![]() Powell and White provided DIY kits that the scouts used to build radio transmitters, which the scouts paired with commercial relays to practice communicating in Morse code. Through a simple exhibit of microwave reflectors, scouts learned how a solar collector absorbs and converts the sun’s microwaves into thermal energy. “We helped a diverse population of motivated young people use their abilities to visualize and conceptualize the electromagnetic spectrum,” Powell said. ![]() Volunteers partnered with the jamboree’s international support team to conduct outreach and technology demonstrations as part of the Living in the 21st Century program of STEM-themed activities focused on inclusiveness and sustainability. In addition to Powell, alumnus Dudley White and professors Steve Wilson and Keith Williams also supported the event. UVA’s Gamma Pi chapter of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers’ Electrical and Computer Engineering honor society, IEEE-HKN, championed the event, under the leadership of professor Harry Powell. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Science and technology played a key role in the World Scout Jamboree’s cultural exchange, fostered by faculty and alumni of the Charles L. Engineering Technologies for a Sustainable and Connected WorldĪlumni, faculty, and students foster cultural exchange at World Scout Jamboree By Karen Walker more than 40,000 scouts from more than 150 countries gathered in West Virginia this summer, the University of Virginia School of Engineering joined their adventure.
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