What’s more fun than spending a few days of your summer at Summit Engineering, Inc.?  The 9^th grade students from the Mike Hauser Academy (MHA) got to interact with engineers Cristina, Nick, Zach & Kevin to increase their interest in pursuing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) related careers.  The students, led by Instructor Jesse Hauch, split into teams and played with marbles, nuts, and algebra to predict velocity and buoyancy for each of their projects.  

At the end of the lesson, the students interviewed the engineers about their jobs and education.  “I liked how we got to meet people who worked in careers that I didn’t even know existed.  This program was very fun, and helped prepare me for algebra next year.” -2015 Academy Student

This amazing MHA program through the Santa Rosa Metro Chamber  is in partnership with local companies and was created through the vision of the late Mike Hauser, President of the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce.  From this vision, an incredible partnership was formed between the Chamber, local educators and businesses to launch the first Mike Hauser Algebra Academy in the summer of 2008.

According to the 2016 MHA survey results, 95% of participants reported that the Academy increased their interest in a STEM career - We are looking forward to next year’s group of future leaders!

Summit is proud to be a sponsor for Engineers Without Borders this year. The organization is making a difference in other parts of the world by providing clean drinking water and other infrastructure improvements that we take for granted every day. We are supporting their efforts by donating $10,000 to the Sonoma County Chapter, where our very own Steve is serving as the President of the chapter this year.