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Women in Engineering
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2009 |
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New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Contact: Rebecca Sellars, 575-646-6128, rsellars@nmsu.edu Development of female-oriented programming to support enrichment activities that promote girls’ interest in science and engineering |
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$25,000 |
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St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD Contact: Liisa Franzen, 240-895-4282, lefranzen@smcm.edu Summer science camp for middle-school girls featuring hands-on enrichment activities |
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$7,000 |
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University of Maine, Orono, ME Contact: Chet Rock, PhD., PE, 207-581-2216, Chet_Rock@umit.maine.edu Partnership with 4-H Maine to provide "Engineering Awareness Days" |
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$9,959 |
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WEPAN, Denver, CO Contact: Diane Matt, 303-871-4642, dmatt@wepan.org Creation of an instructional unit to improve interactions between engineering faculty and women engineering students, and disseminate at 5 engineering schools |
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$20,000 |
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2008 |
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Clemson University, Clemson, SC Contact: Julie Martin Trenor, Ph.D., 864-656-2541, jtrenor@clemson.edu Development and national dissemination of adaptable research-based materials for recruiting and retaining female first generation college students in engineering |
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$24,950 |
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Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Contact: Jessica M. Kemp, Ph.D., 225-578-0092, jmkemp@lsu.edu Workshop series for engineering faculty that explores gender equity issues and the impact on retention of female engineering students |
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$11,925 |
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University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Contact: Geb Thomas, 319-335-5936, Geb-Thomas@uiowa.edu RoboGrrl – a summer day camp for junior high girls |
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$10,000 |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Eve A. Riskin, Ph.D., 206-685-2313, riskin@u.washington.edu Development of a replicable model for university student-run outreach programs that encourage middle school girls to study engineering |
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$24,997 |
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2007 |
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Clemson University, Clemson, SC Contact: Serita Acker, 864-656-0976, wserita@clemson.edu Introduces middle school girls to math, science and engineering in the "It's a Girl Thing" program |
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$16,000 |
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North Kansas City Schools, Kansas City, MO Contact: Amy Light, 816-413-5057, alight@nkcsd.k12.mo.us Increases participation in the ACE (Architecture, Construction & Engineering) Mentor program |
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$3,600 |
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Northwestern University SWE, Evanston, IL Contact: Kelly M. Luckasevic, http://msgroups.tech.northwestern.edu/swe/ Summer Program for Girls organized by SWE (Society of Women Engineers) undergraduates |
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$6,400 |
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Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Contact: Douglas B. Cleary, Ph.D., P.E., 856-256-5325, cleary@rowan.edu; Study of applicant pool data to improve recruitment efforts of female engineering students MORE: Analysis of Applicant Data to Improve Recruitment of Female and Underrepresented Engineering Students |
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$7,159 |
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Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Contact: Susan Staffin Metz, 201-216-8228, smetz@stevens.edu; Adds qualitative data to the Project to Assess Climate Change in Engineering (PACE) MORE: PACE website |
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$25,457 |
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The Works, Edina, MN Contact: Kris Best, 952-848-4846, kris@theworks.org Hands-on exploration of engineering for middle school girls |
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$13,420 |
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Zambia Research and Development Centre, Lusaka, Zambia Contact: Richard Silumbe+260-99-303567, rsilumbe@zrdc.org Establishes engineering information centers at select schools for access to ZRDC and encourages female student participation |
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$24,810 |
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2006 |
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Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology, East Hartford, CT 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 |
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$15,000 |
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Florida International University, Miami, FL Contact: Stephanie Strange, 305-348-1635, Stephanie.Strange@fiu.edu Series of outreach programs and workshops to encourage middle school girls in engineering |
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$7,740 |
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Harvard College, Cambridge, MA Contact: Eric Mazur, 617-495-8729, mazur@physics.harvard.edu; 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; Study of interactive teaching techniques to reduce the gender gap in engineering |
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$23,738 |
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Headstart College, Cape Town, South Africa 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 |
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$17,000 |
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Kid's Hope School Jipal, Plateau State, Nigeria 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 |
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$8,088 |
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Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 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 MORE: A Preliminary Analysis of Factors Affecting the Persistence of African-American Females in Engineering Degree Programs; Work in Progress – Reexamining the Problem of Engineering Persistence for African-American Female Students |
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$24,032 |
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University of Evansville, Evansville, IN Contact: Alicia Harris, 812-488-2272, ak52@evansville.edu Expanded programming for the "Options for Girls" summer camp |
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$14,755 |
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University of Houston, Houston, TX 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 MORE: Investigating the relations of ethnicity to female students' perceptions and intention to major in engineering using social cognitive theory |
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$20,650 |
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2005 |
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Greene County Career Center, Xenia, OH Contact: Bob Kaiser, 937-879-3611, bkaiser@fairborn.k12.oh.us Program to excite girls about engineering using robots, rockets and race cars |
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$7,000 |
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isisHawaii, Honolulu, HI Contact: Lynn Fujioka, 808-988-1931, lfujioka@isishawaii.org Develop an online workshop pilot that helps students and parents understand the role of engineers |
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$5,000 |
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Kettering University, Flint, MI Contact: Betsy Homsher, 810-762-9540, bhomsher@kettering.edu; Collaboration with Genesee county schools to create the Discovery program, a career-oriented series of workshops to encourage SMET participation MORE: Discover U - Funding Story 2005; Discover U Overview |
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$20,000 |
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Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA Contact: S. David Wu, 610-758-5308, david.wu@lehigh.edu Enhancements to the Summer CHOICES program, designed to increase the pipeline of women into engineering |
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$10,000 |
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SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY Contact: Napis Chongleuswarawong, 631-632-4134, nchongleuswa@notes.cc.sunysb.edu Expanded mentoring, student leadership and alumnae programs to augment WISE programming efforts |
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$16,000 |
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University of Denver, Denver, CO Contact: Ronald DeLyser, 303-871-2102 Expansion of the "Making of an Engineer" and "Making of a Scientist" programs |
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$10,000 |
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University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Suzanne Gage Brainard, 206-543-4810, brainard@u.washington.edu Research on the impact of merging WISE and MSEP programs on the retention of women in engineering |
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$25,022 |
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2004 |
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California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 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) |
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$20,000 |
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Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 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 |
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$11,500 |
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Santa Clara Unified School District, Santa Clara, CA 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 |
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$20,000 |
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2003 |
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| Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA Contact: Susan Agee, 215-895-5925, susan-agee@drexel.edu Outreach to the all-girls Springside School, focusing on the creation and implementation of an assessment tool to measure impact |
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$15,000 |
| Girls Inc., New York, NY Contact: Jenny Lindstrom, 212-509-2000 ext. 203, www.girlsinc.org "Thinking SMART," a national project to increase girls' skills and interest in science and engineering |
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$29,763 |
| MentorNet, San Jose, CA Contact: Carol B. Muller, Ph.D., 408-924-4061, www.MentorNet.net Evaluate the effectiveness of e-mentoring strategies for women of color in engineering and science |
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$15,500 |
| Mercer University, Macon, GA Contact: Dr. Joan Burtner, 478-301-4127, burtner_j@mercer.edu Retrospective study of freshmen engineering attitudes and persistence towards a college degree |
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$10,000 |
| Mt Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA Contact: Orin Hoffman, 413-538-2238, ohoffman@mtholyoke.edu Design and implementation of an intro to engineering course utilizing Lego Mindstorms, including community-based outreach to middle schools |
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$6,780 |
| Persephone Productions, Washington, DC Contact: Bonnie Erbe, 202-973-0079, BonnieErbe@compuserve.com Dissemination of award-winning segment of "To the Contrary" on women in engineering |
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$10,000 |
| University of Arizona, Tuscon, AZ Contact: Ray Umashankar, 520-621-8103, rayu@email.arizona.edu Rapid prototyping as an innovative, instructional, mentoring and recruitment tool for attracting middle-school girls to engineering |
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$20,000 |
| Western Transportation Institute of Montana State University, Bozeman, MT Contact: Susan Gallagher, 406-994-6559, sgallagher@coe.montana.edu Encourage girls' awareness of engineering through interactive exploration of bridges and dams with women engineering students |
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$14,220 |
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2002 |
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| New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ Contact: Rosa M. Cano, 973-596-3550 Expansion of women in engineering and technology initiative-FEMME Program |
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$20,000 |
| Nishnabotna Girl Scout Council, Council Bluffs, IA Contact: Alyssa K. Kohler, 712-328-2338, http://www.girlscoutsncswi.org Contribution towards programming, supplies, and equipment for "M PWR U", a weekly after-school program for 9th and 10th grade girls |
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$37,963 |
| Persephone Productions, Washington, DC Contact: Bonnie Erbe, 202-973-0079, BonnieErbe@compuserve.com Segment of the PBS news analysis program "To the Contrary" featuring profiles of working women engineers, plus outreach to engineering schools |
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$47,000 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Contact: Terry Schmidt Adams, 508-831-5611, tadams@wpi.edu GEMS Jr. -- introduces middle school girls to engineering through hands-on exploration |
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$6,050 |
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2001 |
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| Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA Contact: Julie Pandosh, 805-546-3279 "Expanding Your Horizons" workshop for 7-9th grade girls to encourage pursuit of math, science, technology and engineering |
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$7,500 |
| Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland Contact: Francoise Piron, ing., francoise.prion@epfl.ch, and Sylvie Boulanger, dr ing., sboulanger@ksicom.ch Sci/tech recruitment material for 12-15 year old girls, adapted to the Franco-European culture |
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$40,000 |
| Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA Contact: Lori C. Bassman, 909-607-1250, lori_bassman@hmc.edu Expansion of Partners in Engineering Problem Solving - PEPS program that trains high school science/math teachers across the nation in "hands-on" engineering methods |
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$12,037 |
| Lima Tech College, Lima, OH Contact: Dr. Cynthia Spiers, 419-995-8331 Girls in Engineering Career Kamp Opportunity (GECKO) to entice ninth and tenth grade females in rural areas to consider engineering |
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$14,900 |
| Radio Bilingüe, Fresno, CA Contact: Hugo Morales, 559-455-5777, http://www.radiobilingue.org Production of radio broadcast "Latinos in Engineering" to educate Latinos about career opportunities in engineering |
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$52,650 |
| Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ Contact: Evelyn F. Hanna, 732-445-2687, evelynh@rci.rutgers.edu Summer programs designed to familiarize middle school girls with the various engineering disciplines and to instill a feeling of mathematical and scientific accomplishment |
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$16,923 |
| SME Education Foundation, Dearborn, MI Contact: Lynn M. Borg, 313-271-1500 ext. 1713 STEPS (Science Tech & Engineering Preview Summer) camp curriculum guide on CD-ROM |
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$18,233 |
| Texas A & M University, College Station, TX Contact: Tricia Draughn, 979,845-7200, Tricia@eapo.tamu.ude Support for high school outreach program, first year orientation program, and second year retention program |
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$30,000 |
| Trinity College, Hartford, CT Contact: David J. Ahlgren, Ph.D., 860-297-2517 Establish a one-year joint program with Swarthmore College as part of a coalition to connect outreach programs at leading liberal arts colleges that offer engineering degrees |
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$35,000 |
| Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA Contact: Dr. Bevlee Watford, 540-7404 Increasing the yield rate of women engineering applicants by expanding a women's preview weekend program |
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$5,130 |
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2000 |
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| FIRST Place, Manchester, NH Contact: Cindy Abrams, 603-666-3906, 800-871-8326; cabrams@usfirst.org SharingFIRST, a website for access to engineering information, distance learning and collaborative problem-solving in support of recruiting young women to the FIRST robotics program |
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$74,000* |
| Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Contact: K. Michelle Buckman, 404-894-6894, michelle.buckman@dev.gatach.edu Multimedia CDROM/website designed to provide a more updated image and understanding of engineering as a career choice |
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$70,587 |
| Girls' Club of Allentown, Allentown, PA Contact: Deborah Fries, 620-433-0093 Enhancing a summer program for inner-city girls to explore engineering and provide instructional computer classes |
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$5,000 |
| Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI Contact: Edith Assaff, 248-204-2312, advancement@ltu.edu Collaboration with the Michigan Metro Girl Scouts on a summer program to engage minority girls in math, engineering and science |
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$74,560* |
| MassPEP, Boston, MA Contact: Lisa Ackerman, P.E., 781-275-0494, dlackerman@earthlink.net Training sessions for education professionals and workshops for parents to direct attention to the variety of choices women have today in engineering |
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$15,000 |
| MentorNet, San Jose, CA Contact: Peg Boyle Single, 408-924-4061, mentor@email.sjsu.edu Interactive web-based training modules for mentors and women students in support of MentorNet's nationwide e-mentoring program for engineering education |
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$63,875* |
| Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Contact: Kauser Jahan, 856-256-5323, jahan@rowan.edu Workshop for attracting women into engineering renewal |
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$19,995 |
| Santa Clara High School, Santa Clara, CA Contact: Jocelyn Lee, 408-985-5900 Academic, college and career counseling for young women of color who are interested in pursuing careers in science and engineering |
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$20,000 |
| University of Washington, Seattle, WA Contact: Suzanne Gage Brainard, 206-543-4810, brainard@u.washington.edu Two-year project to establish long-term collaborations with top engineering universities in Africa and build and disseminate a website in order to increase the pool of women |
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$174,988* |
| University of Vermont, Burlington, VT Contact: Naomi Chesler, 802-656-0978, nchesler@emba.uvm.edu Development of a leadership training program for junior women faculty in engineering disciplines |
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$57,600* |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA Contact: Denise Nicoletti, 508-831-5257, nicolett@wpi.edu Summer outreach program to generate interest and excitement about engineering and technology among young women |
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$10,000 |
1999 |
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| Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY Contact: Jan DeWaters, 315-268-3791, dewaters@northnet.org Partnership program which attracts young women into engineering through a combination of mentoring, project-based learning activities, and exposure to local female professional engineers. |
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$20,000 |
| North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Contact: Cynthia Haller, 919-515-3866, cindyh@unity.ncsu.edu Enhancing the retention of women engineers through a team approach |
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$41,148 |
| Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ Contact: Susan Staffin Metz, 201-216-5245, smetz@stevens-tech.edu Seminar and follow-up for middle school and high school guidance counselors to educate them about careers in engineering |
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$18,600 |
| University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO Contact: Jill S. Tietjen, P.E., 303-492-0083 Energy Education Workshop for Girls |
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$7,250 |
| University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX Contact: Sherry E. Woods, Ed.D., 512-471-5650 WEP retention effort |
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$20,000 |
1998 |
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| Boston Society of Civil Engineers, Boston, MA Contact: Lisa A. Ackerman, P.E., 781-275-0494, http://www.engineers.org/bsces Outreach programs that send engineers into schools as role models |
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$13,000 |
| Cooper Union, New York, NY Contact: Eleanor Baum, Ph.D., 212-353-4285 Women Engineers Breakthrough (WEB) program, a leadership training initiative for women engineers |
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$75,000 |
| New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM Contact: Linda Ann Riley, 505-646-4923 Three industrial engineering experience modules directed at middle school girls |
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$30,440 |
| Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Contact: Barbara Bogue, 814-863-5790, http://www.engr.psu.edu/wep Hands-on orientation program for female students with networking and mentoring components |
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$75,000* |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic University, Troy, NY Contact: Vicki Lynn, 518-276-6203 Workshop for high school girls on opening the way to careers in engineering |
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$18,090 |
| Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ Contact: Kauser Jahan, Ph.D., P.E., 609-256-4609 Introducing engineering to female students through hands-on experiments and industrial plant trips |
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$35,521 |
| Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL Contact: Julie Spoerre, Fran Harackiewicz, Lizette Chevalier, 618-453-7832 Development of materials addressing gender-equity techniques for high school science and math modules |
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$83,202* |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Contact: Jan Rinehart, 409-847-8887 http://www.tamu.edu/swe SWE summer camp for fifty 7th and 8th grade girls to consider engineering as a career choice |
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$10,000 |
| University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Contact: Carla Trujillo, Ph.D., 510-643-6443, carlat@coe.Berkeley.edu Interactive Theater Project focused on creating a more equitable classroom learning environment |
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$73,020* |
| University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign, Urbana, IL Contact: Susan A. Linnemeyer, 217-244-3517 Summer residential program for middle school girls to learn about engineering |
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$15,040 |
| University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Contact: Sandra Ingram, Ph.D., 204-474-9698, ingram@cc.UManitoba.CA Phase 2 of pilot study on gender and modes of collaboration in engineering |
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$15,000 |
| University of Maryland, College Park, MD Contact: Cheryl Morris, 301-405-3931 One-week summer in engineering programs for 60 female high school students |
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$14,500 |
| University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE Contact: Linda Swoboda, 402-472-3738 Multimedia technology approach to recruitment of women in engineering |
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$57,804 |
| University of Texas at El Paso/University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Contact: Mary Besterfield-Sacre, 412-624-9836, mbsacre@engrng.pitt.edu http://www.engrng.pitt.edu/~outcomes Multi-institutional benchmarking study of the effects of gender and ethnicity on retention success |
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$184,910* |
1997 |
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| Catholic University, Washington, D.C. Contact: Corinna (Cori) E. Lathan, Ph.D., 202-319-5095, http://www.ee.cua.edu/~lathan/ Workshops for high school girls on opening the way to careers in engineering |
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$83,500* |
| North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Contact: Cynthia Haller, 919-515-3866, cindyh@unity.ncsu.edu Enhancing the retention of women engineers through a team approach |
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$41,148 |
| Purdue University, Lafayette, IN Contact: Jane Z. Daniels, Ph.D., 765-494-3889 Program on retention of women in engineering |
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$9,099 |
| Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Contact: Jan Rinehart, 409-847-8887 http://www.tamu.edu/swe Summer program for 7th and 8th grade girls to encourage pursuit of engineering |
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$6,000 |
| University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Contact: Sandra Ingram, Ph.D., 204-474-9698, ingram@cc.UManitoba.CA Study on gender and modes of collaboration in engineering |
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$10,000 |
| University of Maryland at College Park, College Park, MD Contact: Cheryl Morris, 301-405-3931 One-week summer in engineering programs for 60 female high school students |
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$13,500 |
| University of Texas, Austin, Austin, TX 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 |
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$7,000 |
| WEPAN Women in Engineering Programs and Advocate Network, Hoboken, NJ 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 |
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$74,993 |
| YWCA of the U.S.A., New York, NY Contact: Prema Mathai-Davis, 212-273-7800 "TechGRRLS" program of events for high school girls to explore technical professions *Represents a multi-year grant |
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$25,000 |
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