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Laura Vertatschitsch
Graduate Staff Assistant
 

Eve

 

 

Eve A. Riskin

Professor of Electrical Engineering
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
College of Engineering
riskin@u.washington.edu

(206) 685-2313

 

Request a visit from a UWWI Team!

 

We can meet you at your school, community center, function, or you can meet us here for a field trip to the University of Washington!

 

Please enumerate the following information in your message:

 
1) School name
2) Contact name, phone, and e-mail
3) School address
4) Participants' grade range
5) Group size (remember, girls only!)
6) Two or three preferred dates and times
 
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Thanks for your interest! You will be contacted soon by a member of our team.

 

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Teachers often ask us how they can separate the boys in their classes during the presentations. Here are a few ideas for things to do:

 

1) Do an online research project to explore one engineering discipline in depth

2) Watch our NOVA video on building autonomous vehicles for the DARPA Grand Challenge

3) Partner up with another teacher and have all boys from the two classes work with the other teacher

4) Treat the presentation as an optional activity and excuse girls only for attendance