SSC: "Engineering and Science Summer Program

Calumet地区（芝加哥东部、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）拥有非常多的少数民族学生，高等教育的入学率很低。这个项目的目的是向这些学生证明，在工程和科学领域有很好的工作机会，毕业生可以在和有趣的人一起做他们喜欢的工作的同时获得良好的生活。重点是为进入八年级或九年级的学生提供为期五周的暑期课程，并在随后的夏季开展后续活动。该项目是普渡大学calum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。其关键特征是将科学、数学和应用联系在一起的结构；因此，主题的选择使参与者看到数学作为一种基本工具的重要性，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）课程或工业参观。演示该格式的一个主题是直流电路（科学和动手实验），以及联立线性方程（数学）PSpice（模拟电路的计算机程序）和北印第安纳公共服务公司（访问工厂以观察和会见电力公用事业分配系统的工程师）。＊＊＊

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). ***