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| Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering |
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Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Contact: Svetlana Olbina, 970-491-7026, Svetlana.olbina@colostate.edu Determine if the use of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in construction and civil engineering education improves student learning and communication skills |
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$19,715 |
| EWB Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo, CA Contact: Torrey Sanseverino, ewbmslswicp@gmsil.com Contribution to an EWB project in Malawi to build a bicycle powered maize mill. See https://www.ewb.calpoly.edu/malawi-1 |
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$5,000 |
| North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND Contact: Enrico Sassi, 701-231-9382, enrico.sassi@ndsu.edu Create online educational resources that support students in developing communication skills that are necessary in academic and professional engineering environments |
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$10,420 |
| Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR Contact: Richard Sapon-White, 541-737-7319, Richard.sapon-white@oregonstate.edu Project to conduct two weeks of training and consultation for implementing an institutional repository and enhancing user services at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria |
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$3,996 |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Contact: Theodora Chaspari, chaspari@tamu.edu Investigation of low-cost in-the-moment bio-signal interventions to promote students' public speaking skills in a virtual learning environment (VLE) MORE: Coupling virtual reality and physiological markers to improve public speaking performance; Speak Up! Studying the Interplay of Individual and Contextual Factors to Physiological-Based Models of Public Speaking Anxiety; Virtual reality could be cure to public speaking fear |
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$25,000 |
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Women in Engineering |
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| Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Contact: Mark Brown, 970-491-5782, Mark.Brown@colostate.edu Analysis of the effectiveness and impact of the Rocky Mountain Scholars Program on female engineering students MORE: Rocky Mountain Scholars Program (RMSP) |
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$23,187 |
| EWB-USA, Denver, CO Contact: Cathy Leslie, 303-772-2723, cathy.leslie@ewb-usa.org Contribution towards teams at Carroll University and University of Utah with greater gender diversity through the University Chapter Program (www.ewb-usa.org) |
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$10,000 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ Contact: Dr. Zhiwei Mao, zmao@fdu.edu Girls Exploring Engineering, a new program aimed at 6th, 7th and 8th grade girls to nurture interest in math, science and engineering MORE: FDU STEM Academy launches Girls Exploring Engineering program; Youtube: FDU Girls Exploring Engineering 2019 |
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$14,650 |
| Florida Polytechnic University, Lakeland, FL Contact: Jhojana Infante, jinfante@floridapoly.edu Improve the THRIVE program, which focuses on female students' professional development, personal enrichment and community engagement. See Encouraging women's success in STEM by example |
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$6,200 |
| Girls Inc. of Holyoke, Holyoke, MA Contact: Suzanne Parker, 413-532-6247, sparker@girlsincholyoke.org Support for "Eureka!: Strong, Smart and Bold Science for Girls" program that provides college exposure, academic skill building and personal support to underserved girls pursuing study in STEM MORE: Eureka! at UMass Amherst; Eureka moment: Girls Inc. participants complete summer STEM program at UMass |
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$10,000 |
| Hope College, Holland, MI Contact: Susan Ipri Brown, 616-395-7924, explore@hope.edu Partnership with student organizations for leadership development of undergraduate women through middle school outreach MORE: EXPLOREHOPE: Hands-on learning for local students |
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$12,000 |
| Rowan University, Mullica Hill, NJ Contact: Stephanie Lezotte, 856-256-4124, lezotte@rowan.edu Analysis of the Engineering Clinic Program, a hands-on project based curriculum, for documenting the experiences and challenges of female undergraduate students and identifying factors influencing their recruitment and retention |
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$15,000 |
| Savannah State University, Savannah, GA Contact: Mir Hayder, 912-358-3282, hayderm@savannahstate.edu Partnership with the local school district to provide effective outreach, recruitment and training to encourage more young women to pursue engineering careers through summer camps and mentoring MORE: Inspiring Middle School Girls into Engineering and Technology Fields |
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$14,993 |
| University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Contact: Brad Terry, 520-621-2993, brad.terry@uafoundation.org Investigation into task assignment bias in the MATE ROV competition, and development of interventions that reduce gender-based disparities in program impact. See MATE Arizona Regional ROV Competition |
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$13,350 |
| University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Contact: Sharareh Kermansachi, 817-272-6704, sharareh.kermanshachi@uta.edu Series of workshops to attract Hispanic girls to leadership and executive positions in civil engineering MORE: Influential Hispanic leaders on campus |
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$22,500 |
| Women's Foundation of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR Contact: Anna Beth Gorman, 501-244-9740, abgorman@womensfoundationarkansas.org Support for Girls of Promise (GOP) which seeks to encourage interest and improve STEM skills for girls in Arkansas. See Girls of Promise website |
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$10,000 |
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