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Cristian Gaedicke, a professor of engineering, tests a robot and bridge created by a group of campers.

• June 22, 2016

Almost 70 students from Contra Costa County will try their hand at engineering and construction management this week at 裸聊直播’s second annual Discover E! camp. The students are part of a program sponsored by Chevron and have been learning about engineering from CSUEB staff and graduate students.

The week-long camp is designed to introduce students from low-income communities to the idea of engineering and to consider college.

“This gives them a college experience while still in high school,” Farzad Shahbodaghlou, a CSUEB engineering professor said. “It’s similar coursework, they stay in the dorms … for some of them, this is their first time away from home or on a college campus.”

During the first part of the week, students learn the basics of bridge and robot construction. They also take field trips in the community to various places where engineers might work like a wastewater treatment plant.

On Thursday, they will demonstrate the skills they’ve learned by building model bridges and testing their strength using robots that they will also build. Prizes will be given to the students who design the best bridge and all students will have a chance to present their work to a panel of teachers and supporters on Friday. 

Shahbodaghlou said this year, the program grew by 23 percent, and includes students in 9th through 11th grade. He added that it’s not only a great way to introduce CSUEB to the prospective Pioneers, but also gives them a chance to see what it means to “be an engineer.”

“More than half of them will be the first in their family to attend college and most of them don’t have a role model engineer in their family ... they may not even know what engineering is,” he said.