In our demonstration on radar systems, Science on Saturday participants learn how radar measures speed of a moving object.

Outreach

Making an Impact in our Community

As part of our commitment for service to the nation and local communities, Lincoln Laboratory’s volunteer-based educational outreach encourages students to explore science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We strive to foster interest in STEM and help young people gain confidence to tackle technical challenges.

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Photo of MIT students with UAVs they designed and built
STEM Program
  • Undergraduate Students

Beaver Works

Project-based learning lets students explore solutions to real-world problems.
Students in the Beaver Works Summer Institute practice steering their self-programmed robotic racecars, a challenge that included using the robots' sensors, programmed to detect a lane marking.
STEM Program
  • High School (Grades 9–12)

Beaver Works Summer Institute

The Beaver Works Summer Institute is a transformational STEM experience, using project-based, workshop-style programs for rising high school seniors. We also work with public schools and teachers conducting STEM courses for their students.
Our "Wow! That's Engineering!" workshop for girls offers a reverse engineering station where the girls disassemble a variety of electronics to see how the parts of a machine are connected.
STEM Program
  • Middle School (Grades 6–8)

Engineering Workshop

Twice a year, 100 middle school students visit Lincoln Laboratory for the day to explore engineering. They explore the contents of cellphones, cameras, and clocks to learn about the inner workings of various types of electronic devices.
Students learn how to engineer a water filtration system
STEM Program
  • Middle School (Grades 6–8)
  • High School (Grades 9–12)

LL EduCATE

LL EduCATE (Lincoln Laboratory Courses for Accessible, Technical Education) visits schools to introduce students to core engineering skills to see how STEM topics can apply to their own lives. Each course practices a hands-on engineering application.
A Lincoln Laboratory staff member assists high school students during the 2024 LLCipher event
STEM Program
  • High School (Grades 9–12)

LLCipher

LLCipher workshop is a one-week program that introduces high school students to cryptography, an approach to securing data.
A student in the LLRISE program works to solders part of a radar.
STEM Program
  • High School (Rising Senior)

LLRISE

Lincoln Laboratory Radar Introduction for Student Engineers (LLRISE) is a two-week radar workshop for rising high school seniors.
High school teachers listen to lectures and participate in hands-on building activities to construct a small radar system.
Education Resource
  • High School Teachers

LLRISE — Teacher Training

We offer high school physics and science teachers an opportunity to take part in the Laboratory's two-week radar workshop for high school seniors. The goal is to introduce teachers to a hands-on program that they could implement in their classes or as an afterschool program.
Young girls build a closed circuit during a STEM workshop
STEM Program
  • Middle School (Grades 6–8)

Middle School STEM Program

The Middle School STEM Program provides hands-on activities to make electronics and programming accessible to those who are unfamiliar with STEM skills
In the large near-field scanner chamber, the full-scale Multifunction Phased Array Radar prototype undergoes beam pattern testing.
Online STEM Course
  • Undergraduate Students
  • Graduate Students

Online Course - Adaptive Antennas and Phased Arrays

The 16 lectures in this course cover the topics of adaptive antennas and phased arrays. Both theory and experiments are covered in the lectures.
Students in the Autonomous RACECAR Grand Prix course program the software to control the camera, lidar, sensors, and embedded processing for the robot pictured.
Online STEM Course
  • High School (Grades 9–12)
  • High School Teachers

Online Course - Beaver Works Summer Institute

The Beaver Works Summer Institute provides a variety of rigorous online courses for high school seniors interested in engineering and programming, or for teachers conducting an afterschool STEM course.
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