Join us at our IEEE TryEngineering Educator Sessions this summer, where teachers will learn about the semiconductor industry!
IEEE Educational Activities is honored to be a part of the ON Semiconductor Foundation’s generous support of $2 million to fund global outreach programs. With this funding from the onsemi Giving Now program and in partnership with the IEEE Foundation, TryEngineering is hosting Educator Sessions across the globe with a goal of providing teachers with resources for their classrooms. During these sessions, teachers will receive the materials they need to bring these activities back to their classrooms, in order to inspire the next generation of engineers and technologists.
IEEE TryEngineering is thrilled to expand upon our work in 2024 to provide five Educator Sessions in the US, with more to come globally, including a session at Universiti Malaysia Perlis. According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, it is estimated that there will be a shortage of nearly 70,000 professionals in the semiconductor industry. The TryEngineering Educator Sessions are designed to support middle school teachers in introducing their students to the exciting semiconductor industry, where there are opportunities for technologists, engineers, and other careers, with various levels of schooling required.
In each of these Educator Sessions, teachers will learn about the semiconductor industry from experts and gain access to TryEngineering’s resources. All participating teachers will attend at no cost, and will receive materials to take back to their classrooms and conduct the hands-on activities with their students!
The Summer 2025 programs are scheduled as follows:
- June 9-10 at Arizona State University with a tour of the ASU NanoFab
- June 23 – 24 at University of Florida with a tour of the Florida Semiconductor Institute at NeoCity
- June 30 – July 1 at University of Minnesota with a tour of the UMN Nanocenter
- July 23 – 24 at Lehigh University with a tour of the Integrated Nanonfabrication and Cleanroom Facility
- July 29 at Rutgers University with a tour of the Nanofabrication CORE Facility
- July 30 at Brookdale Community College with a tour of the Brookdale Cyber Center
Each session includes an introduction to the resources created by the IEEE TryEngineering team in 2024, available at TryEngineering.org. Faculty researchers from the host universities will visit with the teachers, answer questions, and provide a tour of state-of-the-art facilities where future students are welcomed. Participants will learn the details of a hands-on electronics activity, and how to build upon this activity to connect the concepts to model the making of a chip. Teachers will receive the materials needed to replicate this activity in their classrooms, and no prior experience with electronics is necessary.
“We are so grateful to have partners like onsemi who share our passion to excite a more diverse pipeline of students to change the world as an engineer or technology professional,” says Jamie Moesch, IEEE Educational Activities managing director. “The work we have developed together is being used by instructors around the world to become more comfortable teaching students about semiconductors, microelectronics and more.”
Interested teachers should register here. Accommodations are available for those who need them in Arizona, Florida, and Pennsylvania. Applicants will be notified by May 1 of their acceptance into the program.
