SSC: "Engineering and Science Summer Program

SSC：“工程与科学暑期项目

• 批准号: 9550697
• 负责人: Edward Pierson
• 金额: $ 6.19万
• 依托单位: Purdue University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-09-01 至 1996-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9550697&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SSC; Engineering; Science; Summer; Program

The Calumet region (East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, and neighboring parts of Northwest Indiana and Illinois) has a very large minority student population with a low rate of enrollment in post-secondary education. The objective of this program is to demonstrate to these students that there are excellent job opportunities in engineering and science where graduates can earn a good living while doing work they enjoy with interesting people. The focus is on a five-week summer program for students entering grades 8 or 9, with follow-up activities for succeeding summers. The program is a cooperative activity of Purdue University Calument with the Gary and East Chicago school systems; it is administered by Purdue Calument and guided by a steering committee made up of representatives from Purdue Calument, Gary, East Chicago, and the Companies supporting the program. The key feature is the structure which ties science, math, and applications together; thus topics are chosen so that the participants see the importance of math as a basic tool, and its application to engineering and science. The mornings are primarily lecture/discussion/demonstration; the afternoons are hands-on (laboratory and computer usage) sessions or industrial tours. A topic that demonstrates the format is DC electric circuits (science and hands-on lab),along with simultaneous linear equations (math) PSpice (computer program to simulate electric circuits), and Northern Indiana Public Service Company (plant visit to observe and meet engineers for an electric utility distribution system). ***

卡卢梅特地区(东芝加哥、加里、哈蒙德，以及印第安纳州西北部和伊利诺伊州的邻近地区)有非常多的少数民族学生，高等教育入学率很低。这个项目的目标是向这些学生展示，在工程和科学领域有很好的工作机会，毕业生可以在与有趣的人一起做他们喜欢的工作的同时，赚取良好的生活。重点是为进入8年级或9年级的学生提供一个为期五周的暑期项目，并在随后的暑期开展后续活动。该计划是普渡大学Calument与加里和东芝加哥学校系统的合作活动；它由普渡大学管理，并由一个由普渡大学、加里、东芝加哥和支持该计划的公司的代表组成的指导委员会指导。关键特征是将科学、数学和应用程序联系在一起的结构；因此，选择主题是为了让参与者看到数学作为基本工具的重要性，以及它在工程和科学中的应用。上午主要是讲座/讨论/演示；下午是动手(实验室和计算机使用)会议或工业参观。演示该格式的主题是DC电路(科学和动手实验室)，以及联立线性方程(数学)PSPICE(模拟电路的计算机程序)，以及北印第安纳州公共服务公司(参观工厂，观察和会见电力公司配电系统的工程师)。***