Junior Membership
for students 8-17 years old

Junior Membership in The Engineering Society of Detroit is free. If you are interested in becoming a Junior Member of ESD please download and complete this form, with parent or guardian signature, and return to ESD. ESD Junior Members aspire to explore science, technology, engineering and mathematics as possible future career pathways.

Being a junior member gives aspiring engineers and scientists the opportunity to explore career paths and learn more about various related careers. Junior members also enjoy:

SciEngiMathePloration

The name might sound weird at first. Yet, at closer inspection, you’ll see that SciEngiMathePloration means simply: Science, Engineering, Math Exploration.

ESD’s new award-winning cable television show is designed to introduce kids to the world of math, science and engineering in a fun and creative way. Since its inception about a year ago, the show has covered such interesting topics as Architectural Engineering, Robotics, Forensic Science, Human Science, Recycling, and more.

The show is co-hosted by ESD Member Gary Mach and Shirisha Thota of Power Middle School in Farmington Hills. Take a minute and check out the first episode of the show by visiting:

The show is currently airing in the following communities in Michigan and various other states:

Please check your local listing for broadcast dates and times. For more information about SciEngiMathePloration, call Leslie Smith at 248-353-0735, ext, 4152

Poster Contest:

In Celebration of National Transportation Week (NTW), May 11-17, 2008, students will have the opportunity to learn about the importance of transportation by participating in the NTW National Poster Contest. 

The contest was designed to encourage students to think about the influence of transportation on their lives.  Its aim is to educate and inspire kids – the future movers and shakers of the transportation industry.  The contest is open to all 5th grade students nationwide.  The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) is the National Administrator of the NTW Poster Contest.  To participate in the program or for more information contact Sue Ruffner at 248-353-0735, ext. 4117.

See last year's posters

 Technology Century Kids Issue

ESD’s complete guide to summer math, science and engineering camps and programs in Michigan: See the Kid's issue of Technology Century.

Robofest 2008:

Robofest is an annual autonomous robotics competition focusing on learning STEM (Science, Engineering, Technology and Math) for students in grades 5-12. It is sponsored by Lawrence Technological University.

Robofest challenges teams to design, build, and program robots to compete in the following categories in Junior and Senior age divisions:

• Game Competition - A team of students competes to accomplish robotics missions emulating real world environments through the cooperation of two autonomous robots.
• Exhibition - Since a game competition with fixed rules may limit students' creativity, Robofest offers a stage for exhibitions to show off their creations. Each team has complete freedom to show off any autonomous robotics project they have created.
• Robot Sumo
• RoboFashion Show
• Pentathlon and
• Vision Based Robot Mini Urban Challenge – This is also for College teams

Started at Lawrence Tech in 2000, Robofest has grown multiple venues in the United States and several other countries. For more information about the competition, visit www.robofest.net

ESD Michigan Regional Future City Competition

Find out more here.