Abstract
As professionals in the minerals sciences industries, one of our responsibilities is to work with students to enhance and promulgate our professions into the future. Part of this is for our professional organizations to develop programs that will help younger students to understand the glory of science and the practical importance of its applications. Students, as they grow up, play and experiment with Legos, skateboards, cell phones and other practical, real-world devices that are applications of science and technology, without thinking about the origin of the technology involved. I have been impressed with one application of this principle: programs developed by the ASM Materials Education Foundation, www.asmfoundation.org. This group provides summer and academic year programs for students related to applications in the mineral, metals and materials industries, ofte involving professionals from industry who provide real problems for students to solve. This program typically draws the very best and brightest students at the high school level and promotes their imaginations to new areas and helps then focus on further study in the sciences and engineering. These programs are held in locations across the US, hosted by colleges or local professional chapters or groups.
Highlights
As professionals in the minerals sciences industries, one of our responsibilities is to work with students to enhance and promulgate our professions into the future. Part of this is for our professional organizations to develop programs that will help younger students to understand the glory of science and the practical importance of its applications
I have been impressed with one application of this principle: programs developed by the ASM Materials Education Foundation, www.asmfoundation.org
There are other organizations and some companies that provide parts of these types of programs, but few coordinated efforts are currently available among our professional organization
Summary
As professionals in the minerals sciences industries, one of our responsibilities is to work with students to enhance and promulgate our professions into the future. *Corresponding author: Thomas Stoebe, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA Volume 6 - Issue 2 How to cite this article: Thomas Stoebe, Student and Teacher Programs: For the Future of our Professions!.
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