Pre College Outreach in Electrical Engineering

霍华德大学预科项目名为能源专家系统学院(EESI)，为期5周，旨在吸引高中生选择电气工程领域的职业，重点是未被充分代表的学生。智力优势：广泛的实践和研究培训，让学生接触电力和能源系统、通信、系统和网络理论的应用、材料科学、土木工程和计算机科学等电气工程领域的当前和相关主题。电气工程基础和问题解决技术的基本计算讲座。讲座旨在培养学生的口头和书面交流技能。展示实验室编程工具，如MATLAB、PSPICE、电子工作台等，以及编程软件包，如人工智能、模糊逻辑等，以提高学生的技术技能。讲授现代技术，如纳米技术、微机电系统(MEMS)、分布式发电(DG)和小波(WL)。广泛影响：大学预科课程面向来自大都会地区(华盛顿特区、弗吉尼亚州、马里兰州)和其他地区的11至12年级高中生。该计划将通过讲座和在该计划期间进行的各种研究项目，使他们了解电气工程基础知识及其在新兴技术中的应用。建议的活动将提高学生对电气工程的兴趣和鉴赏力，从而增加工程专业的招生人数和工程学位的授予。该项目还将接触到城市学校的本科生和高中教师，让他们获得更广泛的经验和对技术的理解。教师获得的经验将影响到高中现代工具和技术的有效教与学。

The Howard University Pre-College program, called the Energy Expert Systems Institute (EESI), is a 5-week residential program aimed at attracting high school students, with special emphasis on underrepresented students, to choose a career in electrical engineering.Intellectual merits:Extensive hands-on and research training to expose students to current and relevant topics in electrical engineering such as power and energy systems, communications, the application of system and network theory, material sciences, topics from civil engineering and computer science. Basic computation lectures in electrical engineering fundamentals and problem solving techniques.Lectures aimed at developing the oral and written communication skills of the students.Exposure to laboratory programming tools like MATLAB, PSPICE, Electronic Workbench, etc, and programming software packages like Artificial Intelligence, Fuzzy Logic, etc to improve the students technical skills.Tutorials on modern technology such as nano-technology, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS), Distributed Generation (DG), and Wavelet (WL).Broader Impact: The Pre-College program is aimed at 11th and 12th grade high school students from the Metropolitan area (Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland) and other parts of the country. The program will expose them to electrical engineering fundamentals and its application to new emerging technologies through lectures and various research projects performed during the program. The activities proposed will enhance the students interest and appreciation for electrical engineering leading to increased enrollment in engineering programs and awards of engineering degrees. The program will also reach out to undergraduates and high school teachers from urban schools to allow them to gain a broader experience and understanding of technology. The experiences gained by teachers will impact effective teaching and learning of modern tools and technology in the high schools.