{"624490":{"#nid":"624490","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Introducing Computational and Data Science to the Next Generation of Engineers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIncreasing awareness of industrial engineering and operations research among high school students is a top priority for both A. Russell Chandler III Chair and Professor Pascal Van Hentenryck and Merrill Bonder, president of the Seth Bonder Foundation. Together they created the Seth Bonder Camp in Computational and Data Science for Engineering to help students better understand the careers and opportunities available in these fields.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWhen most people think about engineering, they think of mechanical or civil, but they don\u2019t know \u2014 until they are already in college \u2014 that they can use industrial engineering and operations research tools to analyze and solve scientific, real-world problems,\u201d explained Bonder. \u201cWe want to introduce high school students to the field and its many applications early, so they know it is a future career option.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBig data and data science are growing fields; and while people may have heard these terms, they typically don\u2019t fully understand their many applications.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cData science is the idea of using computation to transform data into information, knowledge, insights, and decisions,\u201d explained Van Hentenryck. \u201cData scientists are changing the world every day, and we want to help develop the next generation.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis summer, 30 high school students gathered at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering on July 22 to participate in the Seth Bonder Camp in Computational and Data Science for Engineering. The five-day camp, led by Van Hentenryck, teaches basic programming and computer science skills to participants with little or no prior experience in these areas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEach day began with an interactive lecture from Van Hentenryck, followed by an afternoon in the lab getting hands-on experience to implement the concepts learned. The camp uses Snap!, a visual programming language designed to teach basic programming concepts without the mathematical component. The lessons built on these ideas to show how data science is changing social science, machine learning, medicine, biology, and engineering. The campers even learned how to create a program to solve Sudoku in seconds.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPascal does a wonderful job taking a difficult concept and breaking it down so the students can understand it,\u201d said Bonder. \u201cHe makes it fun and lighthearted, which makes it more appealing to the students who may be considering industrial engineering or operations research as a career choice.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EVan Hentenryck thoroughly enjoyed his time working on the camp. \u201cIt is an opportunity to go back in time and rediscover the awe I felt when I realized how to use computing for solving complex engineering problems,\u201d he reflected. \u201cI try to give them the confidence to dive into the field and build solutions.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAt the conclusion of the camp, several students told Van Hentenryck that they wanted to become engineers and asked to keep in touch. A few even asked him to serve as a mentor for high school research projects in the coming year.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo further their mission of increased awareness of data science and operations research among as many high school students as possible, Van Hentenryck and Bonder hope to eventually create a free online version of the course that will be open to anyone interested in learning more about this growing field.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESeth Bonder (1932-2011) was the founder and CEO of Vector Research, an operations research consulting firm. He served as faculty, and then adjunct faculty, in the industrial engineering department at the University of Michigan and as the 27th president of the Operations Research Society of America. Bonder won numerous awards throughout his career and was an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering. 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