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| Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering |
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| Florida International University, Miami, FL Contact: Lu Zhang, 305-348-7227, luzhang@fiu.edu Advancing engineering undergraduates' professional presentation skills by integrating multi-context communication training activities into lower division engineering courses |
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$24,783 |
| Islamic University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana Contact: Safianu Omar, +233 268 138326, library@iug.edu.gh; www.iug.edu.gh Expansion of previous project to provide logistical support, additional computer resources, acquisition of e-books and online academic databases for the engineering library |
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$18,150 |
| University of New Haven, West Haven, CT Contact: Carol Withers, 203-932-7454, cwithers@newhaven.edu Increase participation in the PITCH (Project to Integrate Technical Communication Habits) program and improve technology-enhanced learning opportunities |
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$24,944 |
| University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Contact: D'Arcy Randall, 512-471-5238, darcyr@austin.utexas.edu Develop and implement a pilot cross-disciplinary training program for University Writing Center consultants to work with engineering laboratory classes |
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$25,000 |
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Women in Engineering |
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| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA Contact: Benjamin Lutz, 805-756-1285, blutz@calpoly.edu Research study to explore the role of gender composition on engineering teams, ideation and creative capacity order to promote engagement and retention of female engineering students |
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$19,606 |
| Citrus College, Glendora, CA Contact: Lucia Riderer, 626-963-0323, lriderer@citruscollege.edu Partnership with local school district to introduce young girls to a variety of engineering topics via hands-on activities, all facilitated by the college's female engineering students |
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$5,800 |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ Contact: Marzi Azar, mazar@fdu.edu, Zhiwei Mao, zmao@fdu.edu Expansion of the Girls Exploring Engineering program, targeting low-income middle school girls and providing engineering lessons and experiments |
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$25,000 |
| Girls Inc. of the Valley, Holyoke, MA Contact: Suzanne Parker, 413-532-6247, sparker@girlsincholyoke.org Strengthening of the Eureka!: Strong, Smart and Bold Science for Girls program with more engineering-specific activities and expanding college readiness focus |
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$10,000 |
| Hope College, Holland, MI Contact: Susan Ipri Brown, 616-395-7924, explore@hope.edu Expansion of the ExploreHope program to add middle school mentoring, leadership development of undergraduate coordinators and outreach events MORE: EXPLOREHOPE: Hands-on learning for local students |
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$11,311 |
| Sultan Idris Education University, Perak, Malaysia Contact: Balamuralithara Balakrishnan, +605-4505947, balab@fskik.upsi.edu.my Inspire and empower impoverished urban girls to be future engineers by using female engineers as mentors and providing activities that relate to engineering problem solving |
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$9,790 |
| Universitat International de Catalunya, Barcelona Spain Contact: Mireia Hoyos, +34 93 504 2000 ext. 5826, mhoyos@uic.es Program to increase retention of women in the bio-engineering program by providing a mentor for every student and other community activities relating to women and science |
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$21,050 |
| University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ Contact: Brad Terry, 520-621-2993, brad.terry@uafoundation.org Follow-up funding: 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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$15,000 |
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