Benefits of RCN CE3SAR Partnerships

Cynthia Lyle, Senior Research Development Officer Texas A&M University-Corpus ChristiDivision of Research Commercialization and Outreach

Fourth Annual RCN-CE3SAR Steering Committee MeetingDecember 11, 2015

6 South Texas HSIs involved in NSF RCN CE3SARTAMUCC, TAMUK, TAMIU, UT-RGV, TSU, TAMU-SA

RCN CE3SAR Partnership Benefits

• Promote regional social and economic development

• Enable innovative research to increase human research capital and science-enhancing infrastructure in South Texas

• Promote greater diversity among workforce with advanced degrees

RCN Partnership HSI Benefits Programs impact large number of

underrepresented students among RCN partners2014

TAMUCC PIR

TAMUK OIR

UT Pan Am OIR Total

Total Students 11234 8728 21015 40977% Hispanic 0.447 0.57 0.89 0.636

Total Hispanic 5022 4975 18703 28700Total Undergraduates 9375 6302 18200 33877

% Hispanic 0.476 0.704 0.908Total Hispanic UG 4463 4437 16526 25425

Total Graduate/Doctoral students 1859 2426 2451 6736% Hispanic 0.301 0.22 0.772

Total Hispanic Grad 560 534 1892 2985Science and Engineering 2921 2808 2105 7834

% Hispanic 0.49 0.298Total Hispanic S&E 1431 837 0 2268

S&E Undergraduates 2619 1271 1091 4981% Hispanic 0.444 0.626

Total Hispanic S&E UG 2619 1272 1091 4982S&E Graduate/Doctoral students 302 1537 214 2053

% Hispanic 0.106 0.27Total Hispanic S&E Grad 32 415 0 447

TAMUCC Student Statistics

Texas 19 southernmost

countiesHispanic Students Total students

Hispanic Students %

Aransas 39 148 26.4%

Bee 40 59 67.8%

Brooks 8 8 100.0%

Cameron 208 240 86.7%

Duval 37 41 90.2%

Hidalgo 269 293 91.8%

Jim Hogg 12 12 100.0%

Jim Wells 119 171 69.6%

Kenedy 0 0 0.0%

Kleberg 34 52 65.4%

Live Oak 10 25 40.0%

McMullen 1 2 50.0%

Nueces 2213 3802 58.2%

Refugio 8 27 29.6%

San Patricio 269 542 49.6%

Starr 22 22 100.0%

Webb 55 58 94.8%

Willacy 25 26 96.2%

Zapata 6 6 100.0%

Total 3375 5534 61.0%

Total number of Fall 2015 students 10747

Students from the 19 counties 5534

% Students from the 19 counties 51.5%

RCN Partnership Academia Example Specialty program inter-institutional courses and

internships to provide students a broader knowledge base

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RCN Partnership Research Example Development of

multidisciplinary and inter-institutional research programs to build UAS technologies for agriculture applications

ScienceTAMUK/UT-RGV

Agriculture Expertise

EngineeringTAMUCC/LSUASC

UAS Expertise

DataUT-RGV/TAMUK/TAMUCC

GIS Expertise

Sensors required to collect data

Data collection

techniquesUAV/sensor integration

Solution

Questions?

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