Build STEM identity
Gravity and Gears camp - OPEN for enrollment
Master robotics and data
acquisition
Engage with STEM faculty
and peers
Fun giant slides
Ages 10 - 13 years old
July 20th - July 24th
July 27th - July 31st
Available Dates (9am - 3pm, M - F)
Cost: $450/week
Slick City - South Cobb 2840 East-West Connector Austell, GA 30106
Contact: Dr. Jonathan Gaines
info@engineeringisme.com
Phone: (404)825-2449
Camp enrollment
Gravity and Gears is a 1-week summer camp where attendees will learn robotics and data acquisition. The camp is from 9:00am - 3:00pm Monday - Friday.
Build and program a mobile robot. Keep the final robot project
Engage with 2-hours a day of access to Slick City Action Park
Connect with peers, college students, and engineering faculty
Gravity and Gears is a 1-week summer camp where attendees will learn robotics and data acquisition. The camp is from 9:00am - 3:00pm Monday - Friday.
Build and program a mobile robot. Keep the final robot project
Engage with 2-hours a day of access to Slick City Action Park
Connect with peers, college students, and engineering faculty
What is Slick City Action Park?
Slick City Action Park is a premium indoor amusement park that features large slides, games, and attractions. The South Cobb/Austel, GA area. This location is the only Slick City Action Park in the state of Georgia. “Gravity and Gears” will host summer camp activities and have full access to Slick City Action Park for the duration of the summer camp. Data acquisition activities will also leverage the Slick City Action Park slides to measure velocity and acceleration with fun STEM data capture and analysis. The space features a full cafe that will be open for food purchase during the camp. Attendees also may bring their own food if they would like.
About Dr. Gaines
Dr. Jonathan E. Gaines is a faculty member and administrator at Georgia Institute of Technology. He is an expert in data acquisition and robotics with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. In his current role, he develops initiatives for engineering education of undergraduate students and outreach programs for middle school youth in Atlanta, GA.
At Georgia Tech, he is the creator and director of “GT PRIME”, a robotics-based summer program that builds the engineering identity of K-12 school counselors and middle school youth. Previously, he created “Bulls-EYE Mentoring” at the University of South Florida which was an NSF funded STEM mentoring program in the Tampa Bay community for approximately 8 years. His journey in development of outreach programs began as a graduate student at Virginia Tech, where he created multiple outreach programs. One example is “Plan A” which used kites equipped with cameras and sensors as data acquisition systems for engineering education while investing in youth life-skill development.
Dr. Gaines also has made a substantial impact in higher education as an administrator, having authored first-year design curriculum at multiple institutions to include University of South Florida, the Atlanta University Center (Morehouse College, Spelman College, and Clark Atlanta University), and Georgia Tech. His most recently created first-year course focuses on the professional formation of approximately 500 first-year mechanical engineering students per year at Georgia Tech. Before transitioning to Georgia Tech, he was an administrator for the Dual-Degree Engineering Program in the AUC where he created and developed the Institute for Dual-Degree Engineering Advancement and an engineering-design based summer course where students designed and fabricated electronic speakers, using service-learning and principles of community-engaged design.
Dr. Gaines himself is a product of the Dual-Degree Engineering Program between Morehouse College and Georgia Tech. He is native to Charlottesville, Virginia and is a husband and father, raising a family and loving life alongside his beautiful wife Christa and embracing the joys of life with his children Janiyah, Jonathan Jr., and Malia. His professional mission in life is leadership development of students both in higher education and within the community.
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