In July, the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Summer Program offered high school students hands-on experience with UAS equipment and software. Students who completed the UAS summer program received college credit for an Introduction to Engineering course if the student later enrolled at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi.
One of eight Hispanic-Serving Institutions in Texas in a U.S. News Report ranking, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s engineering program has been rated one of the best. “It was a pleasant surprise,” Dr. David Bridges said in a university statement. Bridges, who is chair of the Department of Engineering Chair at TAMU-Corpus Christi, added that “it was nice to see” the “good reputation within that group of universities with similar engineering programs.”
One senior in mechanical engineering said his decision to attend TAMU-Corpus Christi was motivated by financial aid offers he received as well as the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence, a Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems test site.
The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation conducts test demonstrations for projects like the NASA Unmanned Traffic Management project, which is the culmination of nearly five years of research by NASA and Lone Star UAS for the purposes of safely integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the National Airspace System.
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