UAH BEST Summer Engineering Program (Huntsville)

UAHAdmissions
Wed, 06 May 2015 20:56:11 +0000

Hello @gertyberty ,

The UAH BEST Experience Camp is a hands-on, residential engineering camp that focuses on teaching often difficult techniques and dense theories in a manner that would be fun and understandable for high school students interested in Engineering. Although it is a camp that covers all major facets of engineering offered at UAH and is not aerospace-specific, the program introduces a wide variety of engineering concepts that will be imperative to understanding specialty engineering areas such as Aerospace Engineering, Optical Engineering, etc. There will be projects for the participants that focus on specific types of engineering (such as Aerospace) and classes that cover the concepts that real-world engineers use. Although Aerospace Engineering is one of the most popular majors at UAH, it is important that participants intending on pursuing any type of engineering get hands-on experience in a variety of subject areas

The entirety of Aerospace Engineering coursework is made up of parts from almost every other kind of engineering. In fact, Aerospace Engineering is so closely related to Mechanical Engineering (a broader area), universities often require the same courses for both majors until late in the students Junior year. It is also imperative during the Aerospace Engineering major track that student fully grasp beginning chemical engineering concepts (i.e. fuel systems, propulsion) and electrical engineering (i.e. circuit basics). The UAH BEST Experience is an opportunity to begin researching these concepts. On top of learning key engineering topics that will benefit him in any engineering class he will take, he will have the experience of UAH’s housing, food services, and overall campus life! This could benefit him in making his decision on which university to attend as well.

Best of luck to you and your son on deciding which one best fits!