban and
rural communities. It has been the main aperture through
which many minorities in the state of Georgia have entered
the lucrative careers in science and technology.
The Savannah State University Upward Bound/JETS-UNITE
program is designed to generate in its participants the
skills and motivation necessary for success in education
beyond secondary school.
A six (6) week summer residential program will include:
(1) instruction/tutorial sessions (Engineering, Math,
English/reading, Science (laboratory) foreign language, PSAT/SAT,
(2) personal counseling, (3) academic advising, (4) career
counseling, (5) parental involvement, (6) Engineering and
cultural fieldtrips and activities, (7) workshops, (8)
mentoring, (9) financial aid and postsecondary admission
assistance. Technology will be infused instructionally and
administratively throughout the implementation of the
program. The program assessment will be conducted with
ASSESS through the JETS program.
Project
Activity Plan
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Activities |
Expected Outcomes
(Objectives) |
Responsible
Persons |
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Review of Introduction to Engineering courses in
universities across the country |
Copies of the course outline from the other
institutions |
Yousuf, Mustafa |
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Design/development of the course structure |
Course outline and lab activities |
Yousuf, Mustafa |
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Web site development |
JET and US Army research office web site will be
linked through the upward bound program website |
Yousuf, ,Mustafa |
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Field trip |
Field trip to NASA, Florida |
Yousuf, Mustafa, Mentors |
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Laboratory exercises in engineering and technology |
Labs will conducted in Civil and Electrical
Engineering Programs |
Yousuf, Mustafa |
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