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MITES(Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science) is a rigorous six-week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship. Despite the name, the program is open to all participant. | MITES(Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science) is a rigorous six-week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship. Despite the name, the program is open to all participant. | ||
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What started as a two-week residential summer program on the MIT campus with 37 students and a focus on career orientation has evolved into a six-week slice of academic life with 60-80 participants. Students now take courses in calculus, physics, biology/ biochemistry/ chemistry, humanities, genomics, programming, and engineering design. These high school juniors gain a better perspective about college and can take advantage of their senior year in high school to prepare for college and their professional careers. | What started as a two-week residential summer program on the MIT campus with 37 students and a focus on career orientation has evolved into a six-week slice of academic life with 60-80 participants. Students now take courses in calculus, physics, biology/ biochemistry/ chemistry, humanities, genomics, programming, and engineering design. These high school juniors gain a better perspective about college and can take advantage of their senior year in high school to prepare for college and their professional careers. | ||
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| + | ==Overview of Curriculum== | ||
| + | ===Courses=== | ||
| + | Biochemistry | ||
| + | The structures and functions of biological macromolecules and fundamental topics in biochemistry, including buffers, stereoisomers, reaction mechanisms, enzyme kinetics, electrophoresis, and DNA sequencing. | ||
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| + | Biology | ||
| + | The fundamentals of molecular biology including biological molecules and their roles in cells, metabolism, DNA replication, transcription, translation, gene regulation, and recombinant DNA methods. | ||
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| + | Chemistry | ||
| + | In-depth study of several fundamentals, including atomic theory and structure, states of matter, nuclear chemistry, chemical bonding, solid structures and semiconductors, and electrochemistry. | ||
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| + | Calculus | ||
| + | Review of relevant topics from algebra and trigonometry, as well as epsilon-delta proofs, derivatives, (the derivation of all the rules of differentiation, applications of the first derivative and higher derivatives,) anti-differentiation, the fundamental theorem of calculus, approximating area under a curve, and work. | ||
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| + | Calculus (Advanced) | ||
| + | A review of the related material from first-year calculus (as taught in AP Calculus BC courses) combined with the standard material for the differential calculus of functions of several real variables (second-year college Calculus). | ||
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| + | Humanities | ||
| + | Writing, speaking, and analytical reading skill development using complex texts from several genres focusing on both "Race, Ethnicity, and American Identity," and "Science and Ethics." | ||
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| + | Physics I | ||
| + | Non-calculus based topics in kinematics, the Newtonian laws, impulse and momentum, and energy. | ||
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| + | Physics II | ||
| + | An investigation of basic mechanics (kinematics, forces, energy, momentum, rotation), circuits (electric fields and forces, basic circuit components and combinations) and geometric optics (refraction, lenses, ray tracing). | ||
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| + | Physics III | ||
| + | Various wave phenomena, including oscillations, mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, matter waves (elementary quantum mechanics), and special theory of relativity. | ||
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| + | EntrePrep (5 Weeks) | ||
| + | High-tech finance, accounting, and business planning culminating in an Enterprise Fair in which teams of 7-8 developed and presented business plans to solicit advisory time from local entrepreneurs posing as potential advisory board members. NOTE: This course will not be given in 2005. | ||
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| + | Internet Programming (5 Weeks) | ||
| + | Introduction to HTML and Perl languages to design and build interactive web sites in teams of three. | ||
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| + | 2003 Internet Programming sites | ||
| + | 2002 Internet Programming sites | ||
| + | 2001 Internet Programming sites | ||
| + | Mechanical Engineering Design / Robotics (5 Weeks) | ||
| + | Using the peer-review evaluation process commonly practiced by engineers, design teams used machine tools and limited parts to build remotely controlled robots that competed on an obstacle course. | ||
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| + | Utilizing the classroom and machine shop in the Edgerton Center, and studio space graciously provided by the Department of Urban Studies and | ||
| + | Planning, the engineering teams spent about twenty hours each designing, building, and testing their devices. The competitions and presentations are attended by sponsors and countless others from the MIT community. | ||
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| + | Genomics (5 Weeks) | ||
| + | Twelve students sequenced a human gene associated with a disease, such as cystic fibrosis. The course is held at the MIT Broad Institute Center for Genome Research, where approximately 1/3 of the human genome was sequenced. With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, this course provides a third option to the engineering project courses, enabling us to scale to a larger program size without diminishing the educational quality of any project course. Genomics culminates with informative poster presentations by the student researchers, an event designed to simulate a scientific research conference. | ||
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Revision as of 18:08, 27 March 2008
MITES(Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science) is a rigorous six-week residential, academic enrichment summer program for promising high school juniors who are interested in studying and exploring careers in science, engineering, and entrepreneurship. Despite the name, the program is open to all participant.
History
The MIT program now known as MITES (Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science) was established in 1974 as the MITE (Minority Introduction to Engineering) Program. The MITE program was created as part of a national effort sponsored by the then Engineers' Council for Professional Development. The objective of the program was to increase the number of underrepresented minorities in the engineering profession by exposing students to engineering during their high school years.
What started as a two-week residential summer program on the MIT campus with 37 students and a focus on career orientation has evolved into a six-week slice of academic life with 60-80 participants. Students now take courses in calculus, physics, biology/ biochemistry/ chemistry, humanities, genomics, programming, and engineering design. These high school juniors gain a better perspective about college and can take advantage of their senior year in high school to prepare for college and their professional careers.
Overview of Curriculum
Courses
Biochemistry The structures and functions of biological macromolecules and fundamental topics in biochemistry, including buffers, stereoisomers, reaction mechanisms, enzyme kinetics, electrophoresis, and DNA sequencing.
Biology The fundamentals of molecular biology including biological molecules and their roles in cells, metabolism, DNA replication, transcription, translation, gene regulation, and recombinant DNA methods.
Chemistry In-depth study of several fundamentals, including atomic theory and structure, states of matter, nuclear chemistry, chemical bonding, solid structures and semiconductors, and electrochemistry.
Calculus Review of relevant topics from algebra and trigonometry, as well as epsilon-delta proofs, derivatives, (the derivation of all the rules of differentiation, applications of the first derivative and higher derivatives,) anti-differentiation, the fundamental theorem of calculus, approximating area under a curve, and work.
Calculus (Advanced) A review of the related material from first-year calculus (as taught in AP Calculus BC courses) combined with the standard material for the differential calculus of functions of several real variables (second-year college Calculus).
Humanities Writing, speaking, and analytical reading skill development using complex texts from several genres focusing on both "Race, Ethnicity, and American Identity," and "Science and Ethics."
Physics I Non-calculus based topics in kinematics, the Newtonian laws, impulse and momentum, and energy.
Physics II An investigation of basic mechanics (kinematics, forces, energy, momentum, rotation), circuits (electric fields and forces, basic circuit components and combinations) and geometric optics (refraction, lenses, ray tracing).
Physics III Various wave phenomena, including oscillations, mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, matter waves (elementary quantum mechanics), and special theory of relativity.
EntrePrep (5 Weeks) High-tech finance, accounting, and business planning culminating in an Enterprise Fair in which teams of 7-8 developed and presented business plans to solicit advisory time from local entrepreneurs posing as potential advisory board members. NOTE: This course will not be given in 2005.
Internet Programming (5 Weeks) Introduction to HTML and Perl languages to design and build interactive web sites in teams of three.
2003 Internet Programming sites 2002 Internet Programming sites 2001 Internet Programming sites Mechanical Engineering Design / Robotics (5 Weeks) Using the peer-review evaluation process commonly practiced by engineers, design teams used machine tools and limited parts to build remotely controlled robots that competed on an obstacle course.
Utilizing the classroom and machine shop in the Edgerton Center, and studio space graciously provided by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, the engineering teams spent about twenty hours each designing, building, and testing their devices. The competitions and presentations are attended by sponsors and countless others from the MIT community.
Genomics (5 Weeks)
Twelve students sequenced a human gene associated with a disease, such as cystic fibrosis. The course is held at the MIT Broad Institute Center for Genome Research, where approximately 1/3 of the human genome was sequenced. With a grant from the National Institutes of Health, this course provides a third option to the engineering project courses, enabling us to scale to a larger program size without diminishing the educational quality of any project course. Genomics culminates with informative poster presentations by the student researchers, an event designed to simulate a scientific research conference.
