Dear WIE Tunisia members,

 

IEEE WIE Tunisia Section AG is pleased to invite you to participate in the STAR PROGRAM 2024 that will be held on Tuesday, the 18h of December 2024, in Medina Congress Yasmine Hammamet during the 12th edition of the TSYP.

 

STAR PROGRAM Description:

The IEEE Student-Teacher and Research Engineer/Scientist (STAR) Program was developed to address the growing concern that, at a young age, girls are discouraged from careers in mathematics, science, and engineering.

SCOPE & TOPIC:

How can we inspire and motivate young students to develop a sustained interest in STEM fields, ensuring they see the value and potential of pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? What strategies can be implemented to make STEM education more engaging, accessible, and relevant to their lives ?

 

Problem:

The IEEE Student-Teacher and Research Engineer/Scientist (STAR) Program was developed to address the growing concern that, at a young age, girls are discouraged from careers in mathematics, science, and engineering. This challenge promotes the involvement of IEEE members with local junior high and high schools to create a positive image of engineering careers. Through a one-to-one interaction between society volunteers and a Student-Teacher Team, STAR’s aim is to create a technical support network for teachers and a mentoring program for students after the event.

INSTRUCTIONS & DELIVERABLES:
Choosing two of those steps and proving them is necessary:
– Classroom Activities
– Humanitarian Projects involving the pre-university community Competitions
– Hands on Activities
– Training of pre-university teachers
– Mentoring
– Public Awareness Activities
– Field Trips
– Technical support networking

These steps are taken to encourage kids to pursue a career in STEM and what kind of support they provide for kids, teachers, local community after the event. What steps can we take to inspire kids to pursue STEM careers ?

    Important instructions:
    – 3 minutes max video should be provided to showcase the program (minimum editing is preferred).

    – 3-minutes presentation should be submitted and pitched in the TSYP.
    The participants can submit additional deliverables: Demo, Paper, PDF File, Article

    RULES & CRITERIA:
    Any SAG can participate in this challenge, each SAG is represented by one team of 3 members (max).

    – This competition is eligible to IEEE WIE Tunisia Student Affinity groups. Typically, a team is composed of a team leader and a couple or three participants (WIE student members).

    – Participants are invited to pitch their work and to a Q&A session. During TSYP, pitching time allocated for each team is 3 minutes.

    – Language: essentially English and some Arabic words are permitted.

    – Deadline: December the 10th, 2024 at 23:59:00 (not extendable)

    – The IEEE WIE Tunisia Section AG will offer a certificate and 100 USD to the winner and for the 2nd and 3rd place SAG will be awarded a certificate in their name.

    More details will be shared via Enotice, Check your email.

     

    GOOD LUCK