Pre-engineering Pathway Academy
Bernalillo High School

Indigenous Math and Science Institute
Salish Kootenai College

Department of Advanced Technical Education
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of New Mexico

Department of Computer, Mathematical Sciences, and Engineering
New Mexico Highlands University

The ROPE summer institute will be held in the SIPI IC-MARS Robotics Lab. The IDMARS lab. Facility, at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of New Mexico will also be used for part of activities. ROPE summer program duration will be 10 weeks, June 12 - August 17, 2007. SIPI, NMHU and BHS students will start their one week orientation on June 4, 2007.
The Fourth of July holiday will be observed.

The ROPE summer institute curriculum is comprised of seven components:

1. Exploratory Electronics using MultiSim and NI ELVIS Stations
2. Xilinx FPGA and NI LabView Programming
3. Microcontrollers and Robotics using SIPI RoadRunner 2.0 Mobile Robot Platform
4. College Algebra Tutoring Math and MATLAB Programming
5. Guest Lecturers Series
6. Recreational and Cultural Activities
7. Team Project

1. The students will attend a 3-credit hour course "Exploratory Electronics-ELEC 100" offered during summer.
2. Students will work on weekly assignments in all above mentioned components.
3. Each team of students will be assigned a Team Project in Robotics, Embedded Systems, or Analog-Digital Circuit Design...
4. Each team will submit a bi-weekly progress report.
5. Each team will submit a final report, final PowerPoint presentation and poster.
6. The students will be encouraged to submit a paper or poster presentation to a national student conference such as SACNAS, AIHEC or AISES.
7. Highlights of ROPE summer institute activities will be videoed.

• Bread-boarding, Printed Circuits, and Soldering Techniques
• Mobile Robot Platforms Analysis and Design
• Digital and Analog Electronic Circuits
• Microprocessors and Microcontrollers Programming
• Sensors Technology
• Manufacturing and Mechanical Assembly
• Systems Integration, Testing and Verification

The Project Teams will compete in the following three categories:

1. Best Desktop Publishing, Web Publishing, Technical Reports and Presentations
2. Software Engineering
3. Rover Design and Engineering

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