Making an Engineering Ambassador Presentation

Issued by Penn State College of Engineering

To solve today’s technical challenges, we need a talented and diverse workforce of engineers. The Engineering Ambassadors Network aims to meet that need by having undergraduate engineers from across the United States show K-12 students what engineers do. This badge calls on engineering undergraduates to use the assertion-evidence approach to create and deliver a memorable outreach presentation that communicates messages from Changing the Conversation (NAE 2008).

Type Experience
Level Foundational
Time Days
Cost Free

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Earning Criteria

Preparation: Read the Executive Summary of Changing the Conversation (NAE, 2008).
Preparation: View 30 minutes of preparation films about the assertion-evidence approach.
Participate in 5 hours of class - participation includes making significant contributions to the class chat and achieving passing scores on more than 30 poll questions.
In a team of two or three engineering students, create an outreach presentation and give that presentation to senior Engineering Ambassadors (EAs) in at least one roundtable critique session.
Using feedback from the critique session(s), revise the outreach presentation and deliver the presentation before a showcase audience of EAs and EA advisors.