Hi-GEAR Camp
Dates: June 24-28th
Theme: Celebrating Women Engineers
Audience: 9th-12th grade (girls and boys aged 15-18) Limit: 20
Limit: 20
Fees: $150 ($30/day) includes camp T-Shirt and lunch everyday
Hi-Gear is designed to expose students to a variety of engineering and computer science careers with hands-on experiential learning and collaborative team projects.
Campers get to experience hands-on learning, guest speakers, and tours of lab spaces. Come explore engineering with activities that encourage the use of problem-solving skills. The camp will introduce you to engineering disciplines such as biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, entertainment arts, materials science, mechanical, and computer science.
PLEASE NOTE: Some activities in this camp will repeat activities from our Exploring Engineering summer camp. Please be aware if enrolling your child in more than one camp.
For more information contact Ben Harpster
Exploring Engineering Camp
Dates: July 9-11th
Audience: 9th-12th grade (girls and boys aged 15-18)
Limit: 40
Fees: $90 ($30/day) includes camp T-Shirt and lunch everyday
Come learn more about Engineering. This camp is a 3-day camp from 9am-4pm.
Campers get to experience hands-on learning, guest speakers, and tours of lab spaces. Come explore engineering with activities that encourage the use of problem-solving skills. The camp will introduce you to engineering disciplines such as biomedical, chemical, civil, computer, electrical, entertainment arts, materials science, mechanical, and computer science.
PLEASE NOTE: Some activities in this camp will repeat activities from our Hi-GEAR summer camp. Please be aware if enrolling your child in more than one camp.
For more information contact Ian Bunker
Eighth Grade Summer Camp
Dates: June 19th | July 17th | August 7th
Time: 10am – 1pm
Audience: Rising eighth grade students (13-14 year old students
Fees: $30
Limit: 30 students
The Eighth-grade summer camp is for students entering eighth grade next school year who are interested in learning more about engineering in this short, half-day summer camp.
Campers get to experience hands-on learning through engineering activities that encourage the use of problem-solving skills. Campers will learn from college students who study a wide range of subjects. Along with activities, campers will receive a lunch and a t-shirt included in the camp fee.
For more information contact Ian Bunker
High School Summer Research Internship
Dates: June 10th – August 2nd
Audience: High schoolers who will graduate in 2025 or 2026
Fees: none
Registration will open in 2025
Participants will learn how to conduct academic research, discover different types of engineering, and have the chance to create a project for the Utah Science & Engineering Fair. Students will also participate in workshops focused on subjects like ethics in research, how to write for science, conversations with alumni, and many other interesting topics.
The program will not provide housing for participants.
Required Application Documents:
- Copy of unofficial transcript
- Letters of recommendation from a Science Technology Engineering or Math teacher
For more information contact Ben Harpster
Intro to Entertainment Arts and Engineering
Dates: TBD
Multiple Dates in June, July, and August
Audience: girls and boys aged 7-18
Fees: varies by course
What is Entertainment Arts and Engineering?
Learn the secrets behind video games and animation by creating and building characters for games, animation or machinima. Our Entertainment Arts and Engineering Summer Program (EAESP) combines theory with hands-on practical projects, enabling high school students to understand computer graphics at a high level. EAESP introduces 3D modeling, texturing, rigging, animation and rendering concepts via industry-leading software such as Autodesk® Maya® and Adobe® Photoshop®.
Summer Transportation Institute Camp
Dates: TBD
Fees: FREE
Audience: 9th grade high school students
Explore engineering in this week-long event dedicated to introducing 9th-grade high school students to the transportation industry. Selected participants will experience hands-on activities while working with the professional researchers and faculty of the University of Utah. Participants will have the opportunity to experience on-campus amenities, guest lectures, attend field trips and explore career opportunities while focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fundamentals.
Learn more and register at https://www.civil.utah.edu/transportation-camp/