The Pupils' project days are organised every year by the equal opportunities team of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at TU Darmstadt. They offer participants the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the subject of electrical engineering while still at school.

They are busy soldering, tinkering and programming to make robots dance, measure their own pulse, make music with lightning, light up LED lights and send energy through the air. The aim is to do away with common gender stereotypes and get pupils interested in electrical engineering. In this episode, Laura and Luisa accompany the project days and talk to several participants. The various workshops and experiences show how diverse the subject of electrical engineering can be.

In this episode, Luisa and Laura, who took over the framework organisation of these project days in 2024, explain what the schoolgirl project days are all about and talk to several participants of the workshops on site. The various workshops and experiences show how diverse the subject of electrical engineering can be.

Here you can find the paper mentioned in the episode “How to Inspire Girls for STEM Studies Through a Series of Consecutive Multi-Day Hands-On Labs” (unfortunately not open-access).