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Bishop McNamara students present their winning proposal for design during the ACE Mentor Scholarship Awards 2012

The ACE Mentor Program provides early career exposure, mentoring, and scholarships to Bishop McNamara High School students in an attempt to encourage them to enter one of the three fields that make up the ACE acronym: (1) architecture; (2) construction; and (3) engineering. Founded in 1993 by longtime engineering consultant Charles Thornton, the program is increasingly being seen as one potentially effective model for reaching the goal of getting more youths into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, or stem-related, careers. The ACE program operates as an after-school activity. Members of the program meet twice a week for classes led by teachers and industry professionals who volunteer their time. Guest speakers and site tours are regular features of the class. The capstone of the experience comes in spring when students from chapters nationwide present proposals to design or redesign various structures at the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in Washington. 

ACE Mentoring Program Moderator: Mr. Victor Shin

 

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Submitted by Janice.Cuellar on Sun, 2013-02-10 13:29

Dr. David Van Wie '76 returned to our campus after 37 years since he graduated from Bishop McNamara High School. Dr. Van Wie is the Chief Technologist of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory and holds a research faculty position in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at JHU. In addition, he lectures in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland (see complete biography below).