[Andrew Schreiber]

I'll jump on the bring a robot bandwagon here, face it, who doesn't love playing with big remote control toys? (Yes I know FRC robots aren't toys but the concept is the same) Most engineers I know are pretty fun loving people and would love nothing more than to poke around and figure out how your robot works. These are the type of people you want mentoring, no one likes a grumpy butt as a mentor, they are harder to be inspired by because you don't perceive what they are doing as enjoyable, why go into a field where you have to WORK at your job?

Don't show some powerpoint presentation with a bunch of figures, engineers get that enough. If you want to use powerpoint make sure it has lots of pictures of people being people at FRC competitions (any really spirited person works) Show some pictures of really exciting games, 2004, 2006, and 2008 would be my picks. Lots of text? No!

One thing you may want to mention is that you get to see a product from design through production in the course of 6 weeks. I know some engineers I spoke with would say they design a part and end up seeing it in a car 4 years later.

Just some quick thoughts.