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STILL ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

SUMMER TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES WITH HIGHLY ABLE YOUTH
The Johns Hopkins University/Center for Talented Youth (CTY) and Center for
Academic Advancement are looking for instructors and lab assistants to
teach introductory engineering courses in a summer residential programs
for academically talented students.

Courses are taught at college campuses on the east and west coast. JHU/CTY
pays a competitive salary and provides room and board on the college
campus; staff are responsible for their own travel expenses to and from the
site. Dates for the two three-week sessions are June 25-July 14 and/or
July 16-August 5.

We have the following openings as of Monday, May 15th.

Instructor Positions: Typically physics teachers or Engineering/Physics
graduate students, experience working with adolescents, and highly
knowledgeable in the subject area. Salary range is $1,500-2,500/session
with room and board provided on campus.

Frederick, MD (Hood College) Session 1 only - one instructor needed for
Principles of Engineering Design
Bethlehem, MD (Moravian College) Session 1 only - one instructor needed
Principles of Engineering Design

Lab Assistant Positions: Typically undergraduate students majoring in
physics, mechanical, electrical, or structural engineering, experience
working with adolescents, and a minimum of a 3.2 gpa. Extensive use with
computers. Salary is $900/session with room and board provided on campus.

Towson, MD (Goucher College) Session 1 only - two lab assistants needed for
Investigations in Engineering
Chestertown, MD (Washington College) Both sessions - one lab assistant for
Principles of Engieering Design

Applications will be accepted until positions are filled. You may be
download an application from
http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/acadprog/jobs/jobapps.htm If you have any
questions or would like an application mailed to you, please contact
Christine Taylor at ctaylor@jhu.edu or 410-516-0314. Provide your name and
address (mailing or e-mail) if you are requesting an application.

For information on . . .

JHU/CTY
http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/

Terms of Summer Employment
http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted/acadprog/jobs.html
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Principles of Engineering Design

Students in this course explore key principles of engineering design by
constructing working models. Through this hands-on learning process,
students also gain exposure to fundamental topics in physics and chemistry,
including basic atomic theory, properties of matter, density, kinetic
theory of gases, speed, velocity, acceleration, forces, Newton's laws of
motion, friction, fluid dynamics, static electricity, electrical current,
kinetic and potential energy, energy conversion, work, and power.

Working in small groups, students design and construct working models of a
number of devices. Examples include solar-powered cars and boats, hot air
balloons, mousetrap-powered cars, wind- and water-powered generators,
complex electrical circuits, and truss/suspension bridges. In addition to
these projects, students complete related experiments on topics such as
static electricity, series and parallel circuits, photovoltaic cells,
motion studies, simple machines, and parachute design.

As part of the engineering design process, students document their
procedures, data, and conclusions. In addition, students submit written
reports for review. These reports are likely to be in the form of a bid
proposal to a fictitious company, in which the students must persuade the
company CEO to select their group's design for a lucrative contract.

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Investigations in Engineering

Engineering is an art that requires ingenuity, the ability to understand
the components of a problem, facility in design, and the capacity to find
creative solutions. This course exposes students early in their training to
the excitement and challenges of scientific investigation.

This class asks students to do more than calculate the solutions to
well-posed simplified problems. Rather, they are asked to translate
problems often encountered by engineers (with no obvious solutions) into
ones which can be tackled and resolved. To solve such problems, students
must determine the approach most likely to yield a satisfactory solution.
Open-ended assignments such as these require hands-on exploration. Some of
the exploration utilizes a virtual environment with a set of laboratory
experiments developed in HTML and Java. These exercises require students to
develop a broad understanding of how to solve engineering problems. The
virtual laboratory includes exercises such as drilling for oil, remote
measurement, electronic circuit design, logical circuit design, and
building a robotic arm.

Investigations in Engineering is a first-year college course developed by
Professor Michael Karweit, a faculty member of the Whiting School of
Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, for students with a strong
background in mathematics and the desire to explore the field of
engineering.


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Christine Taylor, Coordinator
CTY - Johns Hopkins University CAP office number: (410) 516-0053
3400 N Charles St http://www.jhu.edu/~gifted
Baltimore, Maryland 21218