NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ENGINEERING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ENGINEERING EDUCATION
PROGRAMS Division of Engineering Education and
Centers (EEC) Win Aung Senior Staff
Associate Division of Engineering Education and
Centers National Science Foundation, Arlington,
VA, USA Global Perspectives and Strategies for
Education about Standardation NIST, Gaithersburg,
MD February 21, 2008
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NO. OF ENGINEERING DEGREES (Source SEID2004,
Appendix, Table_02-33)
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• ENG / EEC EDUCATION WORKFORCE-RELATED PROGRAMS
• Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)
• Research Experiences for Teachers (RET)
• Engineering Research Centers (ERC)
• International Research and Education in
• Engineering (IREE)

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ERCTHE SYNERGISTIC EDUCATION INNOVATION SYSTEM
K-12
K-12
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SUMMARY OF EDUCATION ACTIVITIES SINCE INCEPTION
OF CURRENT ERCs
No. of Activities
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NEW COURSES ERC PROGRAM SUMMARY
No. of Courses
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CASA K-12 Outreach Research Experience for High
School Teachers

• Summer Institute 2004 July 25-30th, Nov. 6
• A unique sharing of knowledge across all
  partners
• 23 teachers from MA, CO, OK and PR
• Co-taught by CASA faculty from all research
  thrusts and K12 education/diversity experts
• Engineering curriculum frameworks emphasized.

K-12 teachers with CASA/CSU Omnia El-Hakim at
recent summer KCI workshop
CASA Engineering Research Center for
Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of
the Atmosphere (U. of Massachusetts Amherst)
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• CASA-ERC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH OVERVIEW
• Wayne Burleson, Associate Professor of Electrical
  and Computer Engineering, UMASS
• Kathy Rubin, Assistant Dean, College of
  Engineering, UMASS,
• CASA Co-Directors of
• Education Outreach
• Education and Outreach Team
• Omnia El-Hakim, CSU
• Sandra Cruz-Pol, UPRM
• Kevin Kloesel, OU
• Ted Djaferis, UMASS
• Noah Salzman, UMASS
• Chris Emery, UMASS

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Undergraduate Education CASA REU Program, Summer
2004

• 20 students across all partners
• 9 week program
• Significant diversity
• 50 female 35 minority students
• Cohort experience summer ASEE conference and
• CASA workshops offered.

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IREE A Entirely New Approach by NSF

• Initiated as pilot in 2006
• Completely funded by NSF No need for PIs to make
  cumbersome reciprocity arrangement
• Broaden domestic research and education
• Tap into new ideas worldwide

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FEEDBACK ON IREE This IREE funding enabled
three U.S. researchers to build bridges to two
research organizations with interests and skills
complementary to ours. This visit created a
pathway for complex applications of ongoing
research under the CAREER award and greatly
enhanced the quality of our ongoing work by
establishing stronger linksWith our
international collaborators, we have written
journal papers and have collaborated on grant
proposals. the primary message to take away is
the great value of the program. In addition to
specific research accomplishments, there were
many long-term, positive outcomes. All the
participants viewed this as a tremendous
opportunity for personal and professional growth
and greater understanding of our global
community. The less-visible, more personal
impacts are among the most compelling reasons to
continue and expand the IREE program.
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THANK YOU! Win Aung 703-292-5341 waung_at_nsf.gov