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EiF Grants 2010

Enhancing Communication and Use of Information in Engineering

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
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Professional Learning Institute

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


Women in Engineering

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
$20,000
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

COSI: Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, OH
$15,000
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

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
$15,444
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

Rochester Inst. of Technology, Rochester, NY
$10,000
Contact: Elizabeth Dell, 585-475-2270,
emdmet@rit.edu
Analysis and enhancement of assessment tools used in existing outreach and retention efforts
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WE-IMPACT team publications

University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
$20,000
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
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Women in Engineering Program

Washington State University, Pullman, WA
$17,689
Contact: Cara Poor, 509-335-4547,
cpoor@wsu.edu
Expand and improve the Women in Engineering Mentoring Program to increase retention
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WSU Mentorship Program