A u g u s t 14, 2013
Çortlani» (JObserncr Diversity Special Edition
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Vancouver
East County
More than 120 students are taking part in the Intel Ultimate Engineering Experience at Portland Community College's Rock Creek Campus
Ultimate Engineering
Intel boot camp
a beginning to
high tech jobs
Portland Community College
and Intel Corp, have joined forces
to give students at risk of leaving
their engineering fields o f study
an experience they won't forget.
PCC is hosting the new Intel
Ultimate Engineering Experience
on its Rock C reek Cam pus,
17705 N.W. Springville Rd.
The six-w eek program in­
volves about 120 first and sec­
ond year engineering students
w ho are le a rn in g ab o u t
smartphone and computer appli­
cations, robotics, and how to act
like entrepreneurs.
Hands-on engineering w ork­
shops that connect to real world
jobs are emphasized to keep the
students pursuing science, tech­
nology and math related fields
and maintain a future worker
pool for companies like Intel.
The
stu d e n ts
re c e iv e
mentoring from Intel engineers
and PCC faculty to learn about
current industry practices.
"Having the camp hosted by
the Rock Creek Campus goes
hand in hand with the practices
o f the long-lasting partnership
that exists between the college
and Intel," said Dorina Comea-
Hasegan, chair of PCC's Micro­
electronics Program. "It is an
ideal summer program for any­
body that is interested in solidify­
ing valuable technical skills. I am
inspired by what I see happening
in the informal yet very effective
teaching-learning environment
of the camp. I see myself al­
ready embedding in my engi­
neering classes many of the top­
ics discussed."
Most of the students, who
range in age between 18 and 50
years old, are from PCC's com ­
puter science, engineering and
microelectronics programs, but
there are also students from
around the state.
"Although most students ar­
rived with virtually zero program­
ming experience, they were so
excited to see their creations
zooming around on their screens
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