Spark Saturdays

The Spring 2023 semester edition of Spark Saturdays has concluded. Stay tuned for updates on the next series of Spark Saturdays!

The Program

SPARK Saturdays is a program created by ECE Outreach that aims to introduce high school students to concepts within the field of electrical and computer engineering and expose them to engineering as a potential career choice. There are typically 4-5 labs, held on Carnegie Mellon's campus each semester, ranging from topics like the binary number system and boolean logic to programming in Python to building circuits with LEDs and that can be used as radios.

Our program is free of charge and will be held in-person at CMU's campus!

The labs assume no prior knowledge, and students are provided with assistance from Carnegie Mellon graduate and undergraduate students.

To apply, students must fulfill the following criteria:

• Be high school (middle school is OK too) students during the time the sessions will take place.
• Be able to attend most sessions. Due to limited space, we really want to make sure students who sign up will be able to make it to most of the sessions. This will also help students gain the most from their experience.

Next semester, we have space for 20 students in the program, and students will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please fill out and submit the registration form to reserve a place electronically (Registration is closed until the next iteration of Spark Saturdays). Within a few days of making your submission, you will receive an email with further details.

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