Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering
Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) is an outreach activity of the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Three programs are designed to attract students to careers in engineering and sciences:

• Academic Challenge is a series of competitive tests in seven subjects designed to motivate high school students to higher achievement in the fields of math and science.
• SMART Challenge is designed to challenge 9th and 10th grade students in biology, chemistry, English, general business, and math.
• Exploring Your Options is a week-long residential program held at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that introduces high school sophomores and juniors to the field of engineering.

For more information on these programs, visit the WYSE website.

M&IE Professor Develops MEMS Videos for Schools
Taher Saif, a professor in the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering department, has completed a series of videos, entitled "A Voyage through the World of Micro Machines," designed to educate and excite high school students about phenomena related to microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Saif and his students wrote, filmed and edited seven, 5-10 minute videos that address such issues as how MEMS devices are affected by gravity, electrostatic, magnetic and other forces, microfluidics, and microfabrication.

Saif believes research and education must complement each other--research advances knowledge about MEMS, while education disseminates that knowledge. "The dissemination is particularly important for MEMS," Saif said, "because the micro world is a stranger to most of us, and particularly to younger people, in spite of all its fascinating developments." In addition to being available online, VHS tapes of the video series will be distributed to a selection of public schools, libraries and colleges around the United States, as well as to several international education and research institutions.

Title	Connection Type
Infinitesimal machinery	High Speed	Modem
Scaling of forces in the small world	High Speed	Modem
Forces that move the small machines	High Speed	Modem
Microfluidics	High Speed	Modem
Sculpting MEMS	High Speed	Modem
How do you use MEMS?	High Speed	Modem
Same principles, smaller size	High Speed	Modem

Order your free video here.

Other Outreach Programs
Other Outreach Programs in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois include:

• Morrill Engineering Program (MEP)
  • SURGE (Support for Under-Represented Groups in Engineering)
  • MERGE (Morrill Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education)
• Women in Engineering (WIE)
  • GAMES (Girls' Adventures in Math, Engineering, and Science)
  • WIE Days
• Illinois Aerospace Institute/Summer High School Program
• Physics Van