Outreach Activities

C-Tech² Summer Program --- Computer Systems Programming Workshop "Sound the Alarm"

Summary of activity: We introduced computer systems programming to K12 girls. The goal of the workshop is to teach students to build a motion-activated alarm system in Arduino using the C/C++ programming language. Read More

Organizer: ElvesLab

Participants: We attracted 30 young women students from 11^th and 12^th grade to attend the workshop. Among these students, two were Black/African American, four were Hispanic students and four were first-generation college students.

Location: Virginia Tech’s main campus in Blacksburg, VA

Date: July 5^th, 2022

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C-Tech² Summer Program --- Computer Systems Programming Workshop "Proximity Sensor"

Summary of activity: We introduced computer systems programming to K12 Black/African American students and first-generation college students. The goal of the workshop is to teach students to build a proximity sensing system in Arduino using the C/C++ programming language. Read More

Organizer: ElvesLab

Participants: We attracted 30 students from 11^th and 12^th grade to attend the workshop. 100% (30) of the participants were Black/African American. 20% (6) were first-generation college students.

Location: Virginia Tech’s main campus in Blacksburg, VA

Date: July 21^st, 2022

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C-Tech² Summer Program --- Computer Systems Programming Workshop "LED lights"

Summary of activity: We introduced computer systems programming to K12 Black/African American students and first-generation college students. The goal of the workshop is to teach students to build a remote control light-emitting diode (LED) system in Arduino using the C/C++ programming language. Read More

Organizer: ElvesLab

Participants: We attracted 30 students from 11^th and 12^th grade to attend the workshop. 100% (30) of the participants were Black/African American. 20% (6) were first-generation college students.

Location: Virginia Tech’s main campus in Blacksburg, VA

Date: July 26 ^th, 2022

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