CMI education and outreach ranges from youth to adult, with an emphasis on workforce development.
- CMI Director Alex King presented a guest lecture entitled "Critical information for your career (or: megatrends that you need to watch)" for 100 undergraduate students at Purdue University, Dec. 2
- CMI Director Alex King met with two engineering classes and two "Lunch & Learn" sessions at Trinity School, New York City, Nov. 20
- M-STEM, Nov. 1-3
- Guest Lecture at Harvard University "Critical Materials for Clean Energy Technologies," in undergraduate engineering class Mitigating Toxicity through Better Materials Design (ES298r), Oct. 20
- A Junior at Trinity High School in New York City spent two weeks interning with CMI at the Ames Laboratory, Aug. 17-28
- International School for Materials for Energy and Sustainability IV, July 13-20
- 160 sixth graders visit Colorado School of Mines, July 8
- Recyling Metals for Industrial Waste short course, June 23-25
- Colorado Energy Expo, May 13
- Clark County High School Science Class Seminar, by Dan Ginosar of Idaho National Laboratory, April 20
Examples of other youth education and outreach at CMI partners:
- DiscoverE Girl Day:
- Purdue University: Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
- National Science Bowl
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Developing a STEM core curriculum for California
- Colorado School of Mines: Week-long summer camps for entering grades 3-5, grades 6-8 or high school
- Iowa State University: Youth programs through OPPTAG and ISEK
For further information please contact:
Cynthia Howell
Research Faculty, Education, Training and Outreach
Phone: 303-273-3651