About EiF
Grant Programs
Our Work
Grants 2006
Grants 2005
Grants 2004
Grants 2003
Grants 2002
Grants 2001
Grants 2000
Grants 99
Grants 98
Grants 97
Availability & Use of Info
Women in Engineering
Developing Countries
Info for Grantees
Contact EiF
Search

Site Map
Grants: 2004


Availability and Use of Published Information

Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA
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


$24,210
University of Maine, Orono, ME
Contact: Dr. Mohamad Musavi, 207-581-2243,
musavi@eece.maine.edu;
http://www.eece.maine.edu/~pnataraj/eifnew; see flyer of project at: http://www.eece.maine.edu/~pnataraj/flyer.pdf
Develop and evaluate an introductory engineering information literacy course for undergraduates


$24,977
Women in Engineering

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA
Contact: Hasmik Gharibyan, 805-756-7068,
hghariby@calpoly.edu;
Gender Gap in Computer Science Does Not Exist in One Former Soviet Republic: Results of a Study (.pdf)
Investigate why women avoid Computer Science in America compared to the former Soviet Union


$20,000
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


$11,500
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


$20,000
Information Access in Developing Countries

Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Republic of Mozambique
Contact: Boaventura Chongo Cuamba, +258-1-493377,
boaventura.cuamba@uem.mz
Encourage science and engineering education for rural girls by exposing them to training in renewable energy technology


$45,000
Multinational Fund for Development Aid (MUDA),
Nairobi, Kenya
Contact: Albert Kenyani Inima,
mnfund@wananchi.com
Improve computer capacity, internet connectivity and engineering library content at the University of Nairobi


$18,728
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Contact: Prof. Madara Ogot, 814-863-1550,
mmo100@psu.edu
Linking of the University of Nairobi to a consortium of remote-operated mechanical engineering laboratories via the internet


$43,000
Universal Library of Sverdlovsk, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Contact: Nadezda Tscypina, +7-343-3715352,
bibl@library.uraic.ru;
http://book.uraic.ru/belinka_online/engineering/
Provide training and support for searching and usage of different information technologies


$17,702

Home ~ About EiF ~ Grant Programs ~ Our Work
Info for Grantees ~ Contact EiF ~ Search Our Site



EIF Engineering Information Foundation
Phone: 212-579-7596 | Fax: 212-579-7517
info@eifgrants.org