Some of the presentations are given by government and industry experts as well as educators who are the technological leaders in their schools. The teachers who attend are able to network with others and share what they are doing. They also learn about new programs that they can replicate in their classrooms. There are exhibits from NOAA, NASA, industry and professional associations. Each year three students on average receive undergraduate scholarships or graduate fellowships for research.
Students typically work with a faculty member for a complete academic year on specific projects.
Recently three projects have received some acclaim in the news media. For seven consecutive summers, HS students from the Philadelphia area have participated in a five-week, college level, summer engineering course at Temple University. Typically 30 students participate each summer. After taking the course, several of the students have decided to major in engineering in college. Numerous newsprint articles have been written about the course and ABC, NBC and a local Philadelphia TV News program broadcasted segments on the nightly news.