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Greetings from the Houston PREP Director and Coordinator 

It is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the Houston Pre-freshman Engineering Program (PREP), a summer enrichment program for middle and high school students hosted by the Center for Computational Science and Advanced Distributed Simulation (CCSDS) at the University of Houston-Downtown. Houston PREP began in Summer of 1989, so we are very excited to celebrate our eighteenth year of operation in 2006.

One of the goals of the CCSDS is to to serve as a focal point for activities that help produce a pipeline of better qualified students entering college in the areas of mathematics, science, and engineering. Houston PREP, as well as its academic year counterpart, the Computer Science Academy, strives towards fulfilling this goal. In addition, Houston PREP is designed to encourage students in economically and socially disadvantaged population groups into careers in these fields. Moving forward without such efforts, our nation risks losing its leadership role in the high technology society we have worked hard to develop.

Programs such as Houston PREP are making a difference in producing exceptional students who will go on to become leaders in engineering, mathematics, and science. The people and organizations that support it are the backbone of this development.  We extend our sincerest thanks to all that are involved, and strive to continue our efforts in educating and encouraging young minds.