AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
April 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/
-- On Thursday, April
25th, BorgWarner is hosting approximately 150
children of employees at its Propulsion Technical Center in
Auburn Hills, Michigan, as part of
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. This event gives kids the
opportunity to not only job shadow their parent in the workplace,
including both office and laboratory settings, but also to
participate in interactive Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math (STEM) activities.
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"The annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day is one of
our favorite days of the year here at our Propulsion Technical
Center. It is inspiring to see the kids get excited about the
automotive industry and the pride they have to come to work with
their parent," said Frederic Lissalde, President and CEO,
BorgWarner Inc. "Through job shadowing their parents and
participating in interactive and realistic hands-on activities, it
is our hope that the kids will get a real-world understanding of
the work that BorgWarner does as a company and that it will fuel a
passion for the automotive industry."
As part of BorgWarner's initiative to promote awareness of
STEM-related career paths to future generations, the activities at
this year's Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day are focused on
STEM, are interactive and a true depiction of BorgWarner as a
company. The day's agenda of interactive activities include:
- Removing oil from water to show the effect that oil spills can
have on our environment
- Constructing an obstacle course track and then using it to race
cars built from recycled materials
- A friction demonstration in our tribology lab, with the
students using wooden blocks as "cars" and different materials on a
ramp
- Creating an advertisement for a BorgWarner technology
- A LEGO® car build
About BorgWarner
BorgWarner Inc. (NYSE: BWA) is a
global product leader in clean and efficient technology solutions
for combustion, hybrid and electric vehicles. With manufacturing
and technical facilities in 68 locations in 19 countries, the
company employs approximately 30,000 worldwide. For more
information, please visit borgwarner.com.
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