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Women in Engineering
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2019 |
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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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2018 |
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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 |
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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; see article submitted to Construction Research Congress 2020: "Exploring the Effectiveness of Unprecedented Workshop Sessions to Attract Female Learners to Executive Positions in Construction Engineering" |
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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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2017 |
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| Clemson University, Clemson, SC Contact: - Anne Q. Barr, 864-656-7013, eabarr@clemson.edu Summer program to introduce underserved middle school girls to mathematical theories, applications and role models in order to inspire persistence in STEM |
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$15,000 |
| Iowa State University, Ames, IA Contact: Lora Leigh Chrystal, 515-294-0966, pwse@iastate.edu Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Emerging Leaders program for historically under-represented female engineering students MORE: Program for Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) |
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$22,080 |
| North Carolina A & T State University, Greensboro, NC Contact: Andrea Ofori-Boadu, 336-334-7590, andreau@ncat.edu STEM outreach program for improving the self-efficacy and broadening participation of minority middle-school girls in green engineering MORE: Learning Experiences and Self-efficacy of Minority Middle-School Girls during a "Bio-char Modified Cement Paste" Research Program at an HBCU ASEE; paper id 25466 |
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$12,974 |
| Ohio State University, Columbus OH Contact: Gonul Kaletunc, 614-292-0419, kaletunc@osu.edu Aspiration for Women's Advancement and Retention in Science (AWARES) program which provides nurturing and mentoring for female undergraduates MORE: Retention and Advancement of Women in STEM: Mentor and Peer Network Relationships |
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$25,000 |
| SWE Collegiate Interest Group at Springfield Tech Comm. College, Springfield, MA Contact: - Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, 413-755-4591, bmcginnis-cavanaugh@stcc.edu Production and dissemination of 3 videos designed to increase awareness of engineering pathways for girls using the stories of community college women in engineering programs |
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$14,900 |
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SWE at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Contact: https://www.virginiaswe.org/ Outreach events for middle and high school girls to ignite interest in engineering fields organized and led by current SWE students |
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$7,000 |
| University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Contact: - Paul Blowers 520-626-5319, blowers@engr.arizona.edu Evaluating the impact of classroom-based interventions for improving the retention rate of undergraduate women in engineering |
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$15,423 |
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University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN Contact: Meredith Perry, 423-425-4431, Meredith-Perry@utc.edu UTC Girls to Engineers Network (GEN), a partnership with Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy to increase the number of disadvantaged girls that pursue engineering degrees and careers MORE: 2019 ASEE Southeastern Section Conference: Girls to Engineers Network: Design, Print, Crush! |
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$14,586 |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Eve Riskin, 206-685-2313, riskin@uw.edu Integration of new lab-based research experiences in collaboration with faculty and graduate student mentors to the WiSE-UP program |
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$15,000 |
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University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON Contact: Mary Wells, 519-888-4567, mawells@waterloo.ca Documenting the experiences and accomplishments of innovative Canadian female engineers and disseminating their stories |
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$10,000 |
| YWCA of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta, GA Contact: Kim Reeves, 404-835-1630, kim.reeves@ywcaatlanta.org Support for the Teen Girls in Technology program designed to inspire adolescent girls from underserved communities to pursue STEAM education and careers |
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$10,000 |
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2016 |
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Black Girls Code, Oakland, CA Contact: Kimberly Bryant, 510-398-0880, kbryant@blackgirlscode.org Expand the Black Girls Code Clubs into three middle schools and create a pipeline of girls of color into tech fields |
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$15,000 |
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Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA Contact: Celine Manoosingh, PhD, 912-478-6266, cmanoosingh@georgiasouthern.edu EMERGE program: summer series for middle-aged girls that presents different engineering disciplines and follow-up mentoring through high school |
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$14,654 |
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Girls Inc. of Chattanooga, TN Contact: Phil Trammell, 423-624-4757, ptrammell@girlsincofchatt.org, www.girlsincofchatt.org Support for the Build IT program, where middle school girls from low-income communities explore design, information technology, math and STEM careers |
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$10,000 |
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James Ogunbor Education Foundation, Lagos State, Nigeria Contact: Itohan Ogbebor, +2347013416012, itohan@joefng.com, www.joefng.com 3- Day technology workshop/training for public secondary school girls in Lagos State |
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$8,400 |
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Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Contact: Ronke Olabisi, PhD, 848-445-6687, ronke.olabisi@rutgers.edu Recruitment of underserved women into tissue engineering research courses and introducing them to course-based research experiences |
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$24,997 |
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WAAW Foundation (Working to Advance African Women), Wylie TX Contact: Unoma Okorafor, 979-574-3453, unoma@waawfoundation.org Establishment of the African Women Engineering, Leadership & Entrepreneurship (AWELE) Academy in Lagos Nigeria, a technology training and coding school |
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$25,480 |
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YWCA, New York, NY Contact: Jerin Arifa, 212-735-9708, jafifa@ywcanyc.org Added programming and participants for the Geek Girls Club STEM program MORE: YWCA Geek Girls featured on ABC7 Eyewitness News NY Reimagining STEM Inclusion: The Path of Success from the Classroom to Business Innovation |
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$5,000 |
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2015 |
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Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ Contact: Jessica Ortiz, 201-253-1473, jortiz@lsc.org Support of equipment and materials for the "Girls in Technology - Our Digital Life" workshop series presented to at-risk female middle school students |
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$15,000 |
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Griffith University, Brisbane, AU Contact: Bridget French, +617 3735 9270, bridget.french@griffith.edu.au Griffith Engineering Girls' Day, a full-day program of discipline specific engineering activities and hands-on engineering applications for female students in Years 10-12 |
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$5,000 |
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Ohio State University, Columbus, OH Contact: Nadeane D. Howard, 614-292-9065, Howard.1149@osu.edu Improving retention of females by empowering male students as allies within an engineering college MORE: Empowering Male Students as Allies for Gender Equity Within an Engineering College |
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$19,500 |
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Penn State Berks, Reading, PA Marietta Scanlon, 610-396-6126, mrs35@psu.edu Multi-dimensional program to increase recruitment and retention of females in engineering using practicing engineers and female undergraduates as role models and mentors to middle school girls MORE: http://sites.psu.edu/fierce/ |
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$18,685 |
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Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD Contact: Chrys Egan, 410-677-5436, cnegan@salisbury.edu Create "Engineer Girl" computer engineering program to serve diverse Wicomico County, MD middle-school girls |
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$4,996 |
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University of Maryland, College Park, MD Contact: Kristen Palumbo, 301-405-2150, kpalumbo@umd.edu Expanded programming for Flexus, a living and learning community for female engineering students with the primary goal of increasing student retention |
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$11,000 |
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YWCA NYC, New York, NY Contact: Cristina Morais, 212-735-9708, cmorais@ywcany.org Deeper focus on engineering for the Geek Girls Club STEM program |
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$15,000 |
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2014 |
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Clemson University, Clemson, SC Contact: Serita Acker, 864-656-7472, wserita@clemson.edu Summer program for 9th-10th grade girls focusing on increased participation in math, using academic support, mentoring, professional development workshops and networking |
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$10,000 |
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Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ Contact: Jessica Ortiz, 201-253-1473, jortiz@lsc.org Development and delivery of the Hands-On Technology (HOT) workshop series to at-risk female middle school students |
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$15,000 |
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Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO Contact: Michele Oesch, 314-977-6814, moesch@slu.edu Girls' Academy for Leadership and Engineering (GALE) program |
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$16,164 |
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University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Contact: Paula Ryan, 805-893-8129, info@isber.ucsb.edu Outreach to low-income, first-generation, college-bound middle school girls to build excitement for engineering careers MORE: 'Messengers for Success' |
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$15,141 |
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University of Dayton, Dayton, OH Contact: Megan Rehberg, 937-229-2919, rehberg@udri.dayton.edu Development of an engineering outreach program for middle school girls, including activity modules, teacher training, and a website for parents Engineering in the Classroom Empowering Engineering Students to Engage Middle School Classrooms in Engineering Innovation and Design through Outreach Kits |
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$19,462 |
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University of Maine, Orono, ME Contact: Sheila Pendse, 207-581-2225, Sheila.pendse@maine.edu Expansion of the SELF (Sustainable Energy Leaders for the Future) program which connects rural women to STEM careers in forest bio-products |
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$12,540 |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Eve Riskin, 206-685-2313, riskin@uw.edu WiSE-UP retention program to provide support and community-building opportunities to women engineering students early in the college experience |
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$15,000 |
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2013 |
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EduTech, Jamaica Plain, MA Contact: Maru Colbert, 617-942-1054, edutech4snps@gmail.com Phase III of the "Math is for Girls" program to further increase the number of girls and add an evaluation component |
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$14,800 |
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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Contact: Jennifer Groh, 765-494-0758, jgroh@purdue.edu Design, implementation and assessment of 3 different outreach programs for 6-8th grade girls MORE: http://www.girlsparc.com/ |
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$15,000 |
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Rutgers University, Brunswick, NJ Contact: Elaine Zundl, 732-932-9197 ext 15, ezundl@echo.rutgers.edu Douglass STEM Leadership Program, offering academic development, leadership opportunities and living-learning communities to help improve retention MORE: ·Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in Math, Science, and Engineering ·Understanding the Relationship between Living-Learning Communities and Self-efficacy of Women in Engineering |
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$21,000 |
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University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL Contact: Melissa Dagley, 407-823-0040, Melissa.Dagley@ucf.edu Support for mentors, networking and career-building events for the "Girls EXCELing in Math and Science" (GEMS) program |
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$16,000 |
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University of Maine, Orono, ME Contact: Sheila Pendse, 207-581-2225, Sheila.pendse@umit.maine.edu Engaging female middle school students from rural communities in cutting-edge Forest BioProducts research programs and STEM careers |
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$12,940 |
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University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI Contact: Wei (Vivien) Shi, 715-232-3298, shiw@uwstout.edu Development of an active learning environment through a combination of project-based learning activities and mentoring to increase retention |
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$14,592 |
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WAAW Foundation (Working to Advance African Women), Wylie TX Contact: Unoma Okorafor, 979-574-3453, unoma@waawfoundation.org Expansion by 200% of STEM camps for African girls, teachers and female college fellows in Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria MORE: Foundation empowers teens with ICT skills Nigeria Needs More Women in Engineering Fields - Okorafor Why more women should be social entrepreneurs Nigeria: WAAW Boosts African Women's Interest in Science-Related Careers |
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$18,600 |
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2012 |
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California State Univ., Fullerton, Fullerton, CA Contact: Jerry Yu, 657-278-7677 jyu@fullerton.edu Implementing a "Women in Engineering Learning Community Program" to improve retention rates MORE: Women engineers receive Raytheon sponsorship |
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$12,500 |
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Campus Middle School for Girls, Urbana, IL Contact: Susan Linnemeyer, 217-359-9094, linnemey@illinois.edu GLEE: Girls Learning and Exploring Engineering program expansion to middle school |
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$8,771 |
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Cornell University, Ithaca, NY Contact: Kathy Rogers, kvr28@cornell.edu Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Graduate Women's Group (CBEGWG) mentoring outreach project for rural girls MORE: Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Graduate Women's Goup Cornell University |
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$2,500 |
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EduTech, Jamaica Plain, MA Contact: Maru Colbert, 617-942-1054, edutech4snps@gmail.com Expansion of "Math is for Girls" program to increase the number of girls and add sustainability |
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$14,800 |
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Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Contact: Abigail Richards, 406-994-5926, arichards@coe.montana.edu Community building intervention to increase retention of freshman college undergraduate females in engineering |
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$22,794 |
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The Works (Museum), Bloomington, MN Contact: Heather Lund, 952-848-4858, heather@theworks.org, www.theworks.org Expansion of "Girls Discover/Create" program of summer tech camps, workshops and seminars to serve additional girls and parents |
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$9,817 |
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Wayne County Community College District, Detroit, MI Contact: Jeromy Mason, 404-441-8041, jeromymason@hotmail.com; Brian Singleton, 313-496-2778, Bsingle1@wcccd.edu Program to inspire and motivate female students to continue in engineering past community college and complete a BS engineering degree MORE: Chancellor's Weekend Memo (p. 3) |
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$20,000 |
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2011 |
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Arbutus Middle School, Arbutus, MD Contact - Michael Guarraia, mguarraia@bcps.org Afterschool program designed to provide a comprehensive overview of engineering culminating in the design and construction of kinetic sculptures MORE: Baltimore Sun: Kinetic Sculpture Race participants show mettle with their pedals Patch: Arbutus Students Design Mobile Bird's Nest |
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$8,700 |
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Citrus College, Glendora, CA Contact: Lucia Riderer, 626-914-8763, lriderer@citruscollege.edu Multi-component program to increase the number of female students persisting in engineering prerequisite courses and transferring to a baccalaureate degree MORE: 2013 ASEE PSW Conference Proceedings (page 140) Encourage and Engage Women in Engineering |
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$18,851 |
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Community Resource Volunteers, St Johns, MI Contact: Bill Richards, 517-331-4620, wpr1@juno.com Increasing enrollment of women in engineering degree programs trough mentoring and linking with regional universities |
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$9,900 |
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EduTech, Jamaica Plain, MA Contact: Maru Colbert, 617-272-4141, profsciwork@gmail.com STEM enrichment program for under-served girls MORE: Engage Everyone: Building an Inclusive Climate for Diverse Communities of Women in STEM |
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$14,800 |
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New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Contact: Rebecca Sellars, 575-646-6128, rsellars@ad.nmsu.edu "Wizards of Goddard Hall" - program to increase STEM participation among public school girls with disabilities MORE: Wizards of Goddard Hall |
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$15,067 |
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Smith College, Northampton, MA Contact: - Borjana Mikic, 413-585-7007, bmikic@smith.edu Job shadowing by undergraduate women students to improve interest and retention in engineering MORE: Presentation Slides, November 2012 Presentation PDF, February 2013 |
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$12,868 |
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South African Women in Engineering, Cape Town, SA Contact: Naadiya Moosajee, +27 (0)21 686 0414, info@sawomeng.org.za Recruit high potential girls into engineering through workshops, team building and mentoring in the "GirlEng" program |
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$15,957 |
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WAAW Foundation (Working to Advance African Women), Wylie, TX Contact: Unoma Okorafor, 979-574-3453, unoma@waawfoundation.org STEM camp for junior secondary school African girls in Abuja, Nigeria MORE: WAAW Foundation News |
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$11,400 |
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WEPAN, Denver, CO Contact: Diane Matt, 303-871-4643, dmatt@wepan.org Follow-up to a 2009 grant to disseminate the "Talk to Me" program, which seeks to improve faculty-student interactions, to 25 additional schools |
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$20,000 |
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2010 |
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Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Contact: Tirupalavanam Ganesh, 480-727-9375, tganesh@asu.edu Pilot program to study over a three-year period what works in increasing the number of women in engineering |
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$20,000 |
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COSI: Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, OH Contact: Joan Harless, 614-228-2674, jharless@mail.cosi.org Girls Discover...Engineering!, a program that brings together middle school girls, practicing women engineers and undergraduate women engineering students |
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$15,000 |
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Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL Contact: Dara Little, 815-753-9285, dlittle@niu.edu Re-design of freshman "Intro to Engineering" courses and supplements to make them more female-friendly |
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$15,444 |
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Rochester Inst. of Technology, Rochester, NY Contact: Elizabeth Dell, 585-475-2270, emdmet@rit.edu Analysis and enhancement of assessment tools used in existing outreach and retention efforts MORE: WE-IMPACT team publications |
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$10,000 |
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University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX Contact: Tricia Berry, 512-471-5650, tsberry@mail.utexas.edu Initiative to build community, enhance outreach and recruitment, and develop leadership, career and communications skills for female engineering students MORE: Women in Engineering Program |
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$20,000 |
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Washington State University, Pullman, WA Contact: Cara Poor, 509-335-4547, cpoor@wsu.edu Expand and improve the Women in Engineering Mentoring Program to increase retention MORE: WSU Mentorship Program |
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$17,689 |
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2009 |
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New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Contact: Rebecca Sellars, 575-646-6128, rsellars@nmsu.edu Development of female-oriented programming to support enrichment activities that promote girls' interest in science and engineering MORE: Science, Engineering, Mathematics, and Aerospace Academy (SEMAA) |
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$25,000 |
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD Contact: Liisa Franzen, 240-895-4282, lefranzen@smcm.edu Summer science camp for middle-school girls featuring hands-on enrichment activities |
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$7,000 |
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University of Maine, Orono, ME Contact: Chet Rock, PhD., PE, 207-581-2216, Chet_Rock@umit.maine.edu Partnership with 4-H Maine to provide "Engineering Awareness Days" |
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$9,959 |
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WEPAN, Denver, CO Contact: Diane Matt, 303-871-4642, dmatt@wepan.org Creation of an instructional unit to improve interactions between engineering faculty and women engineering students, and disseminate at 5 engineering schools |
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$20,000 |
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2008 |
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Clemson University, Clemson, SC Contact: Julie Martin Trenor, Ph.D., 864-656-2541, jtrenor@clemson.edu Development and national dissemination of adaptable research-based materials for recruiting and retaining female first generation college students in engineering MORE: Work in progress description; Online article: The Role of Social Capital in the Experiences of Hispanic Women Engineering Majors |
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$24,950 |
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Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Contact: Jessica M. Kemp, Ph.D., 225-578-0092, jmkemp@lsu.edu Workshop series for engineering faculty that explores gender equity issues and the impact on retention of female engineering students |
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$11,925 |
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University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Contact: Geb Thomas, 319-335-5936, Geb-Thomas@uiowa.edu RoboGrrl – a summer day camp for junior high girls |
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$10,000 |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Eve A. Riskin, Ph.D., 206-685-2313, riskin@u.washington.edu Development of a replicable model for university student-run outreach programs that encourage middle school girls to study engineering MORE: UW Women's Initiative |
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$24,997 |
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2007 |
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Clemson University, Clemson, SC Contact: Serita Acker, 864-656-0976, wserita@clemson.edu Introduces middle school girls to math, science and engineering in the "It's a Girl Thing" program |
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$16,000 |
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North Kansas City Schools, Kansas City, MO Contact: Amy Light, 816-413-5057, alight@nkcsd.k12.mo.us Increases participation in the ACE (Architecture, Construction & Engineering) Mentor program |
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$3,600 |
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Northwestern University SWE, Evanston, IL Contact: Kelly M. Luckasevic, http://msgroups.tech.northwestern.edu/swe/ Summer Program for Girls organized by SWE (Society of Women Engineers) undergraduates |
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$6,400 |
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Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Contact: Douglas B. Cleary, Ph.D., P.E., 856-256-5325, cleary@rowan.edu Study of applicant pool data to improve recruitment efforts of female engineering students MORE: Analysis of Applicant Data to Improve Recruitment of Female and Underrepresented Engineering Students |
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$7,159 |
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Contact: Susan Staffin Metz, 201-216-8228, smetz@stevens.edu Adds qualitative data to the Project to Assess Climate Change in Engineering (PACE) MORE: PACE website |
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$25,457 |
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The Works, Edina, MN Contact: Kris Best, 952-848-4846, kris@theworks.org Hands-on exploration of engineering for middle school girls |
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$13,420 |
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Zambia Research and Development Centre, Lusaka, Zambia Contact: Richard Silumbe+260-99-303567, rsilumbe@zrdc.org Establishes engineering information centers at select schools for access to ZRDC and encourages female student participation |
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$24,810 |
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2006 |
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Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, East Hartford, CT Contact: - Natalie Real, 860-282-4204, www.ccat.us Project to offer the PACE: Pursuing and Achieving Careers in Engineering program to at-risk and economically disadvantaged minority middle school girls |
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$15,000 |
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Florida International University, Miami, FL Contact: Stephanie Strange, 305-348-1635, Stephanie.Strange@fiu.edu Series of outreach programs and workshops to encourage middle school girls in engineering |
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$7,740 |
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Harvard College, Cambridge, MA Contact: Eric Mazur, 617-495-8729, mazur@physics.harvard.edu Study of interactive teaching techniques to reduce the gender gap in engineering MORE: http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/publications.php?function=display&rowid=525; http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/publications.php?function=display&rowid=538; http://mazur-www.harvard.edu/publications.php?function=display&rowid=537; |
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$23,738 |
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Headstart College, Cape Town, South Africa Contact: Retha Roux, 021-448 1534, retharoux@hotmail.com Bridging education program offering intensive instruction in math and science to facilitate access to engineering for disadvantaged women |
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$17,000 |
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Kid's Hope School Jipal, Plateau State, Nigeria Contact: Katniyon Henry David, 08077233408, kidshopeschool@yahoo.com Mentoring project to recruit rural girls into engineering and technology courses involving training of mentors, providing educational materials and equipment |
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$8,088 |
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Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX Contact: Dr. Sherri Frizell, 936-857-2715, ssfrizell@pvamu.edu Identification of factors affecting the retention and attrition of African-American women in computer science and engineering MORE: A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Affecting the Persistence of African-American Females in Engineering Degree Programs; Work in Progress – Reexamining the Problem of Engineering Persistence for African-American Female Students |
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$24,032 |
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University of Evansville, Evansville, IN Contact: Alicia Harris, 812-488-2272, ak52@evansville.edu Expanded programming for the "Options for Girls" summer camp |
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$14,755 |
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University of Houston, Houston, TX Contact: Julie Martin Trenor, Ph.D., 713-743-3299, jmtrenor@uh.edu Research on the affects of ethnicity and cultural background on female students' attitudes and retention in engineering majors MORE: Investigating the relations of ethnicity to female students' perceptions and intention to major in engineering using social cognitive theory |
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$20,650 |
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2005 |
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Greene County Career Center, Xenia, OH Contact: Bob Kaiser, 937-879-3611, bkaiser@fairborn.k12.oh.us Program to excite girls about engineering using robots, rockets and race cars |
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$7,000 |
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isisHawaii, Honolulu, HI Contact: Lynn Fujioka, 808-988-1931, lfujioka@isishawaii.org Develop an online workshop pilot that helps students and parents understand the role of engineers |
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$5,000 |
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Kettering University, Flint, MI Contact: Betsy Homsher, 810-762-9540, bhomsher@kettering.edu Collaboration with Genesee county schools to create the Discovery program, a career-oriented series of workshops to encourage SMET participation MORE: Discover U - Funding Story 2005; Discover U Overview |
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$20,000 |
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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Contact: S. David Wu, 610-758-5308, david.wu@lehigh.edu Enhancements to the Summer CHOICES program, designed to increase the pipeline of women into engineering |
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$10,000 |
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SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY Contact: Napis Chongleuswarawong, 631-632-4134, nchongleuswa@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Expanded mentoring, student leadership and alumnae programs to augment WISE programming efforts |
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$16,000 |
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University of Denver, Denver, CO Contact: Ronald DeLyser, 303-871-2102 Expansion of the "Making of an Engineer" and "Making of a Scientist" programs |
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$10,000 |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Suzanne Gage Brainard, 206-543-4810, brainard@u.washington.edu Research on the impact of merging WISE and MSEP programs on the retention of women in engineering |
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$25,022 |
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2004 |
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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA Contact: Hasmik Gharibyan, 805-756-7068, hghariby@calpoly.edu Investigate why women avoid Computer Science in America compared to the former Soviet Union MORE: Gender Gap in Computer Science Does Not Exist in One Former Soviet Republic: Results of a Study (.pdf) |
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$20,000 |
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Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Contact: StanleyD. Mckenzie, Ph.D., 585-475-2392, SDMPRO@rit.edu Redesign of a workshop for incoming freshman women that highlights all engineering disciplines by having them build their own personal computer MORE: WE@RIT website |
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$11,500 |
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Santa Clara Unified School District, Santa Clara, CA Contact: Jocelyn Lee, 408-423-2109, jlee@scusd.net Expand the GAINS: Girls Achieving in Non-traditional Subjects program to additional schools and create a disseminate program |
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$20,000 |
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2003 |
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| Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Contact: Susan Agee, 215-895-5925, susan-agee@drexel.edu Outreach to the all-girls Springside School, focusing on the creation and implementation of an assessment tool to measure impact |
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$15,000 |
| Girls Inc., New York, NY Contact: Jenny Lindstrom, 212-509-2000 ext. 203, www.girlsinc.org "Thinking SMART," a national project to increase girls' skills and interest in science and engineering |
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$29,763 |
| MentorNet, San Jose, CA Contact: Carol B. Muller, Ph.D., 408-924-4061, www.MentorNet.net Evaluate the effectiveness of e-mentoring strategies for women of color in engineering and science |
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$15,500 |
| Mercer University, Macon, GA Contact: Dr. Joan Burtner, 478-301-4127, burtner_j@mercer.edu Retrospective study of freshmen engineering attitudes and persistence towards a college degree |
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$10,000 |
| Mt Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Contact: Orin Hoffman, 413-538-2238, ohoffman@mtholyoke.edu Design and implementation of an intro to engineering course utilizing Lego Mindstorms, including community-based outreach to middle schools |
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$6,780 |
| Persephone Productions, Washington, DC Contact: Bonnie Erbe, 202-973-0079, BonnieErbe@compuserve.com Dissemination of award-winning segment of "To the Contrary" on women in engineering |
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$10,000 |
| University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ Contact: Ray Umashankar, 520-621-8103, rayu@email.arizona.edu Rapid prototyping as an innovative, instructional, mentoring and recruitment tool for attracting middle-school girls to engineering |
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$20,000 |
| Western Transportation Institute of Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Contact: Susan Gallagher, 406-994-6559, sgallagher@coe.montana.edu Encourage girls' awareness of engineering through interactive exploration of bridges and dams with women engineering students |
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$14,220 |
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2002 |
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| New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ Contact: Rosa M. Cano, 973-596-3550 Expansion of women in engineering and technology initiative-FEMME Program |
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$20,000 |
| Nishnabotna Girl Scout Council, Council Bluffs, IA Contact: Alyssa K. Kohler, 712-328-2338, http://www.girlscoutsncswi.org Contribution towards programming, supplies, and equipment for "M PWR U", a weekly after-school program for 9th and 10th grade girls |
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$37,963 |
| Persephone Productions, Washington, DC Contact: Bonnie Erbe, 202-973-0079, BonnieErbe@compuserve.com Segment of the PBS news analysis program "To the Contrary" featuring profiles of working women engineers, plus outreach to engineering schools |
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$47,000 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Contact: Terry Schmidt Adams, 508-831-5611, tadams@wpi.edu GEMS Jr. -- introduces middle school girls to engineering through hands-on exploration |
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$6,050 |
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2001 |
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| Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Contact: Julie Pandosh, 805-546-3279 "Expanding Your Horizons" workshop for 7-9th grade girls to encourage pursuit of math, science, technology and engineering |
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$7,500 |
| Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Contact: Francoise Piron, ing., francoise.prion@epfl.ch, and Sylvie Boulanger, dr ing., sboulanger@ksicom.ch Sci/tech recruitment material for 12-15 year old girls, adapted to the Franco-European culture |
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$40,000 |
| Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA Contact: Lori C. Bassman, 909-607-1250, lori_bassman@hmc.edu Expansion of Partners in Engineering Problem Solving - PEPS program that trains high school science/math teachers across the nation in "hands-on" engineering methods |
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$12,037 |
| Lima Tech College, Lima, OH Contact: Dr. Cynthia Spiers, 419-995-8331 Girls in Engineering Career Kamp Opportunity (GECKO) to entice ninth and tenth grade females in rural areas to consider engineering |
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$14,900 |
| Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA Contact: Hugo Morales, 559-455-5777, http://www.radiobilingue.org Production of radio broadcast "Latinos in Engineering" to educate Latinos about career opportunities in engineering |
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$52,650 |
| Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Contact: Evelyn F. Hanna, 732-445-2687, evelynh@rci.rutgers.edu Summer programs designed to familiarize middle school girls with the various engineering disciplines and to instill a feeling of mathematical and scientific accomplishment |
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$16,923 |
| SME Education Foundation, Dearborn, MI Contact: Lynn M. Borg, 313-271-1500 ext. 1713 STEPS (Science Tech & Engineering Preview Summer) camp curriculum guide on CD-ROM |
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$18,233 |
| Texas A & M University, College Station, TX Contact: Tricia Draughn, 979,845-7200, Tricia@eapo.tamu.ude Support for high school outreach program, first year orientation program, and second year retention program |
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$30,000 |
| Trinity College, Hartford, CT Contact: David J. Ahlgren, Ph.D., 860-297-2517 Establish a one-year joint program with Swarthmore College as part of a coalition to connect outreach programs at leading liberal arts colleges that offer engineering degrees |
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$35,000 |
| Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Contact: Dr. Bevlee Watford, 540-7404 Increasing the yield rate of women engineering applicants by expanding a women's preview weekend program |
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$5,130 |
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2000 |
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| FIRST Place, Manchester, NH Contact: Cindy Abrams, 603-666-3906, 800-871-8326; cabrams@usfirst.org SharingFIRST, a website for access to engineering information, distance learning and collaborative problem-solving in support of recruiting young women to the FIRST robotics program |
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$74,000* |
| Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Contact: K. Michelle Buckman, 404-894-6894, michelle.buckman@dev.gatach.edu Multimedia CDROM/website designed to provide a more updated image and understanding of engineering as a career choice |
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$70,587 |
| Girls' Club of Allentown, Allentown, PA Contact: Deborah Fries, 620-433-0093 Enhancing a summer program for inner-city girls to explore engineering and provide instructional computer classes |
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$5,000 |
| Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI Contact: Edith Assaff, 248-204-2312, advancement@ltu.edu Collaboration with the Michigan Metro Girl Scouts on a summer program to engage minority girls in math, engineering and science |
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$74,560* |
| MassPEP, Boston, MA Contact: Lisa Ackerman, P.E., 781-275-0494, dlackerman@earthlink.net Training sessions for education professionals and workshops for parents to direct attention to the variety of choices women have today in engineering |
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$15,000 |
| MentorNet, San Jose, CA Contact: Peg Boyle Single, 408-924-4061, mentor@email.sjsu.edu Interactive web-based training modules for mentors and women students in support of MentorNet's nationwide e-mentoring program for engineering education |
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$63,875* |
| Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Contact: Kauser Jahan, 856-256-5323, jahan@rowan.edu Workshop for attracting women into engineering renewal |
|
$19,995 |
| Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara, CA Contact: Jocelyn Lee, 408-985-5900 Academic, college and career counseling for young women of color who are interested in pursuing careers in science and engineering |
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$20,000 |
| University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Suzanne Gage Brainard, 206-543-4810, brainard@u.washington.edu Two-year project to establish long-term collaborations with top engineering universities in Africa and build and disseminate a website in order to increase the pool of women |
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$174,988* |
| University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Contact: Naomi Chesler, 802-656-0978, nchesler@emba.uvm.edu Development of a leadership training program for junior women faculty in engineering disciplines |
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$57,600* |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Contact: Denise Nicoletti, 508-831-5257, nicolett@wpi.edu Summer outreach program to generate interest and excitement about engineering and technology among young women |
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$10,000 |
1999 |
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| Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Contact: Jan DeWaters, 315-268-3791, dewaters@northnet.org Partnership program which attracts young women into engineering through a combination of mentoring, project-based learning activities, and exposure to local female professional engineers. |
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$20,000 |
| North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Contact: Cynthia Haller, 919-515-3866, cindyh@unity.ncsu.edu Enhancing the retention of women engineers through a team approach |
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$41,148 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Contact: Susan Staffin Metz, 201-216-5245, smetz@stevens-tech.edu Seminar and follow-up for middle school and high school guidance counselors to educate them about careers in engineering |
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$18,600 |
| University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO Contact: Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., 303-492-0083 Energy Education Workshop for Girls |
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$7,250 |
| University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX Contact: Sherry E. Woods, Ed.D., 512-471-5650 WEP retention effort |
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$20,000 |
1998 |
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| Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Boston, MA Contact: Lisa A. Ackerman, P.E., 781-275-0494, http://www.engineers.org/bsces Outreach programs that send engineers into schools as role models |
|
$13,000 |
| Cooper Union, New York, NY Contact: Eleanor Baum, Ph.D., 212-353-4285 Women Engineers Breakthrough (WEB) program, a leadership training initiative for women engineers |
|
$75,000 |
| New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Contact: Linda Ann Riley, 505-646-4923 Three industrial engineering experience modules directed at middle school girls |
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$30,440 |
| Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Contact: Barbara Bogue, 814-863-5790, http://www.engr.psu.edu/wep Hands-on orientation program for female students with networking and mentoring components |
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$75,000* |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic University, Troy, NY Contact: Vicki Lynn, 518-276-6203 Workshop for high school girls on opening the way to careers in engineering |
|
$18,090 |
| Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Contact: Kauser Jahan, Ph.D., P.E., 609-256-4609 Introducing engineering to female students through hands-on experiments and industrial plant trips |
|
$35,521 |
| Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Contact: Julie Spoerre, Fran Harackiewicz, Lizette Chevalier, 618-453-7832 Development of materials addressing gender-equity techniques for high school science and math modules |
|
$83,202* |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Contact: Jan Rinehart, 409-847-8887 http://www.tamu.edu/swe SWE summer camp for fifty 7th and 8th grade girls to consider engineering as a career choice |
|
$10,000 |
| University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Contact: Carla Trujillo, Ph.D., 510-643-6443, carlat@coe.Berkeley.edu Interactive Theater Project focused on creating a more equitable classroom learning environment |
|
$73,020* |
| University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, IL Contact: Susan A. Linnemeyer, 217-244-3517 Summer residential program for middle school girls to learn about engineering |
|
$15,040 |
| University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Contact: Sandra Ingram, Ph.D., 204-474-9698, ingram@cc.UManitoba.CA Phase 2 of pilot study on gender and modes of collaboration in engineering |
|
$15,000 |
| University of Maryland, College Park, MD Contact: Cheryl Morris, 301-405-3931 One-week summer in engineering programs for 60 female high school students |
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$14,500 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Contact: Linda Swoboda, 402-472-3738 Multimedia technology approach to recruitment of women in engineering |
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$57,804 |
| University of Texas at El Paso/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Contact: Mary Besterfield-Sacre, 412-624-9836, mbsacre@engrng.pitt.edu http://www.engrng.pitt.edu/~outcomes Multi-institutional benchmarking study of the effects of gender and ethnicity on retention success |
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$184,910* |
1997 |
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| Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Contact: Corinna (Cori) E. Lathan, Ph.D., 202-319-5095, http://www.ee.cua.edu/~lathan/ Workshops for high school girls on opening the way to careers in engineering |
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$83,500* |
| North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Contact: Cynthia Haller, 919-515-3866, cindyh@unity.ncsu.edu Enhancing the retention of women engineers through a team approach |
|
$41,148 |
| Purdue University, Lafayette, IN Contact: Jane Z. Daniels, Ph.D., 765-494-3889 Program on retention of women in engineering |
|
$9,099 |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Contact: Jan Rinehart, 409-847-8887 http://www.tamu.edu/swe Summer program for 7th and 8th grade girls to encourage pursuit of engineering |
|
$6,000 |
| University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Contact: Sandra Ingram, Ph.D., 204-474-9698, ingram@cc.UManitoba.CA Study on gender and modes of collaboration in engineering |
|
$10,000 |
| University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD Contact: Cheryl Morris, 301-405-3931 One-week summer in engineering programs for 60 female high school students |
|
$13,500 |
| University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX Contact: Sherry E. Woods, Ed.D., 512-471-5650 Project to increase the percentage of women who stay in engineering after their first year of study |
|
$7,000 |
| WEPAN Women in Engineering Programs and Advocate Network, Hoboken, NJ Contact: Susan Staffin Metz, 201-216-5245, smetz@stevens-tech.edu Development of a national assessment tool for engineering institutions to improve the climate for women |
|
$74,993 |
| YWCA of the U.S.A., New York, NY Contact: Prema Mathai-Davis, 212-273-7800 "TechGRRLS" program of events for high school girls to explore technical professions *Represents a multi-year grant |
|
$25,000 |
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