SGER: TCU Pre-Engineerng Demonstration

奥格拉拉·拉科塔学院的探索性研究小额赠款将支持“队列模型”的初步工作，为南达科他州松树岭印第安保留区部落控制的学院的工程预科学生提供共同的经验。学生们将一起学习一系列课程，包括数学、化学和物理入门。最重要的是，学生们还将在基于应用的工程研究项目上合作，这些项目将向学生介绍工程领域，并展示工程对社区需求的应用和相关性。随着学生的进步，他们也将接触到主流大学，并计划过渡到那里的四年制工程课程。已经成功转入四年制工程学院的印第安学生将为他们提供建议和指导。来自四年制大学的教师也将作为学生的导师，这样他们就可以在学生进入四年制大学之前更好地了解学生及其背景。

This Small Grant for Exploratory Research to Oglala Lakota College will support preliminary work on a "cohort model" to provide a common experience for pre-engineering students at the tribally controlled college in South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. The students will move through a series of courses together, including introductory mathematics, chemistry and physics. Most importantly, the students will also work together on application based engineering research projects that will introduce the students to the field of engineering and demonstrate the application and relevancy of engineering to the needs of their community. As the students progress they also will be exposed to the mainstream university and plan their transition to the four year engineering program there. Native American students who have already successfully transferred to the four year engineering school will advise and guide them. Faculty from the four year institution will also serve as mentors to the students so they learn more about the students and their background well before the students enroll in the four year institution.