-This paper describes examples of a new range of activities intended to enhance the exposure of senior high-school students to engineering, technology, applied science and science. The activities are termed Teachers-in-Service Program (TISP), and have been proposed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Shortly after IEEE Canada brought TISP to this country, IEEE Winnipeg Section brought it to Manitoba. Our TISP activities to date have been very extensive and comprehensive [1].The mission of TISP is to foster interest in engineering, science and mathematics among students from grades 7 through 12 by providing teachers with tools and training (e.g., [2]) that can be used to give students interesting experience with science and engineering topics in the classroom. TISP provides a forum for IEEE volunteers to demonstrate the application of engineering, science and mathematics concepts by sharing their real-world experiences with local preuniversity educators. IEEE offers training workshops for its volunteers on how to provide the in-service program to local teachers. In Manitoba, we have expanded the TISP activities to include not only teachers, but also parents and students themselves. Our TISP activities are segmented into three classes: Tier1 that dedicated to students mostly (e.g., focused presentations, demonstrations and tours that reached over 1350 students in the previous year), Tier2 involving teachers mostly (e.g., workshops [3]), and Tier3 engaging students, teachers and parents (e.g., Space Camp [4], Near-Space Experiments, and communications with satellites through the University of Manitoba ground station [5]).

The Engineering Profession is seen as a holistic discipline affecting many areas of everyday life. Even though practicing professionals would not dispute the statement, it is often hard to convey the idea to preuniversity students, as it appears overwhelming and presumptuous. Examples comprising of many different subjects such as bridges, airplanes, and computers, are used to reduce the anxiety. But, these examples are part of everyday life and thus fail to inspire a new generation ofengineers. To overcome this problem, the University of Manitoba Space Applications and Technology Society is using a student-designed nano-satellite, T-Sat, as a means to promote the profession and motivate a new generation by making space accessible to undergraduate and graduate students. This paper describes the outreach presentations and hands-on workshops organized through a satellite design competition that have reached more than 3,000 pre-university students, university students, and industry professionals between January 2011 and May 2012.

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