Coming Up
March 22-23, 2019
Spring Explore Engineering Weekend
June 22-23, 2019
Summer Explore Environmental Engineering Weekend
July 21-26, 2019
Summer Explore Engineering Design Course
Sweet Briar College’s EXPLORE is a series of immersive pre-college, residential events for high school sophomore, junior and senior girls. Weekend events for various disciplines are offered in the fall and spring, and a weeklong for-credit engineering course is offered in the summer.
The EXPLORE series offers high school girls opportunities to investigate different fields of study in a small-class setting. Working in teams with Sweet Briar faculty and undergraduate students, high-schoolers work on creative and fun projects — whether they’re collecting carbon storage data from the forests on our campus or designing and building a wearable electronic device in one of our engineering labs. No prior experience or knowledge is required — it’s a chance to EXPLORE!
Outside of class, you’ll stay in one of our historic residence halls with Sweet Briar student mentors, experience the amenities on our beautiful campus, and get a taste of life as a college student.
Upcoming EXPLORE events include:
Spring Explore Engineering Weekend | March 22-23, 2019
Working in teams with Sweet Briar engineering faculty and undergraduate engineering students, high schoolers work on creative and fun design projects that are perfect for both experienced students and those completely new to engineering. You’ll learn the design process from brainstorming to testing and revising prototypes, experience problem-solving as an engineer, and make your design a reality!
This event is open to high school girls in their sophomore, junior and senior years.
Click here to view photos from the spring 2018 event.
Summer Explore Environmental Engineering Weekend | June 22-23, 2019
Working in teams with Sweet Briar engineering faculty and undergraduate engineering students, high schoolers work on creative and fun design projects that are perfect for both experienced students and those completely new to engineering. You’ll learn the design process from brainstorming to testing and revising prototypes, experience problem-solving as an engineer, and make your design a reality!
This event is open to high school girls in their sophomore, junior and senior years.
Click here to view photos from the spring 2018 event.
Summer Explore Engineering Design Course | July 21-26, 2019
Summer Explore Engineering Design Course attendees work in teams with Sweet Briar professors and students to brainstorm, design and bring to life a fun, creative project that has real-world significance. Recent design projects include computer-controlled smart wearables, sustainable building materials, an automatically refilling pet bowl, and an electromechanical drawing machine. This weeklong for-credit course is hands-on and ideal for both experienced students and those new to engineering. This event is open to high school girls in their sophomore, junior and senior years.
This event is open to high school girls in their sophomore, junior and senior years.
Click here to view photos from the summer 2018 event.
Visit each event’s page for more details or to register.