Precision Technologies: Intergrating Agriculture and Geo-Sciences

该项目将回应农业和绿色行业对更多精准技术人员的需求。美国各地的种植者使用精密技术来提高作物产量，降低生产成本，并将对环境的负面影响降至最低。精密技术不仅被用于生产农业，而且被包括有机农业、苗圃和运动场草坪管理在内的大量农业和绿色产业所使用。随着技术的使用越来越多，需要更多的技术人员来安装、维修和维护新的技术装备。通过精准农业计划，克拉克州立社区学院将与精准农业行业和教育机构的领导者合作，增加攻读精准农业学位的学生数量，进而支持农民和其他利用这一新兴技术的绿色行业的需求。克拉克州立社区学院将通过与精准农业行业和其他教育机构的领导者合作，将精准农业与地球科学相结合，以(1)通过有针对性的招生来扩大精准农业学生的渠道；(2)通过扩大精准农业学生的职业和转学选择来提高保留率；以及(3)应对快速变化的精准技术应用，并使教师做好准备，以应对行业需求的持续变化。通过这项提议开发的课程和知识将通过NSF ATE国家地球技术中心网站、通过在区域和国家会议上的演讲以及通过面对面的教员交流与其他社区学院和大学分享。

This project will respond to the needs of agricultural and green industries for more precision technicians. Precision technologies are employed by growers across the U.S. to increase crop yield, reduce production costs and minimize negative impacts to the environment. Precision technologies are used not only in production agriculture but by a vast number of agricultural and green industries including organic farming, nurseries and sports turf management. With the increasing use of technology, there is a need for more technicians to install, repair and maintain the new technological equipment. Through the Precision Agriculture Program, Clark State Community College will partner with leaders in the precision agriculture industry and educational institutions to increase the number of students pursuing degrees in precision agriculture and in turn will support the needs of farmers and other green industries utilizing this emerging technology. Clark State Community College will integrate precision agriculture and the geo-sciences by working with leaders in the precision agriculture industry and other educational institutions to (1) grow the pipeline of Precision Agriculture students through targeted recruitment; (2) increase retention by expanding career and transfer options for precision agriculture students and (3) address the rapidly changing applications of precision technologies and prepare faculty to respond to ongoing changes in industry needs. The curriculum and knowledge developed through this proposal will be shared with other community colleges and universities through the NSF ATE National GEOTech Center website; through presentations at regional and national conferences; and through in-person faculty exchanges.