This spring, Cornell’s Graduate Chapter of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) organized its semesterly outreach event, Girl Scout Engineering Day (GSED), in Weill Hall on April 16th with participating New York and Pennsylvania Girl Scout troops.
GSED is a program designed to get young girls (grades 2-8) interested in science and engineering, and to inspire them to pursue careers in STEM. This spring’s event welcomed approximately 100 Girl Scouts to Cornell’s campus and focused on demonstrating biomedical engineering concepts and topics. Specifically, activities introduced the Girl Scouts to microbiology, biomechanics, biomaterials, modeling and fluid dynamics. The girls participated in six different workshops including extracting DNA from strawberries, building a lung model, and designing casts for broken bones, among others. BME graduate students guided the girl scouts through these activities with the goal of expanding their scientific curiosity.
Cornell BMES will hold another GSED event in the fall that will focus on all the engineering disciplines. Students that are interested in participating should be on the lookout for announcements from BMES leadership and/or email the organizers. Volunteers from all disciplines are encouraged to participate!
(Photos by Salman Matan.)
Girl Scout Engineering Day Spring 2023
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