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UW-Milwaukee EnQuest
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Two groups of high school students came to UW-Milwaukee to take on real-world projects. See the renewable power station they build for a village in Guatemala and the biomechanics research they did with UWM's Mobility Lab!
https://uwm.edu/engineering/students/future/k-12-students/enquest/
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UW-Milwaukee EnQuest
UW-Milwaukee EnQuest is the College of Engineering & Applied Science's project-based summer camp geared for inspiring girls to explore STEM fields.
https://uwm.edu/engineering/students/future/k-12-students/enquest/What Inspired You to Make This?
Engineers Without Borders at UWM installs water systems for mountain communities in Guatemala and learns about other challenges facing the people while they work with the residents. People living without a functioning electrical grid are limited in their activities by daylight and travel to another town weekly to charge batteries. The We Share Solar Suitcase was developed for off-grid schools in Africa and seemed like a promising solution to adopt for Guatemala. This year's project will serve the 5th village with an EnQuest-built renewable power station and it includes improvements based on the prior projects. The biomedical project was inspired by the desire to apply problem-solving skills to improving health and safety.
