{"id":19572,"date":"2024-06-13T10:08:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/?p=19572"},"modified":"2024-06-13T10:08:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:08:45","slug":"doctoral-students-make-energy-fun-for-kids-at-salam-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/doctoral-students-make-energy-fun-for-kids-at-salam-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral students make energy fun for kids at Salam School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eight doctoral students from mechanical engineering \u2013 all members of the Association of Energy Engineers at 51ÁÔÆæ \u2013 took their love of engineering to a group of fifth- and sixth-graders at Salam School in Milwaukee last month. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe objective was to introduce the fundamentals of energy and raise awareness about environmental effects of fossil fuels versus renewable energy,\u201d said Mohamed Maache, a researcher at the Industrial\u00a0Assessment\u00a0Center led by Professor Ryo Amano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>51ÁÔÆæ students participating included Kada Kada, Saif Al Hamad, Ahmad Abdel-Hadi, Areej Khalil, Mohamed Maache, Cheikh Kada, Hamza Alnawafah, and Asma Khasawneh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get a glimpse of the event in this photo slideshow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-slider uwm-p-slider--dots-outside\"><div class=\"uwm-p-slider--base\"><figure class=\"uwm-c-img--caption-gray\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2024\/06\/Salam.school.Hamza_.jpg\" alt=\"Man working with a group of children at school.\" title=\"Man working with a group of children at school.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption>Students embarked on a mission to locate energy-consuming objects around them. With sticky notes, they tagged items they believed required energy to function such as computers, phones, and lights. Hamza Khalef Alnawafah (center) worked with one group.<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"uwm-c-img--caption-gray\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2024\/06\/Salam.school.teams_.jpg\" alt=\"elementary school students in a classroom\" title=\"elementary school students in a classroom\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption>The elementary school students split into teams to compete in a variety of activities, including using kits of miniature components to learn about electrical circuits. <\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class=\"uwm-c-img--caption-gray\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/engineering\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/537\/2024\/06\/Salam.school.boys_.balloon.jpg\" alt=\"three kids working on a project together\" title=\"three kids working on a project together\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption>The kids also made models of cars from cardboard, straws and water bottles. 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