Students in Engineering Technology at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have been working on several funded research projects. This paper describes a project that has involved a good number of minority students. The project involves the design and development of a remotely operated vessel (ROV) that performs data logging in shallow water environments. The ROV employs a sophisticated control system that allows both remote control of the platform by a human operator as well as some measure of autonomous operation. The system transmits environmental data wirelessly via a radio to a control station in real-time. The paper will provide details about the project and most recent developments.
This paper describes a number of outreach activities to attract minority students to science and engineering careers. These activities include presentations by guest speakers, tours of a NASA center for K-12 educators, workshops for middle school students, and hands-on demonstrations and experiments. The paper presents details about the activities implemented during the last year. Results are briefly described.
Dr. Green currently serves as the Director of the Division of Science and Technology Programs at the UNCFSP. In this position, she provides expert leadership in areas of effective project and grant management, strategic resource development and capacity building. A former research scientist, she has effectively coordinated numerous workshops on graduate education for underrepresented STEM students. The Maryland native received her B.S. degree in Chemistry from Claflin College (Orangeburg, SC) and her Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from the
Summer workshops to attract local area high school students to science and engineering careers have been conducted at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi for the last three years. These workshops are designed to improve the recruitment of underrepresented students in science, engineering, and technology by introducing them to college life, involve them in hands-on activities, and offering them network opportunities. Our goal is to make the activities of this project an integral part of the recruiting and training efforts and expand them to reach a larger geographical area and a higher number of underrepresented students. This paper will describe the program and present some results.
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