Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025
You are invited to join us for our Student Mentor Program Competition. You are welcome to stop by anytime during the day (8:30 am to 2:00 pm) and watch our students present their projects or come watch the award ceremony/reception (starts at 6:30 pm). The competition is held at the Scott Conference Center. For more information, please contact Nicole Hunter at (402) 290-6681 or samesmp@gmail.com.
SMP OVERVIEW: The Society of American Military Engineers’ Student Mentoring Program (SMP) is designed to stimulate secondary school students’ interest and excitement in engineering, architecture, and related sciences. SMP is a critical thinking program that challenges students to solve real-world problems in the community. The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) provide teachers and students in this program with mentors from engineering/architectural fields, guidelines, workshops, and an authentic audience for the demonstration of student solutions. STEM skills (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Teamwork, sustainable design, presentation skills, use of graphic materials, model development, cost estimating, and creative, persuasive, and technical writing are all promoted in the SMP experience.