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USAfrican WizKidz International STEM Excursion (UWISE)
The USAfrican WizKidz International STEM Excursion (UWISE) is a global initiative to expose 1000 high school graduates from Africa to postsecondary educational opportunities in the United States by 2014. UWISE leverages the power of leading U.S. institutions educational models by exposing students in Africa to learning opportunities in science and technology in collaboration with some of the top Universities and Colleges in the United States.
UWISE introduces graduating high school students and undergraduates from Africa and abroad to a hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) driven experience based on curriculum relevant in the 21st Century science and technology workplace globally. Our goal is to arrange STEM learning opportunities for international high school students and undergraduates that offer a two week program designed to provide activities, experiments, projects, and field excursions that enrich the students mathematics, science, technology, and communication skills. Our program offers aspiring engineers and scientists the opportunity to explore the technical side of college life while engaging in hands-on activities comprised using real-world scenarios. The UWISE project aims to strengthen Africa’s capacity in STEM while developing the next generation of African scientists, engineers and doctors and equip students with real-world skills to be socially engaged and enhance science and technology learning initiatives within their own communities. The program also offers continued educational support and opportunities by hosting webinars and remote learning technologies led by top U.S. university faculty and graduates.
The cornerstone of the UWISE program is providing students in Africa the opportunity to experience a science and technology learning experience in some of the United States top educational institutions. Through direct engagement with university faculty and industry professionals, we offer important insight into STEM based activities that focus on careers that have a high relevance for students in other countries. The learning experience will offer a highly leveraged investment to address a decline of interest in science and technology world-wide.
  
University Course Listing
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Offered on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology, this course introduces students to robotic platforms and programming languages that involve real world applications used to solve real world problems. Students learn mechanical design, construction, and programming and teamwork skills. This course is designed to teach basic principles of Physical Science and Engineering through construction of the robots. Students learn behavioral objectives, mechanical and computer debugging, basic programming and more. Activities become more enhanced and challenge the students to solve real life engineering scenarios using robotics.
Interactive Computing
Our Interactive Computing series offers students systematic activities in the creation and application of computer-based models to understand and analyze natural and engineered systems by creating 3-D virtual worlds, Game Design and more.
Aviation 101
The UWISE Aviation program will allow students to work with real pilots and simulate flight with over 20 different flight crafts and take a behind the scenes tour of one of United States busiest airports. Students will utilize real world aviation charts, learn fundamentals of aerodynamics, flight planning, plane safety and finally experience flight as students take the controls in a real one-on-one flight with a professional pilot.
Aerospace Engineering
Students will work alongside Tuskegee University faculty as they learn Aerospace fundamentals and experience hands on-based approaches to the exploration and production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) through a series of workshops. The class exposes students to an on-going, aerial robotics and computing course geared to inspire and help students acquire fundamental skills in UAV design and Aerospace. Activities throughout the day include laboratory research work, group projects, lectures, meetings with faculty and administrators, tours, and presentations. The program introduces students to Software Systems, Flight Controls and Aeronautics.
Surgical Robotics
Students are introduced to medical robotics and modern interventional approaches that use robotics technology to enable new minimally invasive therapies. Students will experience what it is like to perform a robotic surgery using a surgical robot, build their own surgical robot and complete a mock needle biopsy using an Image-guided therapy (IGT) procedure.
Introduction to Clinical Research and Medical Education (ICRME)
-Our ICRME program is dedicated to improving healthcare education studies and future practitioner initiatives globally. Students are introduced to fundamentals in areas to include: Biomedical sciences, Clinical Research, Neuroscience Research and more. Partnering universities will open their doors to highly motivated students interested in the field of medicine and let them explore health and science careers, first-hand by experiencing faculty led activities, lectures, tours and more.
UWISE Field Trips
The UWISE Excursions will feature field trips to some of the countrys most renowned attractions designed to compliment the students University classroom activities and also expose them to some of the most historical sites in the United States.
Tuskegee University Aerospace Science Department
The mission of the Aerospace Science Engineering Department is to matriculate quality professional graduates through education in the disciplines and technologies pertaining to aerospace vehicles and systems. Visiting Students will participate in flight simulations, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations, faculty presentations, pay a visit the Tuskegee National Historic Site and more!
The Georgia Aquarium
Students will tour the Ga. Aquarium and participate in the Discovery Labs series which provide focused learning opportunities where students can expand their understanding of aquatic ecosystems. Discovery Labs will provide a unique opportunity for students to “dive” into science. Through in-depth investigations, student will explore the concepts of marine biology and oceanography. These interactive labs will bring science to life and provide an opportunity for students to solve problems, take behind the scene tours, 4-D shows, engage in group discussions, and get their hands “wet” in hands-on activities
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site
Students will take a field trip to the Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site and walk through the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. The site consists of several facilities surrounding Martin Luther King, Jr.'s boyhood home including the original Ebenezer Baptist Church, the church where Dr. King pastored. The facilities include the visitor center which contains a museum that chronicles the American civil rights movement which follows the parallel paths of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a firehouse (Fire Station No. 6), built in 1894, which served the Sweet Auburn community until 1991, the “I Have a Dream” International World Peace Rose Garden, and a memorial tribute to Mohandas K. Gandhi. Also included is the "International Civil Rights Walk of Fame" which gives recognition to those courageous pioneers who sacrificed and struggled to make equality a reality for all. These places are critical components in the interpretation of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy as a leader of the American civil rights movement and are essential to a visitation to Atlanta, Georgia.
Coca Cola Space and Science Center
Owned and operated by Columbus State University, The Coca Cola Space and Science Center (CCSSC) houses a host of interactive gallery exhibits, and is home to the Challenger Learning Center, Mead Observatory, Omnisphere Theater, and also serves as the teaching and research site for CSU astronomy courses. Students will experience hands-on exhibits, participate in a simulated space mission in the Challenger Learning Center that includes reproductions of both mission control and the space station. Students will visit the Mead Observatory and view shows in the Omnisphere Theatre.
Fernbank Science Center and Fernbank Natural History Museum
Students will come face-to-face with the world's largest dinosaurs, explore the development of life on Earth and connect with cultures from around the globe while engaging in a variety of hands-on exhibitions. Students will view Fernbank’s meteorite collection and an authentic Apollo spacecraft and walk through the Fernbank Forest, a 65-acre old-growth forest representing one of the last remaining enclaves of the original Piedmont forest in the Southeast.
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