12th Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School
17 - 24 January 2009
What is IAESS?
The Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School is an annual event, established in 1999 by Engineering Aid. It's a 5 day live-in Summer School, featuring a combination of activities that will give 20 Indigenous students, male and female, entering into Years 10, 11 and 12, a taste of engineering as a university course and career.
Who established the program?
Engineering Aid, a philanthropic organisation, provides engineers and related services to assist disadvantaged communities both in Australia and overseas. The Indigenous Australian Engineering Summer School is their principal program on behalf of Indigenous Young Australians.
Who administers the program?
The Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment at the University of Newcastle is the administrator of the 2009 program with assistance from the University's Wollotuka: School of Aboriginal Studies.
Objectives of the program
The objectives of IAESS are to:
- Provide a challenging environment for Indigenous students to discover the benefits of the Engineering profession
- Provide a forum for students to meet engineering role models
- Gain insights into the opportunities engineering can provide to so many communities.
Where is IAESS held?
Students selected to participate in the program will stay at one of the University of Newcastle's on campus accommodation facilities. Participants are supervised at all times by staff from the Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Wollotuka, and Indigenous peer-mentors.