College of Engineering News

Along with campfire cookware and bronze coins, high school students cast an eye on potential careers in metalworking during Metal Casting: Forge Your Future — a brand-new experience offered through Michigan Technological University's popular Summer Youth Programs. Offered by Michigan Tech's Summer Youth Programs (SYP) for the first time this summer, Metal Casting: Forge Your Future was developed in partnership with The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation's (IACMI's) national Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeship & Learning (METAL) program, and Tech's Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE). The department is home to Michigan Tech's metal foundry — one of the few fully operational metal foundries in the nation found on a college campus. The facility, MSE's departmental expertise, and the University's ability to partner with METAL created the perfect setup for getting pre-college students excited about the science and art of metal casting and forging.