Our Work
EiF Grants 2006
Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering
ABET, Inc., Baltimore, MD
$15,000
Contact: George D. Peterson, Ph.D., P.E., 410-347-7700,
www.abet.org
Pilot project to improve communication skills of ABET program evaluators
Rice University, Houston, TX
$24,958
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
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
$14,000
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
Women in Engineering
Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, East Hartford, CT
$15,000
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
Florida International University, Miami, FL
$7,740
Contact: Stephanie Strange, 305-348-1635,
Stephanie.Strange@fiu.edu
Series of outreach programs and workshops to encourage middle school girls in engineering
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
$23,738
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;
Headstart College, Cape Town, South Africa
$17,000
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
Kid's Hope School Jipal, Plateau State, Nigeria
$8,088
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
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX
$24,032
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
University of Evansville, Evansville, IN
$14,755
Contact: Alicia Harris, 812-488-2272,
ak52@evansville.edu
Expanded programming for the "Options for Girls" summer camp
University of Houston, Houston, TX
$20,650
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
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Investigating the relations of ethnicity to female students' perceptions and intention to major in engineering using social cognitive theory
Information Access in Developing Countries
National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
$9,500
Contact: Volodymyr Shatokha, +38 0562 47 44 33,
shatokha@metal.dmeti.dp.ua
www.infomet.com.ua
Training for women in library and language skills for more effective engineering information processing
Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
$1,540
Contact: Richard Sapon-White, 541-737-3411,
Richard.Sapon-White@oregonstate.edu
www.ikaros.cz
Training in Library of Congress Classification for three technical libraries in the Czech Republic
Tomsk Polytechnic University, Tomsk, Russia
$15,945
Contact: Evgeniya Suntsova, 3822-563551,
suntsova@lci.tpu.edu.ru
Design a pilot course in technical and professional communication, the first attempt to integrate linguistic and engineering departments at a Russian engineering school
MORE:
CPTSC 2006 Conference Presentation Abstracts;
http://www.lib.tsu.ru/mminfo/000349304/01/image/86-95.pdf (Russian)
University of Botswana, Gabarone, Botswana
$16,400
Contact: Boipuso Nkwae, Ph.D.,
nkwaeb@mopipi.ub.bw
Develop a digital resource library for geomatics engineering education in Botswana that would disseminate academic material and provide continuing professional development in land studies
