High School Students Learn About STEM Careers

Nearly 200 high school students from nine schools in the western UP are spending a day at Michigan Tech, exploring science, technology, engineering and math careers.

They will visit labs and learn about green building and low-impact design, human monitoring devices, forest insects, steam mechanics, remotely operated vehicles, computer science, materials science and engineering, civil engineering/concrete testing, Great Lakes fish, transportation engineering and geology and mining engineering.

Students from Jeffers High School in Adams Township will spend today at Michigan Tech learning about STEM careers.

Students from Nah Tah Wahsh Public Academy in Wilson, Mich., will be at Tech on Wednesday and on Friday, the University will host students from Watersmeet High School.