Category: middle school

Middle Schoolers Receive Hands-on Experience Learning About Clean Energy

July 22, 2024 | Jordan Baker, Center for Clean Energy Engineering Sparking interest for clean energy and renewable energy technologies in the younger generations, middle schoolers visited the Center for Clean Energy Engineering (C2E2) to learn more about clean energy practices and research. In April, approximately 90 students from Highville Charter School came and visited […]

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Amir Soleymani is Inspiring the Next Generation of Engineers

By: Ben Donohue C2E2’s own, Amir Soleymani, started teaching this summer at Yale University’s “Eduexplora” program. Eduexplora is a two-week summer program for academically talented students ranging from the ages of 13-18 years old. The goal is to expand student’s knowledge beyond their academic school setting. This is seen in their motto: “Where tomorrow’s leaders […]

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“Empowering Kids” through Clean Energy Education

Written by: Olivia Ortegon C2E2 was all a buzz preparing for a visit from 80 middle school students from the summer program “Empowering Kids”. This organization is a summer program, whose visit to C2E2 exposed the students to various engineering disciplines and the different environments and resources available for energy research at UConn. Students who […]

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UConn Hosts Pre-College Engineering Summer Program

July 18, 2019 — UConn’s Pre-College Summer Global Engineering students also visited our center. These students were interested in learning about the many engineering disciplines and the research that is performed at our center. They heard from our graduate students on how they selected their career path and about the research they are doing in […]

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