Arizona girls are WOWed! by engineering

<p>More than 200 girls from several Arizona elementary and middle schools gathered at Arizona State University recently for a hands-on introduction to engineering.</p><separator></separator><p>The WOW! That’s Engineering day was organized by the ASU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers.</p><separator></separator><p>Girls were mentored on projects that included designing and making a ball with high bouncing capability out of corn starch, glue and Borax (sodium borate), constructing a “butterfly" using light-emitting diodes and fashioning a model of a home powered by solar and wind energy.</p><separator></separator><p>The girls and about 50 parents also heard university students, faculty members and professional engineers talk about career opportunities in the field.</p><separator></separator><p>ASU was one of only three universities in the country to be awarded a grant from the National Society of Women Engineers to help support a WOW! That’s Engineering event this year.</p><separator></separator><p>Led by ASU engineering students Michelle Brock and Joy Marsalla, about 70 volunteers instructed the girls – including student members of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Chi Epsilon, the national civil engineering undergraduate honor society, and Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering student honor society.</p><separator></separator><p>Read more about the event in an ASU <a href="http://www.statepress.com/2011/04/18/asu-group-helps-get-women-into-eng… Press article</a>.</p>