Along with campfire cookware and bronze coins, high school students cast an eye on potential careers in metalworking during Metal Casting: Forge Your Future — a brand-new experience offered through Michigan Technological University’s popular Summer Youth Programs.
Offered by Michigan Tech’s Summer Youth Programs (SYP) for the first time this summer, Metal Casting: Forge Your Future was developed in partnership with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation’s (IACMI’s) national Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, and Tech’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). The department is home to Michigan Tech’s metal foundry — one of the few fully operational metal foundries in the nation found on a college campus. The facility, MSE’s departmental expertise, and the University’s ability to partner with METAL created the perfect setup for getting pre-college students excited about the science and art of metal casting and forging.
For students, it was a win-win. They experienced the full metal-casting process and fabricated their own products while also enjoying a taste of college life.
For more than 50 years, SYP has been offering camplike, week-long summer courses for students at the middle and high school levels, giving them a look at the possibilities for technological careers while immersing them in the sights and sounds of Michigan Tech’s campus.
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