http://www.summer.uncc.edu/camps/index.php All of these camps will be held by the UNC Charlotte Camps-on-Campus program. For more information on the program and to register go to the page: http://www.summer.uncc.edu/camps/index.php
| 6/13/2011 - 6/17/2011 | Grades 9-10 (with your camp leaders Jim and Adam) |
Autonomous Robotic Vehicles: Get hands on experience with real robots! Learn how to use software to program your team's robot to accomplish multiple tasks that increase in difficulty throughout the week. Activities include everything from simple controls to how to interface sensors. You will use LabVIEW to program and control the same robots that are used in the Undergraduate "Introduction to Robotics" course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program. |  |
| 6/27/2011 - 7/1/2011 | Grades 6-8 (with your camp leaders Adam and Jessica) | Robotics: Sure, you may have played with LEGO(R) bricks before. You may have even played with the LEGO(R) Mindstorm(R) kit before. But did you ever consider building several robots that worked together on a common task? In this camp you will learn about the science and engineering of robots, then design and build robots that can do more than they ever imagined! This is a fully hands-on week of learning and fun. |  |
| 7/18/2011 - 7/22/2010 | Grades 6-8 | 5 Careers: This exciting new program allows middle graders to explore 5 different career paths with 5 successful professionals. Find out what a workday looks like for an Engineer, a Musician/small Business Owner, a Teacher, a Computer Scientist, and a Virologist/Biology professor; learn what courses you?ll need to study at school and at college; and get a start on planning your future ? whether it?s designing a spacecraft heading to Mars, or solving a crime using investigative forensic techniques. Career 1: Engineering: Jim Conrad - Would you like to be an engineer and provide clean water to residents in a third world nation? Or design the next robotic bug? Or design the next spacecraft that will take people to Mars? Learn about all the fun you can have as an engineer, where you are only limited by your imagination! Career 2: Musician/Small Business Owner: Noel Friedline - Jazz Studies, Department of Music, UNC Charlotte Career 3: Teacher: Jen Riordan - Nationally Board-Certified, teacher of the year finalist in Cabarrus County, middle grades AIG Math teacher Career 4: Computer Forensics: Bruce Long - Assistant Chair and Director of Undergraduate Programs, College of Computing and Informatics Career 5: Virologist: Valery Grdzelishvili - professor of Molecular Virology, virus-host interactions, virus-based vectors in UNC Charlotte Department of Biology |
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| 8/1/2011 - 8/5/2011 | Grades 11-12 (with your camp leaders Jim, Adam, and Jeff) | Aspire! Engineering Design + Advanced Autonomous Robotic Vehicles: Morning: Get MORE hands on experience with real robots! Learn how to use software to program your team's robot to accomplish multiple tasks that increase in difficulty throughout the week. Activities include everything from simple controls to how to interface sensors. You will use LabVIEW to program and control the same robots that are used in the Undergraduate "Introduction to Robotics" course in the Electrical and Computer Engineering program. Afternoon: In the afternoons you will explore the exciting field of Mechanical Engineering. You will have lots opportunity to design the next neat device by using 3-D software tools to draw and then manufacture your next great invention. |
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| Jim Conrad is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department. He has worked in the field of robotics and computer systems for over 20 years. He has worked for NASA, IBM, and Ericsson as well as at UNC Charlotte. | Adam Harris - Adam Harris is part owner of SheekGeek, LLC, Masters Student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department of the Lee College of Engineering, and a PhD student in the College of Computing and Informatics. Adam was the Student Program Director of the NCJETS program from 2007-2010. | Jessica Frahm Harris is a small business owner (SheekGeek) and an elementary educator in Union County Public Schools. She is the recipient of several educational grants which have equipped her classroom with innovative teaching tools like a Promethean Board, flip video camera, and a school weather station. She is her school's 2011-2012 Teacher of the Year. Jessica loves DIY projects from homemade robots to her newest obsession, creating pottery. | Jeff Raquet - his information is forthcoming |
Read more about robotics at Dr. Conrad's web pages: