Young Scholars Invent
Young Scholars Invent is a 1.5-day workshop for 9th-11th grade students, designed to engage students in a multi-disciplined, multi-level, intense design experience that is focused on solving real-world needs provided by industry and agency partners. The structure of the event is to introduce students to various challenges, have them self-select teammates from other schools, engage in an active design process, build and test their design, and finally provide a presentation to “sell” their solution to a select set of judges.
Young Scholars Invent is not a Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) competition. Students may use CAD software to communicate design attributes within their presentations, but it is not a requirement of Young Scholars Invent. However, we do advise that all students bring a laptop computer, as it will be used heavily for research and presentation creation.
Young Scholars Invent is not a competition to showcase the best school in the state. Schools will not be going head-to-head in the challenge. Rather, the challenge focuses on simulating industry environments, where individuals work collaboratively to generate ideas and solutions from a diverse group of cultures and expertise. Instead of joining a team of friends, or being forced to solve a problem, your students will have the opportunity to choose a problem that speaks to them as an individual and will self-select the needs statement and team they wish to join.
Young Scholars Invent*
Prior programming experience is not required.
Applications have closed.
Applicants will be required to submit signed release forms for minors as part of their application for each child.
- Workshop Structure
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Young Scholars Invent is a 1.5-day workshop where students tackle real-world challenges with cross-school teammates, engage in active design, build and test their solutions, and present to a panel of judges.
May 10, 2024 | 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
May 11, 2024 | 8 a.m. - 4:00.p.m.- Gaining experience in engineering research, scientific writing and communication;
- Building a network of peers;
- Learning about various college pathways; and
- Focusing on programming and digital design.
- Application
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Applicants will be required to submit signed release forms for minors signed by their parent and/or legal guardian as part of their application. This workshop is offered through a designated funding source to a targeted audience and is open to residents in the Houston area.
Applications have closed.
- Workshop Benefits
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Students who participate in Young Scholars Invent will increase their ability to:
- Apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to solve specific problems.
- Design and conduct experiments, as well as analyze and interpret data as they build and rebuild their prototypes.
- Design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs within realistic constraints such as economic, environmental, social, political, ethical, health and safety, manufacturability, and sustainability.
- Function on multidisciplinary teams that are multilevel as well, thus increasing their practice of leadership and
- followership.
- Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems that are provided by industry sponsors.
- Communicate orally in an effective manner, explain and justify why their solution is optimal for their specific problem.
- Understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental, and societal context.
- Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice as they work on their prototype.
- Understand basic principles and applications in an intersection of engineering disciplines.
- Workshop Flyer
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To view and download the Young Scholars Invent workshop flyer click here.
Please note: this workshop is offered through a designated funding source to a targeted audience and is open to residents in the Houston area.
PATHS-UP Young Scholars Administration
If you have any questions about Young Scholars Invent, you can contact the workshop lead.
Brittany Templeton
Assistant Director for Computer Science and Mathematics
713-348-8218 | bt36@rice.edu
*Workshop times, dates, locations, and compensation are subject to change before the first day of the workshop.