The North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies provides facilities for applied research in engineering related fields and serves as a conduit to baccalaureate education delivered by the University of North Carolina system schools.
Conceived as a community supported higher education effort in technical and engineering disciplines, this Center was established through a collaboration of business, government and higher education organized as the Future Forward Economic Alliance. The Center may collaborate with other schools in bringing the best programs to the region to meet the employment needs.
The 2025 Summer Innovation Camps will be hosted at the NC Center for Engineering Technologies in Hickory, NC.
This summer we will host three amazing Innovation Camps. Each camp is held during two unique sessions/weeks and each session has different projects and activities.
Registration for the 2025 Innovation Camps is now available!
Engineering Pioneers // Rising 1st - 3rd Grade
Session 1 | June 16th - June 20th | |
Session 2 | July 7th - July 11th |
Future Engineers // Rising 4th - 6th Grade
Session 1 | June 16th - June 20th | |
Session 2 | July 7th - July 11th |
Robotics // Rising 4th - 6th Grade
Session 1 | June 23rd - June 27th | |
Session 2 | July 14th - July 18th |
About the Innovation Camps...
Started in 2010, the Innovation Camps (formerly Future Engineers Camps) are a program of the North Carolina Center for Engineering Technologies (NCCET) and Appalachian State University. The camp curriculum is supported by North Carolina State University and is led by teachers from multiple school districts from across the Greater Hickory Metro Area.
The primary areas of focus for the camps are to 1) introduce engineering concepts and activities to students in elementary, middle and high school in an effort to encourage future training and educational opportunities in related fields and 2) to provide local teachers with activities and programs that they can incorporate in their classrooms to engage their students in engineering and other STEM related concepts and activities.
For more information on the Innovation Camps, contact Camp Manager Gina Houston at 828-827-6187 or nccetcamp@appstate.edu.
Innovation Camps 2025 Flyer
