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WLEP: Program Details

Upon completion, students will receive:

1. Description of work completed with evaluation from program director

2. Certificate of completion of two courses per track, from UMI’s Center for Professional Studies (CPS), earning eight Continuing Education Units or CEUs

3. For research/project reports which meet/exceed UMI's standard for this program, students will be
- receiving addition recognition
- recommended to apply for U.S. Copyright for these research/project reports
- publishing their work via the Universal Media Institute Press

Track 1: Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology is coined as the “next big thing!” Governments and businesses are investing billions of dollars in nanotechnology research and development. It refers to the field of applied science and technology which deals with matter on the atomic and molecular scale, with dimensions that lie within 1 to 100 nanometers in range.

Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary field, drawing from and affecting applied physics, materials science, self-replicating machines and robotics, medicine, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biological engineering, electrical engineering, information technology, etc. UMI is prepared to enable high school students to gain the knowledge and experience, with project work, to elevate themselves in the nanotechnology discipline/industry.

This track includes the two following courses from UMI’s Center for Professional Studies (CPS), earning eight Continuing Education Units or CEUs: Fundamentals of Nanoscience & Research Project

Project: Research on how nanotechnology will affect a given discipline (student’s choice)

Deliverable: Research report

Track 2: On-Demand Computing

On-demand computing is amongst the next generation in computing concepts. With its adaptive and self-managing capabilities which allow computing resources to be made available to the user as needed, it is contributing towards the next computing revolution.

On-demand computing products are increasingly becoming prevalent in the industry. HP, IBM, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems are among the more prominent on-demand computing vendors. Most IT professionals are not even aware of this computing trend. UMI is prepared to enable high school students to gain the knowledge and experience, with project work, to elevate themselves in the IT discipline/industry.

This track includes the two following courses from UMI’s Center for Professional Studies (CPS), earning eight Continuing Education Units or CEUs: Autonomic Computing & Introduction to Web Servers

Project: Self-Managing Webserver and Website

Deliverable: Students will engage in research, design/development, testing and documentation for the project described above