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Engineering Education
CWIT and UMBC have partnered with Baltimore and Anne Arundel County Public Schools, the Maryland State Department of Education, businesses representing the engineering community, the Museum of Industry, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and teachers from area middle and high schools to increase student enrollment and student diversity in college engineering programs throughout the state. Curriculums will be developed so that high school algebra classes can include different aspects of chemical, electrical, civil and mechanical engineering. A workshop is provided for math teachers and undergraduate engineering Teaching Fellows to introduce engineering career opportunities. An undergraduate engineering Teaching Fellows program will target women and other underrepresented minorities to provide hands-on instructional classroom support for middle and high school algebra teachers. An after-school engineering program will maintain student interest in engineering, and female and minority engineering role models and curricula will encourage interest and participation by all groups.