Our Work
EiF Grants 2004
Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
$24,210
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
University of Maine, Orono, ME
$24,977
Contact: Dr. Mohamad Musavi, 207-581-2243,
musavi@eece.maine.edu
Develop and evaluate an introductory engineering information literacy course for undergraduates
Women in Engineering
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
$20,000
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)
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
$11,500
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
Santa Clara Unified School District, Santa Clara, CA
$20,000
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
Information Access in Developing Countries
Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Republic of Mozambique
$45,000
Contact: Boaventura Chongo Cuamba, +258-1-493377,
boaventura.cuamba@uem.mz
Encourage science and engineering education for rural girls by exposing them to training in renewable energy technology
Multinational Fund for Development Aid (MUDA), Nairobi, Kenya
$18,728
Contact: Albert Kenyani Inima,
mnfund@wananchi.com
Improve computer capacity, internet connectivity and engineering library content at the University of Nairobi
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
$43,000
Contact: Prof. Madara Ogot, 814-863-1550,
mmo100@psu.edu
Linking of the University of Nairobi to a consortium of remote-operated mechanical engineering laboratories via the internet
Universal Library of Sverdlovsk, Ekaterinburg, Russia
$17,702
Contact: Nadezda Tscypina, +7-343-3715352,
bibl@library.uraic.ru
Provide training and support for searching and usage of different information technologies
