Our Work
EiF Grants 1997
Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA
$10,000
Contact: Steven E. Koonin, 818-395-6330
Towards a conference on scholarly communication
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
$28,100
Contact: Zorana Ercegovac, Ph.D., 310-206-9361, 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
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
Contact: Dr. Peter T. Martin, 801-581-6931,
Continuation of a project on educational technology and distance learning
Women in Engineering
Catholic University, Washington, D.C.
$83,500*
Contact: Corinna (Cori) E. Lathan, Ph.D., 202-319-5095,
Workshops for high school girls on opening the way to careers in engineering
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
$41,148
Contact: Cynthia Haller, 919-515-3866, cindyh@unity.ncsu.edu
Enhancing the retention of women engineers through a team approach
Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
$9,099
Contact: Jane Z. Daniels, Ph.D., 765-494-3889
Program on retention of women in engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
$6,000
Contact: Jan Rinehart, 409-847-8887
Summer program for 7th and 8th grade girls to encourage pursuit of engineering
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
$10,000
Contact: Sandra Ingram, Ph.D., 204-474-9698,
ingram@cc.UManitoba.CA
Study on gender and modes of collaboration in engineering
University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD
$13,500
Contact: Cheryl Morris, 301-405-3931
One-week summer in engineering programs for 60 female high school students
University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX
$7,000
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
WEPAN Women in Engineering Programs and Advocate Network, Hoboken, NJ
$74,993
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
YWCA of the U.S.A., New York, NY
$25,000
Contact: Prema Mathai-Davis, 212-273-7800
"TechGRRLS" program of events for high school girls to explore technical professions
Information Access in Developing Countries
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
$18,600
Contact: Edward Pines, 505-646-2730, epines@nmsu.edu
Development of industrial engineering ethics cases for dissemination in English and Spanish to international partners
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
$75,000*
Contact: Dr. Christine S. Grant, 919-515-2317,
grant@eos.ncsu.edu
Development of international environmental/ chemical engineering computer educational aids, a partnership with the University of Science and Technology in Ghana
*Represents a multi-year grant
