Minority Engineering Project for Development of a Resource Management Support System

在美国，少数族裔在科学和工程领域的代表性严重不足。为了吸引和留住有能力的少数族裔学生，需要开发激励和鼓励他们走向科学和工程的项目。这个项目的目的是让学生在专业人员的指导下参与纳瓦霍农产品行业的实践研究活动。该项目有以下明确的目标：提高对解决问题、信息处理和与水、土地、灌溉农业系统的人力资源和环境保护。培训和鼓励美洲原住民、西班牙裔和其他少数族裔学生以及妇女在开发和应用技术以改善资源管理方面完成研究生工作并从事工程和农业经济职业。实施包括本科生、研究生、教员和外部公司(NAPI)在内的团队合作学习环境。合作机构和组织，除了科罗拉多州立大学外，还有纳瓦霍农产品产业、路易斯堡学院和科罗拉多南部大学。

Minorities are significantly underrepresented in science and engineering fields in the United States. To attract and retain capable minority students requires the development of programs which motivate and encourage them toward science and engineering. This project is designed to involve students in hands-on research activities in the NAPI (Navajo Agricultural Product Industry) under the guidance of professionals. The project has the following distinctive objectives: Increasing the understanding and effectiveness of problem-solving, information processing and decision-making analysis related to water, land, human resources and environmental protection for irrigated agricultural systems. Training and encouraging Native American, Hispanic and other minority students, as well as women, to complete graduate work and pursue engineering and agricultural economic careers in the development and application of technology to improve resource management. Implementing a teamwork learning environment that includes undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, and an outside corporation (NAPI). Collaborating institutions and organizations, in addition to Colorado State University, are the Navajo Agricultural Product Industry, Fort Lewis College College, and the University of Souther Colorado.