Toggle navigation Program Details Level: High School Grades: Enrolled in 9-12 Length: 18 days Get Info Enroll Now Program Highlights Dates & Locations Hands-on Simulations Guest Speakers Trips & Tours Leadership Training Tuition Spend 18 days exploring engineering at the NSLC Engineering Intensive. Do you have the desire to tackle problems through design? Do you enjoy learning how and why things work? At the National Student Leadership Conference Engineering Intensive, you’ll explore various fields in engineering and decide if engineering is the career for you! During this 18-day program, you will learn from top engineering experts and meet with successful researchers and professors. Learning from their experiences, you will take away valuable lessons and insight that will help guide you as you pursue a career in engineering. Program HighlightsEngineering Design ChallengesCompete in different challenges from various fields of engineering including mechanical, civil, biomedical and electrical.Robotics SimulationYour main simulation will be an air, land and water robotics challenge. You will design and build an underwater ROV, an RC car and a line-following car throughout the 18-day program.Meet Engineering ProfessionalsThroughout the program, you’ll meet leaders in the engineering field during exclusive trips and tours. Go behind-the-scenes during visits to top labs and research institutions. Dates & LocationsAmerican UniversityWashington, DC Sample Schedule Trips & Tours Explore LocationJuly 17 - August 3University of California, BerkeleyUC-Berkeley is no longer able to guarantee classroom space on campus for summer programs. We have therefore decided to close all programs at UC-Berkeley for the summer of 2021. Hands-on SimulationsAt the NSLC you and your peers will engage in intensive, hands-on simulations and workshops. Through building an underwater robot and competing in a variety of design challenges and workshops, you will explore engineering and all that it has to offer. Through a research project and presentation, you will tackle issues facing professional engineers today. Meet Engineering ProfessionalsWhile at the NSLC’s high school summer engineering intensive, you will meet with and learn from leaders in the fields of engineering. Examples of past guest speakers include: Dr. Ken GoldbergProfessor of Industrial Engineering, UC-BerkeleyMrs. Tiffany ReardonAdmissions Officer, UC-Berkeley College of EngineeringMs. Lina ScrogginsProgram Manager, Corporate Engineering at Google, Inc. View More Guest SpeakersMr. Pallav AgrawalLead Data Scientist, Levi Strauss & Co Mr. Terry JohnsonAssociate Teaching Professor for Bioengineering, UC Berkeley Mr. Bill NottRetired Mechanical Engineer, Lockheed Martin Behind-the-Scenes ToursAn important part of the NSLC high school engineering intensive is seeing the sites around some of our nation’s greatest cities. These trips are designed as both sightseeing tours and exclusive educational trips specifically tailored to the area of engineering. These trips may include: American UniversityLockheed Martin | NASA, Goddard | Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division | George Washington University School of Engineering & Applied Sciences | UMD/NIST Institute for Bioscience & Biotechnology Research | Stephen F. Udvar Hazy Center | The Smithsonian Institution | Baltimore HarborUniversity of California, BerkeleyIntel Museum | Levi’s Stadium | Autodesk Gallery | UC Berkeley College of Engineering | Food Service Technology Center | The Tech Interactive | Pier 39 | Fisherman’s Wharf Leadership TrainingAt the heart of each of our youth leadership programs is a curriculum designed to build concrete leadership skills that will help you succeed. Interactive lectures and small-group workshops will give you an opportunity to build upon your strengths and minimize your weaknesses. Leadership topics tailored to the Engineering Intensive program include: Personality Styles and Group Dynamics Conflict Resolution Negotiation Public Speaking Intrapersonal Communication Tuition Program tuition includes housing, all on-campus meals, course materials, academic expenses, and activities. Tuition also includes chartered, air-conditioned motor coaches for off-campus briefings and tours. Note: Students are responsible for the cost of travel to and from the program as well as individual spending money for souvenirs, laundry, and a few off-campus meals during fields trips and tours. Click here to view our cancellation and refund policy. Location Tuition San Francisco and Washington, D.C. $5,595
