The program offers a blend of hands-on academic exploration and professional insight, connecting students with mentors and peers while experiencing college life at UCLA.
The National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC) Engineering at UCLA program offers high school students an immersive pre-college experience focused on various engineering disciplines. Participants engage in hands-on activities, such as designing prototypes and building robots, to explore career paths in fields like civil, mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering. The curriculum emphasizes experiential learning through interactive workshops and team challenges, where students apply engineering principles to real-world problems, such as drone design and creating remotely operated aquatic robots. The program aims to develop technical and analytical thinking skills, foster leadership qualities, and provide insights into the engineering industry through guest speakers and site visits to locations like the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and Northrop Grumman. Students gain a deeper understanding of how engineers use science, mathematics, and creativity to design innovative solutions and improve everyday life.
A typical day involves university classroom learning, hands-on simulations and workshops where students design and build projects like robots or drones, and potential trips to engineering sites or guest speaker sessions.
This program is ideal for high school students interested in exploring various engineering disciplines, gaining hands-on experience, and developing leadership skills in a university setting.
University of California, Los Angeles
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