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Engineering
Sample Schedule

Washington, D.C. Sessions

 

Day 1

  • Registration
  • Campus Tours
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Reception
  • TA Group Orientation

Day 2

  • AU Credit Option
  • Ropes Challenge Course
  • Leadership Series: Group Dynamics & Personality Matrix
  • Lecture: Chemical & Biological Engineering
  • Pizza Night

Day 3

  • Visit University Laboratories
  • Lecture: Aerospace Engineering
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Guest Speaker
  • TA Group Meeting
  • Social

Day 4

  • Goddard Space Center
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Lecture: Environmental Engineering
  • Washington at Night Tour
    • Jefferson Memorial
    • FDR Memorial
    • Lincoln Memorial
    • Vietnam War and Korean War Memorials
    • Iwo Jima Memorial

Day 5

  • Visit University Laboratories & Guest Presentation
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Leadership Series: Communication
  • AU Credit Option
  • Cake Social

Day 6

  • Capitol Hill and the Smithsonian Institution
    • Congressional Visits
    • Library of Congress
    • Air and Space Museum
    • National Gallery of Art
    • American History Museum
    • And many more
  • Dinner at Historic Union Station
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • College Life Panel

Day 7

  • Maryland Science Center
  • Leadership Series: Project Management
  • Guest Speaker
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Lecture: Civil Engineering
  • Social


Day 8

  • Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Lecture: Computer Engineering
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Guest Speaker
  • Baltimore Harbor

Day 9

  • AU Credit Option
  • Leadership Series: Making Presentations
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Dance

Day 10

  • Final Presentations
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Final TA Meeting

Note: While not every session is scheduled the same, this is an example of an Engineering session.

San Francisco Sessions

 

Day 1

  • Registration
  • Campus Tours
  • Opening Ceremony
  • Reception
  • TA Group Orientation

Day 2

  • AU Credit Option
  • Ropes Challenge Course
  • Leadership Series: Group Dynamics & Personality Matrix
  • Lecture: Chemical & Biological Engineering
  • Pizza Night

Day 3

  • Lab Visit: Berkeley Earthquake Engineering Laboratory
  • Lecture: Aerospace Engineering
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers - Intro to Robotics
  • Guest Speaker
  • TA Group Meeting
  • Social

Day 4

  • NASA/AMES Research Center
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Lecture: Environmental Engineering
  • Pier 39

Day 5

  • Visit University Laboratories & Guest Presentation
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Leadership Series: Communication
  • AU Credit Option
  • Mission Impossible

Day 6

  • California Academy of Sciences
  • TA Group Activity: Exploring Wind Energy - Wind Turbine
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • College Life Panel

Day 7

  • Exploratorium
  • Leadership Series: Project Management
  • Guest Speaker
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Lecture: Civil Engineering
  • Social


Day 8

  • Golden Gate Park
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers
  • Lecture: Computer Engineering
  • Guest Speaker
  • San Francisco Cable Cars & Fisherman's Wharf

Day 9

  • AU Credit Option
  • Leadership Series: Making Presentations
  • Engineering Simulation: Corps of Engineers - Robotic Challenge
  • Dance

Day 10

  • Final Presentations
  • Closing Ceremony
  • Final TA Meeting

Note: While not every session is scheduled the same, this is an example of an Engineering session.