Pima Community College Planning Grant for Autonomous Intelligent Network of Systems (AINS) Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education Center
Abstract
The Pima Community College (PCC) planning grant was funded to support the nonprofit Technology Development Research Institute's (TDRI) Autonomous Intelligent Network of Systems (AINS) Science, Mathematics and Engineering Education Center to be located in the Tohono O'Odham Nation's San Xavier Business Park. The Center was to be funded by the Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research (ONR). The TDRI AINS Center's objectives were to advance ONR's technologies and to improve exposure and participation in science, math, and engineering (SME) education by underrepresented minorities with a focus on Native American high school and college-age students. The Center also was to provide faculty from PCC and the Tohono O'Odham Community College exposure to and participation in the TDRI Center's new technologies. This project provided activities for over 1100 students to enhance the minority, particularly Native American, high school and college-age students' interest in pursuing science, mathematics, and engineering associate, bachelor, and advanced degrees through outreach and recruitment activities, scholarships for summer academies and learning academies, support services such as tutoring, and student externships with the University of Southern California's Biomimetric MicroElectronic Systems Engineering Research Center. This project also provided high school and community college faculty exposure to new technologies, particularly in unmanned vehicles, by participating in the National ONR Autonomous Intelligent Network of Systems Conference held in Tucson, Arizona, August 2003.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 10, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA444196