About the contributors Paul Boyer joins 33 other authors to tell the story of the Pre-Engineering Education Collaborative (PEEC) experiment in four states: Hawai‘i, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin involving 17 colleges and universities. With the goal of bringing engineering education to Native Americans and Native Hawaiians, the seven-year ongoing NSF-funded project included fve Native Hawaiian-serving community colleges and six tribal colleges, each partnering with at least one of six mainstream State universities. A thirty-four person PEEC Book Advisory Council, including members from 16 of the 17 PEEC institutions, provided guidance for authors with PEEC experience who write about their successes, challenges, best practices, recommendations, and hopes for the future. The authors share experiences for the benefit of practitioners of PEEC, for those who provided funding, and for would-be practitioners who may be interested in bringing engineering education to Native Hawaiians, Native Americans, under- represented groups, and students everywhere. It is our hope that readers gain insights that help foster the intent of the unique PEEC program long into the future. Photo: North Dakota PEEC summer camp opening ceremonies at NDSU. At left, G. Padmanabhan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NDSU; with Robert Pieri (wearing a star quilt), Professor of Mechanical Engineering, NDSU. Pieri serves as NDSU PI for the ND PEEC, and Padmanabhan as the Co-PI. (Photo credit: Lane Azure) PEEC INSTITUTIONS: Hawai‘i Kapi‘olani Community College Honolulu Community College Leeward Community College Maui College Windward Community College University of Hawai‘i System University of Hawai‘i at Manoa North Dakota Cankdeska Cikana Community College Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College *Sitting Bull Community College Turtle Mountain Community College North Dakota State University South Dakota Oglala Lakota College South Dakota State University South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Wisconsin College of Menominee Nation University of Wisconsin – Madison University of Wisconsin - Platteville *All institutions have PEEC Book Advisory Council members and/or authors with the exception of Sitting Bull Community College. The PEEC Experiment: Natve Hawaiian and Natve American Engineering Educaton Suzete R. Burckhard and Joanita M. Kant, Eds. The PEEC Experiment Burckhard and Kant, Eds.