Graduate Engineering Initiative: A Partnership Between NSF, Cornell University, Arecibo Observatory, and Universities in Puerto Rico

康奈尔大学将与波多黎各岛上的主要工程机构(最初将包括波多黎各科学与工程资源中心、波多黎各大学马亚圭兹分校和理工学院大学)建立合作伙伴关系，以在本科生涯早期发现明星学生。这些学生将在康奈尔大学校园里住一个暑假，当然，或者在校园里，或者在波多黎各的阿雷西博天文台，在一个研究密集的夏天。在适当的时候，我们将鼓励学生直接申请攻读理工科硕士/博士学位，或者申请康奈尔大学为期一年的理工科硕士学位。程序。有暑期研究经验，并有机会在英语硕士学位上脱颖而出。我们相信，许多后来的学生也将能够继续攻读博士学位。

A partnership will be formed between Cornell University and key engineering institutions on the island of Puerto Rico (initially to include the Puerto Rico Resource Center for Science and Engineering, the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and the Polytechnic University), to identify star students early in their undergraduate careers. These students will be resident on the Cornell campus for one summer of course work and either on campus or at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico for one research-intensive summer. The students will, where appropriate, be encouraged to apply to either the M.S./Ph.D. program directly or to Cornell's one-year M. Eng. Program. With summer research experience and the chance to excel in the M. Eng. Program, we believe many of the later students will also be able to continue to the Ph.D.