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Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Diversity and the Office of Undergraduate Research . Participants will acquire unique skills , build professional networks , and gain cross-cultural experiences .
In further educational outreach , Shahab will team up with educators from the Science Museum of Western Virginia and Virginia Tech ’ s Science Festival with up to 6,000 participants , including K-12 students , to create age-appropriate , educational , hands-on activities about acoustic holograms . The project aims to increase science , technology , engineering , and mathematics career awareness through two-way interactions between young learners and real scientists . Shahab also will work with the Center for Educational Networks and Impacts to design and implement a comprehensive evaluation to assess the broader impacts of this project .