Local middle and high school students are getting hands-on experience in a professionally-equipped engineering lab this summer thanks to the staff of Chapman University’s Fowler School of Engineering.
The skills they’re learning in the school’s Summer Engineering Academy include 3D modeling and printing, assembling electronic components, and coding to complete projects that include a custom-engraved LED-powered light and an Arduino-controlled toy car. (Arduino is a type of inexpensive microcontroller board that can be customized for a variety of engineering projects.)
This is the second year in the program for Sophia Ungureanu, a homeschooled student with an interest in pursuing a career as a simulation and software engineer.
“It’s fun to be here,” she said, taking a break from soldering a circuit board for her Arduino car in the Design/Create/Innovate Lab. She is…
