CODE @ TACC- The University of Texas at Austin

CODE @ TACC is an innovative and exciting summer program that incorporates a project based learning approach to expose students to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers. Students will foster their talent and creativity by being introduced to the principles of high performance computing, life sciences, networking, robotics, and electronics.

CODE @ TACC PARTICIPANTS WILL:

·         Use a project based-learning approach to foster creativity and problem solving skills

·         Participate in team-building exercises that will prepare them for the workplace of the future

·         Use hands on technology to learn the basics of networking, physical interfacing and electronics

·         Explore and solve life science and bioinformatics problems

·         Design, create and program their own robot

·         Participate in field trips to local tech corporations

·         Get a private tour of TACC's visualization laboratory and data center, which houses the 7th most powerful supercomputer in the world

·         Interact with TACC's cutting edge technology systems

·         Collaborate with college students, engineers and scientists

COST
Free of cost for selected participants.

PROGRAM DATES: JUNE 15-26, 2015

For more information visit: https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/education/stem-programs/code-at-tacc

 

 

 

Mariel Robles, M.Ed.

K-12 Education and Outreach

Senior Program Coordinator

Texas Advanced Computing Center

The University of Texas at Austin

(512) 232-8285

mrobles@tacc.utexas.edu

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