Winter SWE-ETY

This year, Cal Poly SWE introduced the first ever Winter SWE-EETY to local high schools! SWE-EETY stands for Society of Women Engineering Expanding Engineering to Youth and is our chance to visit high school classes and teach them about Cal Poly and engineering. Volunteers visited STEM classrooms of various subjects and grade levels throughout the week to give presentations about the different types of engineering and their experience at Cal Poly as engineers. Combined with discussions on diversity and empowering everyone to feel welcome in engineering, our presence in the high school classrooms inspires students to pursue engineering and Cal Poly. 

The high schoolers got to put their newfound engineering knowledge to the test with a robotic arm design activity! With the given materials, students were challenged to design, prototype, and test a working robotic arm that would allow them to move objects. It’s awesome to see the high school students' creativity as they get engaged, ask questions, and really explore their options in th