Collaborative - Engineering Technology Pathways: The Food and Foodstuff Supply Chain

“工程技术路径：食品和食品供应链”项目是第一个由社区学院和主要的土地赠与研究型大学提供专注于食品和食品供应链的衔接学位的工程技术项目。常春藤理工大学社区学院和普渡大学理工学院认识到，食品和食品供应链由利用饲料和替代能源生产等增值市场中的原料作物的行业组成。供应链的多样性是维持大宗商品和加工行业可持续性的关键特征。通过这个项目，高中毕业生有机会通过获得工程技术(A.S.E.T.)理科副学士学位来开始他们在该领域的教育。然后无缝地将学分转移到普渡大学，以获得工程技术(B.S.E.T.)理科学士学位。在全州普渡理工学院。这种创新的教育途径正在培养一支技术劳动力队伍，以应对食品和食品行业生产者和制造商面临的挑战，该行业的需求不断扩大，但基本上没有得到满足。通过这种合作方式，常春藤理工大学和普渡大学的学生可以从与网络兼容的课程中受益，该课程涵盖了食品和食品行业的跨学科性质，涵盖了技术创新、机械工程技术、电气工程技术、食品研究和通信等领域。

"The Engineering Technology Pathways: Food and Foodstuff Supply Chain" project is the first Engineering Technology program in which a community college and major land grant research university offer articulated degrees with a concentration in the food and foodstuff supply chain. Ivy Tech Community College and Purdue University College of Technology recognize that the food and foodstuff supply chain consists of industries that utilize raw material crops in value-added markets such as feed and alternative energy production. The variety of the supply chain is a crucial characteristic to maintaining sustainability in commodities and processing industries. With this project, high school graduates have the opportunity to begin their education in this field by earning an Associate of Science degree in Engineering Technology (A.S.E.T.) at Ivy Tech Community College and then seamlessly transfer credits to Purdue University in order to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Technology (B.S.E.T.) at Purdue's College of Technology Statewide. This innovative educational pathway is preparing a technical workforce to address the challenges facing both producers and manufacturers in the food and foodstuff industry, which has an expanding but largely unfilled need. Through this collaborative approach, Ivy Tech and Purdue students benefit from a Web-compatible curriculum that encompasses the trans-disciplinary nature of the food and foodstuff industry, incorporating fields such as technological innovation, mechanical engineering technology, electrical engineering technology, food studies, and communication.