My now college sophomore EE daughter participated in the Army Educational Outreach Program: Research & Engineering Apprenticeship Program (REAP) the summers before hs senior year and college freshman.
The professor sponsoring the program at our local state uni, is EE. So that is what his program focused on. D was able to learn concepts and topics she did not have access to in high school, such as MatLab, Verilog, digital logic stuff, micro controllers, etc. She was taught by a female EE PhD student for both summers.
This was significant, D was able to see herself as an EE student. Of note, D and her close friend (also female) both were in this program for the two summers and are now both at the local uni, majoring in ECE.
I am so thankful for the outreach program, can’t recommend these programs enough.
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