Extracurriculars for a Career in Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineers design circuits, power systems, and electronics. Electronics clubs, robotics teams, and engineering summer programs help high schoolers build real skills.
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Programs for a Career in Electrical Engineering
Why it fits: Learning microcontrollers, sensors, and circuit concepts provides direct exposure to electrical engineering principles.
Why it fits: Students design and troubleshoot robot electrical systems, wiring, and power distribution.
Why it fits: Engineering labs and collaborative problem-solving introduce circuit and systems design fundamentals.
Why it fits: Students design and build radar systems, learning electromagnetics, signal processing, and circuitry fundamentals.
Why it fits: Circuit design and electronics work are core skills taught through direct application in student projects.
Why it fits: Hands-on experience with cybersecurity, radar systems, and circuit-level research in professional labs.
Why it fits: Robot competitions require circuit design and electrical systems integration for motors and sensors.
Why it fits: Writing contest encourages students to explore and articulate engineering possibilities and career pathways.
Why it fits: Competition requires electrical system design and optimization for vehicle performance.
Why it fits: Solar car projects require designing and integrating electrical systems, power management, and solar panel circuits.
Why it fits: Competition involves researching and envisioning advanced technologies that often include electrical components and innovations.
Why it fits: Championships include electrical and circuit-based competitions judged by industry professionals in the field.
Why it fits: Physics Olympiad participants develop deep problem-solving and theoretical knowledge applicable to electrical engineering challenges.
Why it fits: Advanced physics problem-solving and experimental techniques are foundational to electrical engineering work.
Why it fits: Students work with electrical systems and circuit integration within their competition robots.
Why it fits: Engineering and circuit-based projects build foundational skills in electrical systems design.
Why it fits: Building functioning robots involves circuit design and electrical system integration.
Why it fits: Engineering coursework and hands-on projects provide foundational exposure to electrical engineering concepts and practices.
Why it fits: Program covers electrical and computer engineering disciplines with lab-based instruction.
Why it fits: Smart buildings and lighting sciences courses cover electrical systems and infrastructure design.
Why it fits: Computer building and hardware projects provide direct exposure to electrical and circuit-level engineering work.
Why it fits: Students design onboard power systems and electronic components for autonomous surface vessels.
Why it fits: Building functional ROVs requires wiring, power systems, and electrical component integration.
Why it fits: Robotics projects require circuit design and electrical integration knowledge tested in assessments.
Why it fits: Students work with robot electronics, circuits, and power systems to integrate hardware components.
Why it fits: Building autonomous and remote-operated robots requires electrical circuit design and system integration.
Why it fits: Circuit and power system design for robots is a key technical challenge in the competition.
Why it fits: Students work with motors, servos, sensors, and controllers to power and control robot systems.
Why it fits: Participants learn circuits and electronics through Microbits, directly relevant to electrical engineering fundamentals.
Why it fits: Program exposes students to engineering research concepts and hands-on project work foundational to electrical engineering.
Why it fits: Eight-week apprenticeship at Navy labs exposes students to engineering and scientific research in defense laboratories.
Why it fits: Participants attend electrical and computer engineering workshops as part of broad engineering exploration.
Why it fits: Hands-on experience with electronics, microcontrollers, circuit deployment, and sensor integration.
Why it fits: Hardware verification and hardware-enabled security are core residency focus areas.
Why it fits: Camp covers electricity and engineering through dynamic hands-on projects designed to explore and understand unseen forces.