Outreach
GivePower in Kenya, May 2023
In collaboration with GivePower, Dr. Kumar took 9 undergraduate students and 1 graduate student to Kenya. While there, they installed a solar powered computer lab for a primary school, and conducted field research on decentralized water systems in Kenya.
Girl Day at UT Austin, February 2023
Girl Day is an event held by the Women in STEM program at UT Austin, where elementary and middle school students and families are invited on campus to experience hands-on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) experiments and games. The event aims to encourage young women to consider careers in STEM. The Kumar group hosted activities teaching participants about water filtration!
Science U Collaboration at Penn State
Our group is dedicated to science outreach. We collaborate with the Science U organization and with other groups on Penn State’s University Park Campus to conduct yearly water themed camps for K-12 students. We involve our undergraduate and graduate research students in these 3-5 day long outreach activities and are constantly trying to improve the effectiveness of this activity. Please contact us if you are running similar outreach activities. We will be happy to share our course materials with you and will be very interested in hearing about your own experiences with this kind of activity.
The 2014 course material can be found here, and 2013 here. 2016 course material is here.
The 2014 course material can be found here, and 2013 here. 2016 course material is here.
|
|
|