Our Work
Older EiF Grants: Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering
2017
EWB-USA, Denver, CO
$10,000
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)
Queen's University, Kingston, ON Canada
$17,020
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.
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Interventions for Engineering Communication Development
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
$8,500
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
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
$24,750
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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Does Workplace Matter? How Engineers Use and Access Information Resources in Academic and Non-Academic Settings;
Seeking, Reading, and Use of Scholarly Articles: An International Study of Perceptions and Behavior of Researchers;
Best Practices for Engineering Information Literacy Instruction: Perspectives of Academic Librarians
University of Texas, Arlington TX
$22,900
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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2016
Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
$22,687
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
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI
$25,000
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
2015
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
$17,528
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
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
$24,993
Contact: Abbas Rashidi, 865-974-7714, rashidi@utk.edu
Innovative professional workshop series to enhance communication skills pertinent to construction engineering students
2014
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
$20,022
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
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Assessing the Impact of Game Based Pedagogy on the Development of Communication Skills for Engineers
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
$12,432
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
2013
University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL
$25,000
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
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· 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
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
$16,129
Contact: Dr. Charles Pierce, 803-777-3855, piercec@cec.sc.edu
Integration of disciplinary writing techniques into undergrad engineering research courses
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Pedagogical Techniques to Promote Development of Graduate Engineering Students as Disciplinary Writers
2012
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
$24,731
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
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Insights into the Process of Building a Presentation Scoring System for Engineers;
Session information
University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
$24,991
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
2011
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
$10,000
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
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Integrating Information into the Engineering Design Process
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
$15,000
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
2010
California State University, Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
$15,150
Contact: Jerry Yu, 657-278-7677,
jyu@fullerton.edu
Innovative workshop series to integrate the teaching of communications skills into the engineering curriculum
Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO
$25,000
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
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
$20,000
Contact: William Oakes, 765-494-3892,
oakes@purdue.edu
Improving communication skills through the EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) program
2009
Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
$24,820
Contact: Brandi Orbin, 404-894-6894,
brandi.orbin@dev.gatech.edu
Measurement system to evaluate professional presentations by engineering students
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Building a Stakeholder-Based Rubric to Enhance Student Communication Skills
Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
$14,819
Contact: Laura Stanley, PhD, CPE, 406-994-1399,
laura.stanley@ie.montana.edu
Integration of an engineering communications toolkit into the engineering curriculum
2008
Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
$25,000
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
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, IN
$23,648
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
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Elements of effective communication: Results from a research study of engineering faculty
Communication Pedagogy in the Engineering Classroom
Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
$25,000
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
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Improving the Ability of Engineering Students to Communicate
SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY
$25,000
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
2007
Iowa State University, Ames, IA
$24,950
Contact: Leslie Potter, 319-269-5835,
potter@iastate.edu
Integrates professional communication skills into the engineering curriculum
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A New Engineering Communications Course Based on a Professional Communications Process
New York University, New York, NY
$25,000
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
Tufts University, Medford, MA
$16,428
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
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
$24,784
Contact: John W. Haas, Ph.D., 865-974-0696
Extends the impact of oral communication skills in the engineering curriculum
2006
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
2005
Penn State University, University Park, PA
$18,084
Contact: Mieke Shuurman, 814-865-6292,
mieke@engr.psu.edu
Develop and assess a training program for engineering students that improves oral communication competencies
2004
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
2003
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
$25,000
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
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY
$24,864
Contact: Richard S. Thorsen, 718-260-3880,
rthorsen@poly.edu
Fully integrates a communication skills component into a freshman engineering design course
Smith College, Northampton, MA
$12,000
Contact: Domenico Grasso, Ph.D., P.E., 413-585-7000,
dgrasso@smith.edu
Pilot project to incorporate professional communication skills across the engineering curriculum
2002
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
$50,000
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
Wichita State University, Wichita, KS
$14,625
Contact: Gerald Loper, 316-978-3285
Web-based information literacy program for industrial engineers
2001
National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO
$5,000
Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473
"Discover Engineering!" video
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
$38,200
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
2000
National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO
$5,000
Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473
"Discover Engineering!" video
1999
National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO
$5,000
Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473
"Discover Engineering!" video
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
$28,100
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
1998
National Technological University, Fort Collins, CO
$5,000
Contact: Lionel V. Baldwin, 970-495-6473
"Discover Engineering!" video
1997
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,
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
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
$10,000
Contact: Dr. Peter T. Martin, 801-581-6931,
URL: http://www.civil.utah.edu
Continuation of a project on educational technology and distance learning
