Registration and opening ceremonies will be held in the Student Center.

Cost: $10 per person
Registration Dates:  Open registration- November 24 through December 12
Maps & Directions
More information: Dr. Cree Stout  at 803-981-7029 or email cstout@yorktech.com  

This one-day workshop shows the young women, through hands-on activities, that engineering is a fun and exciting career open to them. The program is first-come, first-served and no more than 50 young women will be able to participate. Mothers are encouraged to attend with their daughters, but aunts, grandmothers, guardians, or even dads are welcome to attend. Each student may bring only one adult. All activities will be held at York Technical College’s Rock Hill campus.  Student workshops will be held in C-building in the labs and classrooms.   The parents' program will be held in C-118.

Student Activities
The day focuses on the four to five sessions the young women will attend throughout the day, chosen from a total of 14 workshops (listed below). Each student will attend at least one workshop of their choosing. Each workshop will be a hands-on activity with a “product” that the student can take home, whenever possible, that relates to an engineering or technology career. The workshop leader will be a woman engineer or engineering technologist. Students will be assigned points for 1st and 2nd place in each session and overall prizes based on points will be awarded at the end of the day.

Work Shops

Work Shops will be open to all age groups, but students will be grouped according to grade.
 

Big Bug Alarm (Electrical)
Students will learn the concepts of an electrical circuit and if time permits, see a demonstration of a serial and parallel circuit..

Roller Coaster (Civil, Mechanical)
Students will learn the laws of motion and how engineers use the principles of potential and kinetic energy in designing. The concept of testing and troubleshooting designs will also be touched upon.

Popsicle Stick Bridges (Civil, Mechanical)
Students will construct a bridge composed of trusses and frames and learn how the basic principles of compression and tension (push and pull) that are used in combination to provide strength to a structure.

Catapults (Civil, Mechanical)

By constructing their own catapult the students will learn the science and math that will make the projectile go the furthest. A catapult is also the part of an aircraft carrier that launches airplanes off the deck.

M&Ms (General Engineering)
Students will learn the concepts of quality control and quality engineering.

Web Pages (Multimedia)
Students will learn the basics of webpage design.

 Battery (Electrical)
Students will learn how chemical reaction in batteries creates electricity to run electronic devices.

LED jewelry (Electrical)

By making their own jewelry, the students will learn how circuits are constructed and the need to pay attention to device orientation.

Bottle Lamps (Electrical)

By making their own lamp, the students will learn how electrical circuits work and how they can recycle objects found around the house to make lamps.

Designing with ProCam (Graphics)

The students will use a 3-D drawing package to design a special logo for a dog tag.  The design can then be used in summer camps to actually make the dog tag using machine tooling techniques.

Lunch Time Activity

Float Boats (Gen Eng)
Students will be introduced to the concepts of risk management used in making decisions in personal life, as engineers and as managers.

Adult Activities
More than 65% of high school students say they discuss their choice of career with their mother. This program provides an opportunity for interested mothers (or other responsible adult) to stay and learn how to help their daughter in areas such as:  financing for college, and career opportunities. Guest speakers will be on hand to answer questions. Adults will also participate in selected experiments.

Registration
Registration is first-come, first-served to the first 50 girls who sign up. Cost is $10 per person attending.

Registration for all ages:  November 24 through December 12.

PLEASE NOTE: The college will be closed Nov 27th and 28th and all Saturdays and Sundays. Registration will be taken by mail or fax only during those dates. Online registration is not available at this time. Students will receive an email confirming their registration within three business days, except during the dates of November 27 and 28.

Register using the printable form by the following methods:
Fax the form along with your credit card information to: (803) 981-7327
Mail the form and payment to: York Technical College Attn: Continuing Education, 452 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill, SC 29730 . 
Phone in your information and pay by credit card (803) 325-2888
Walk the form into the Continuing Education division in C-building Mon. to Thur. 8 am to 8 pm and Fri. from
8 am to 5 pm.

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