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Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering
| 2019 |
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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 |
| 2018 |
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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 |
| 2017 |
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EWB-USA, Denver, CO Contact: Cathy Leslie, 303-772-2723, cathy.leslie@ewb-usa.org Contribution towards teaching teamwork and communications through the University Chapter Program (www.ewb-usa.org) |
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$10,000 |
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Queen's University, Kingston, ON Canada Contact: Dr. Brian Frank, 613-533-6000 x75426, brian.frank@queensu.ca Developing interventions for to support effective written and oral communication skills among engineering students through diagnostic testing, ongoing student assessment and training. MORE: Interventions for Engineering Communication Development |
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$17,020 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Contact: Stephanie Rankin, 585-475-7267, Stephanie.rankin@rit.edu Development of a technical presentation workshop for female engineering students who then went on to do an outreach activity entitled WE Explore |
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$8,500 |
| University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Contact: Carol Tenopir, 865-974-7911, ctenopir@utk.edu A 4-phase study to understand the use of scholarly sources from current practices and changes brought about by technology to the development of educational modules for undergraduate engineering students |
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$24,750 |
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University of Texas, Arlington TX Contact: Mohsen Shahandashti, 817-272-2105, Mohsen@uta.edu Assessing and adding to the benefits of the flipped classroom teaching strategy in enhancing engineering students' technical communication skills |
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$22,900 |
| 2016 |
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Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD Contact: Dr. Raenita Fenner, 410-617-2512, rafenner@loyola.edu Integrating writing into engineering labs by developing curriculum, supporting faculty, and creating a Writing Fellows program |
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$22,687 |
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Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI Contact: Joseph Musto, 414-277-7455, musto@msoe.edu Pilot program to teach design engineering students to communicate with manufacturing personnel using a design/build experience |
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$25,000 |
| 2015 |
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Clemson University, Clemson, SC Contact: Devon Stein, 864-656-7013, dastein@clemson.edu Cross-disciplinary collaboration to develop a course in oral and visual communications for civil engineering students and to assess student outcomes |
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$17,528 |
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Contact: Abbas Rashidi, 865-974-7714, rashidi@utk.edu Innovative professional workshop series to enhance communication skills pertinent to construction engineering students MORE: Faculty News |
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$24,993 |
| 2014 |
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University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Contact: Laurie Mejia, 412-624-7408, lam15@pitt.edu Use of game-based mechanics and activities to engage engineering students in learning about the communication skills they need to know MORE: Assessing the Impact of Game Based Pedagogy on the Development of Communication Skills for Engineers |
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$20,022 |
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University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Contact: Jeffrey Tipton, 803-576-5554, jatipton@mailbox.sc.edu Development of multimedia instructional resources to support pedagogical strategies on disciplinary research and writing processes for engineering students |
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$12,432 |
| 2013 |
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University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Contact: Amir Behzadan, 407-823-2480, amir.behzadan@ucf.edu Research to assess the benefits of mobile augmented reality (AR) in enhancing student communication and teamwork skills MORE: · Content Delivery Using Augmented Reality to Enhance Students' Performance in a Building Design and Assembly Project · Design and Assessment of a Mobile Augmented Reality-Based Information Delivery Tool for Construction and Civil Engineering Curriculum · Technology-enhanced learning in construction education using mobile context-aware augmented reality visual simulation · Assessing the Pedagogical Value of Augmented Reality-based Learning in Construction Engineering |
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$25,000 |
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University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC Contact: Dr. Charles Pierce, 803-777-3855, piercec@cec.sc.edu Integration of disciplinary writing techniques into undergrad engineering research courses MORE: Pedagogical Techniques to Promote Development of Graduate Engineering Students as Disciplinary Writers |
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$16,129 |
| 2012 |
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Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA Contact: B. Smith Burton, 404-385-0746, birgit.burton@dev.gatech.edu Broadening usability of a suite of tools that evaluate professional presentations by engineering students across varying engineering fields MORE: Insights into the Process of Building a Presentation Scoring System for Engineers; Session information |
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$24,731 |
| University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN Contact: Susan Spray, 651-962-6984, srspray@stthomas.edu Design and evaluation of a web-based interactive tool for improving the communication skills of engineers |
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$24,991 |
| 2011 |
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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Contact: William Oakes, 765-494-3892, oakes@purdue.edu Enhance incorporation of ongoing communication skill development within the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) program MORE: Integrating Information into the Engineering Design Process |
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$10,000 |
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University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Contact: Steven Blair, 801-585-6157, blair@ece.utah.edu Web-based dissemination of engineering communications tools and strategies in the context of capstone design courses |
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$15,000 |
| 2010 |
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California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA Contact: Jerry Yu, 657-278-7677, jyu@fullerton.edu Innovative workshop series to integrate the teaching of communications skills into the engineering curriculum |
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$15,150 |
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Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO Contact: Thomas Siller, 970-491-6220, thomas.siller@colostate.edu Develop, implement and test assessment tools to determine students' mastery of the required ABET professional outcomes MORE: Professional Learning Institute |
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$25,000 |
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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Contact: William Oakes, 765-494-3892, oakes@purdue.edu Improving communication skills through the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) program |
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$20,000 |
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2009 |
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GeorgiaTech, Atlanta, GA Contact: Brandi Orbin, 404-894-6894, brandi.orbin@dev.gatech.edu Measurement system to evaluate professional presentations by engineering students MORE: Building a Stakeholder-Based Rubric to Enhance Student Communication Skills |
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$24,820 |
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Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Contact: Laura Stanley, PhD, CPE, 406-994-1399, laura.stanley@ie.montana.edu Integration of an engineering communications toolkit into the engineering curriculum MORE: Engineering Communications TOOLKIT |
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$14,819 |
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2008 |
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Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT Contact: E. Vagos Hadjimichael, Ph.D., 203-254-4147, ehadjimichael@mail.fairfield.edu Redesign of the "Fundamentals of Engineering" course to include training in oral and written communications and expanding skills in analysis and synthesis of information |
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$25,000 |
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Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN Contact: Julia Williams, 812-877-8816, williams@rose-hulman.edu Study of engineering faculty and the impact of ABET standards on the teaching of communication MORE: Elements of effective communication: Results from a research study of engineering faculty Communication Pedagogy in the Engineering Classroom |
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$23,648 |
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Contact: Susan Staffin Metz, 508-577-8965, susan.metz@stevens.edu Improving the ability of engineering students to communicate technical discoveries to non-technical audiences MORE: Improving the Ability of Engineering Students to Communicate |
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$25,000 |
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SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY Contact: Rachid Manseur, 315-312-2692, rmanseur@cs.oswego.edu Embedding communication skills in the curriculum development of a new electrical and computer engineering program |
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$25,000 |
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2007 |
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Iowa State University, Ames, IA Contact: Leslie Potter, 319-269-5835, potter@iastate.edu Integrates professional communication skills into the engineering curriculum MORE: A New Engineering Communications Course Based on a Professional Communications Process |
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$24,950 |
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New York University, New York, NY Contact: Natalie Jeremijenko, 212-998-5110, nat@cat.nyu.edu Enhancements to "HowStuffisMade" a wiki resource enabling student engagement with manufacturing process innovation for engineering and design curricula |
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$25,000 |
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Tufts University, Medford, MA Contact: Valencia M. Joyner, Ph.D., 617-627-2291, vjoyner@ece.tufts.edu Develop and assess an innovative cross-disciplinary approach to project-based learning enabling students to communicate and solve real-world microsystem design problems |
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$16,428 |
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Contact: John W. Haas, Ph.D., 865-974-0696 Extends the impact of oral communication skills in the engineering curriculum |
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$24,784 |
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2006 |
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ABET, Inc., Baltimore, MD Contact: George D. Peterson, Ph.D., P.E., 410-347-7700, www.abet.org Pilot project to improve communication skills of ABET program evaluators |
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$15,000 |
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Rice University, Houston, TX Contact: Linda Driskill, Ph.D., 713-348-6141, driskila@rice.edu Create online instruction modules on intercultural engineering communication to support students working on Engineers Without Borders projects |
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$24,958 |
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University of Louisville, Louisville, KY Contact: Joanna Wolfe, 502-852-0510, joanna.wolfe@louisville.edu Development, evaluation and dissemination of engineering writing exercises bases on a literature review and corpus analysis of engineering discourse |
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$14,000 |
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2005 |
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| Penn State University, University Park, PA Contact: Mieke Shuurman, 814-865-6292, mieke@engr.psu.edu Develop and assess a training program for engineering students that improves oral communication competencies MORE: Assessing Students' Oral Communication Skills; Assessment of Students' Oral Communication Skills: Do Students and Workplace Supervisors Rely on General Response Patterns?; The Effect of a Targeted Speech Communication Course on the Public Speaking Self-Efficacy of Engineering Undergraduates |
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$18,084 |
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2004 |
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Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA Contact: Birgit S. Burton, 404-385-0746, birgit.burton@dev.gatech.edu Assess the oral presentation curriculum in the Technical Communications Program to better prepare students for workplace communications |
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$24,210 |
| University of Maine, Orono, ME Contact: Dr. Mohamad Musavi, 207-581-2243, musavi@eece.maine.edu http://www.eece.maine.edu/~pnataraj/eifnew; see flyer of project at: http://www.eece.maine.edu/~pnataraj/flyer.pdf Develop and evaluate an introductory engineering information literacy course for undergraduates |
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$24,977 |
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2003 |
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| Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Contact: Dr. John R. Hayes, 412-268-3499, jh50@andrew.cmu.edu Evaluate prototype of a stand-alone, interactive online tutor that delivers writing instruction to students in college-level engineering programs |
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$25,000 |
| Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY Contact: Richard S. Thorsen, 718-260-3880, rthorsen@poly.edu Fully integrates a communication skills component into a freshman engineering design course |
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$24,864 |
| Smith College, Northampton, MA Contact: Domenico Grasso, Ph.D., P.E., 413-585-7000, dgrasso@smith.edu Pilot project to incorporate professional communication skills across the engineering curriculum |
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$12,000 |
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2002 |
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| University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Contact: Anita Coleman, 520-621-3565, acs@u.arizona.edu Examines information behavior in virtual engineering laboratories and analyzes the impact on libraries and education |
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$50,000 |
| Wichita State University, Wichita, KS Contact: Gerald Loper, 316-978-3285 Web-based information literacy program for industrial engineers |
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$14,625 |
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2001 |
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| National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473 "Discover Engineering!" video |
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$5,000 |
| University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Contact: David Rennels, Ph.D., 310-825-1484 Design, pilot and evaluate a web-ready prototype engineering information literacy portal (E-Portal) for 7-12th grade students and teachers |
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$38,200 |
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2000 |
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| National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473 "Discover Engineering!" video |
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$5,000 |
1999 |
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| National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473 "Discover Engineering!" video |
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$5,000 |
| University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Contact: Zorana Ercegovac, Ph.D., 310-206-9361, email: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/Leap/zer/ URL: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/Leap/Eisa/ Development of a learning portfolio for accessing engineering information - phase 2 |
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$28,100 |
1998 |
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| National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473 "Discover Engineering!" video |
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$5,000 |
1997 |
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| California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA Contact: Steven E. Koonin, 818-395-6330 Towards a conference on scholarly communication |
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$10,000 |
| University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Contact: Zorana Ercegovac, Ph.D., 310-206-9361, email: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/Leap/zer/ URL: http://www.cs.ucla.edu/Leap/Eisa/ Development of a learning portfolio for accessing engineering information in user-centered environments |
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$28,100 |
| University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Contact: Dr. Peter T. Martin, 801-581-6931, URL: http://www.civil.utah.edu Continuation of a project on educational technology and distance learning |
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$10,000 |
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