Teaching Materials Science to High School Students at the ASM Eisenman Camp

The hands-on experience provided during an Eisenman Materials Camp for students is a compelling way to excite young people to consider a STEM career. The volunteer-lead curriculum pairs a weeklong failure analysis project with many hands-on heat treating, metal casting, and materials characterization experiments. This article provides background about the Eisenman camp as well as the other student camps organized by the ASM Materials Education Foundation and discusses their benefits and long-term impact.