Conference Session

Outreach and K-12

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Gene L. Harding P.E., Purdue University (PPI); Taylor Andrew Hansen, Purdue Alumni

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Outreach and K-12

the board, and integratedBluetooth 4.2. Unfortunately, this part went obsolete before being ordered, leading to selectionof a 2 x 15-W stereo amp with integrated Bluetooth 2.1, part #325-100 [1]. It also came with awiring harness.The initial speaker selection was the Dayton Audio ND65-8 [2], a full-range, 8-Ω driver withfrequency response from about 90 Hz – 12 kHz [3]. This choice would have allowed for a single © American Society for Engineering Education, 2021 2021 ASEE Illinois-Indiana Section Conference Proceedings | Paper ID 35160driver for each channel, with a band-pass filter (BPF) to limit frequency input, but no additionalcrossover network required.The only option for a battery/charge controller was the

Conference Session

Outreach and K-12

Collection

2021 Illinois-Indiana Regional Conference

Authors

Mary Elizabeth Foltz, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign

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Outreach and K-12

influence their decisions toward selectingengineering majors in college and engineering career paths [1]. The Environmental Engineeringand Sustainability summer camp for high school students has been offered at the University ofIllinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2012, under the summer camp outreach umbrella of theGrainger College of Engineering [2]. The week-long camp includes hands-on activities aimed tointroduce students to engineering design, scientific inquiry, sustainability, and how engineerscontribute to protecting human health and the environment. In summer 2020, due to thepandemic, the camp was reformatted from in-person to virtual. The virtual platform enabled thecamp to reach more students, especially those with limited resources to