IEEE TryEngineering OnCampus Program Expands to 7 Universities

The On Campus program, administered by IEEE Educational Activities, last year expanded its engineering experiences from two to seven universities.Part of Try Engineering, the program is held at universities around the world, offering preuniversity students hands-on opportunities to solve engineering problems.The IEEE Innovation Committee provided funding for the additional locations.New participating institutions. The electrical engineering and computing faculty at the University of Zagreb, in Croatia, hosted a two-day program in June. Twenty-five children ages 10 to 14 participated in lectures and workshops on artificial intelligence, computer science, robotics, and astronomy. Tomislav Jagušt, an IEEE senior member and the chair of the IEEE preuniversity coordinating committee, led the program.In September the Arab Academy for Science, Technology, and Maritime Transport’s engineering college held a two-day session at its Abu Kir, Egypt, campus. Fifty students participated in hands-on activities on Ohm’s law, radio communications, and circuit building. They also learned from professors about engineering careers and job opportunities.Also in September, the Majan University College, in Muscat, Oman, hosted 40 high school students who competed in six challenges to design and build circuits. These include an IoT design and an LED brightness control using a potentiometer, a three-terminal, manually adjustable resistor that functions as a variable voltage divider.The program also highlighted AI and quantum computing technologies and introduced students to job opportunities in the fields.The workshop transformed curiosity into creation, empowering students with technical skills and confidence in emerging technologies.In November at the Universiti Malaysia Perlis, in Arau, 50 students explored the fundamentals of quantum computational intelligence and AI through hands-on activities and interactive simulations. IEEE Senior Member Mohd Hafiz Ismail, a professor of electronic engi