UTDesign’s New Program to Stir Children’s Interest in STEM Fields

UT Dallas computer science and engineering students are helping launch a program designed to fire up interest in the STEM fields among area K-12 students.

STEMfire aims to nurture a pipeline of young students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields and prepares them for college and careers at technology corporations.

Pictured above, Patrick McCrane (center, left), director of tax development at Intuit, and Dr. Rod Wetterskog, assistant dean for the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science, look over the shoulders of UTDesign students Vincent Thieu and Jerry Benavides.

Source: UT Dallas News Center