In Progress Online Ethics Center The Online Ethics Center provides students, educators, and practicing engineers and scientists with resources for understanding and addressing ethically significant problems that arise in their work. Latest UpdateJune 20, 2018 Read More
In Progress Becoming the Online Resource Center for Ethics Education in Engineering and Science This project expands the National Academy of Engineering’s Online Ethics Center (OEC) to be the go-to online source for these critical resources and support for ethics and ethics education in science and engineering. Latest UpdateJune 20, 2018 Read More
Center for Engineering Ethics and Society (CEES) Addressing Issues CEES activities address ethically significant issues that arise in engineering and scientific research, education, and practice. These issues arise for individual engineers and scientists as well as for social organizations and institutions. CEES projects engage a wide ... Latest UpdateJune 6, 2018 Read More
Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education Inaugurated in 2001 by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the intent of the Gordon Prize is to recognize new modalities and experiments in education that develop effective engineering leaders. The focus is on innovations such as curricular design, teaching methods, and technology-enabled ... Latest UpdateJune 6, 2018 Read More
In Progress Guiding Implementation of PreK-12 Engineering in the United States The goal of this three-year project is to provide guidance to key stakeholders in US K-12 education regarding effective engineering education. The stakeholders include organizations leading development and implementation of the NGSS (i.e., Achieve, Inc. and the National Science Teachers ... Latest UpdateMay 10, 2018 Read More
Completed Engineer Your Life Engineer Your Life Coalition Develops National Campaign to Reposition Engineering as a Creative, Exciting and Rewarding Field for Women Latest UpdateApril 26, 2018 Read More
In Progress The Engagement of Engineering Societies in Undergraduate Engineering Education Professional engineering societies can play an important role in building the capacity of the field. This goal is often approached through efforts to improve and make more accessible the educational opportunities available to those in or wishing to gain entry to the profession. Among many roles, ... Latest UpdateApril 11, 2018 Read More
Simon Ramo Founders Award The Founders Award was established in 1965 by the Academy to honor an outstanding NAE member or foreign member who has upheld the ideals and principles of the NAE through professional, educational, and personal achievement and accomplishment. Awarded during NAE's annual meeting in October, ... Latest UpdateApril 3, 2018 Read More
In Progress Global Grand Challenges Summits Series of global summits for leading scientists and engineers, educators, policy leaders, students, and the public to address grand challenges. Latest UpdateMarch 23, 2018 Read More
CASEE The Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE) is the first operating center of the National Academy of Engineering. We are dedicated to achieving excellence in engineering education, education that is effective, engaged, and efficient. Latest UpdateMarch 21, 2018 Read More
Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering Recognized as one of the world's preeminent awards for engineering achievement, the Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering honors an engineer whose accomplishment has significantly impacted society by improving the quality of life, providing the ability to live freely and comfortably, and/or permitting the access to information. Latest UpdateFebruary 22, 2018 Read More
In Progress Grand Challenges Scholars Program Motivated by the National Academy of Engineering’s 14 Grand Challenges for Engineering and increasing calls for a new engineering education paradigm, Duke’s Pratt School of Engineering, The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, and the University of Southern ... Latest UpdateJanuary 29, 2018 Read More
In Progress Armstrong Endowment for Young Engineers - Gilbreth Lectures A lectureship recognizing outstanding young American engineers. Latest UpdateJanuary 23, 2018 Read More
Manufacturing, Design, and Innovation Transformational changes are occurring in US-based manufacturing, design, and innovation . US manufacturing employment has significantly changed due to increasing globalization, industry restructuring, and automation of the factory floor. At the same time, innovations in technologies and business ... Latest UpdateNovember 17, 2017 Read More
In Progress Overcoming Challenges to Infusing Ethics into the Development of Engineers This project convened current and emerging leaders in ethics and engineering who are working to improve the ethical development of engineering students at a workshop. Latest UpdateOctober 31, 2017 Read More
Completed A Vision for the Future of Center-Based, Multidisciplinary Engineering Research In this 21-month project, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Materials and Manufacturing Board will develop a vision and high-level, strategic recommendations for the future of National Science Foundation (NSF)–supported center-scale, multidisciplinary engineering research. ... Latest UpdateOctober 24, 2017 Read More
Completed Engaging the Engineering Community in a Constructive Dialogue Regarding ABET Criteria Changes An ad hoc committee will support an effort to engage the engineering education and broader engineering community in a constructive dialogue on the proposed ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) changes to Criteria 3 and 5. As part of this effort, the NAE will be hosting a public forum ... Latest UpdateOctober 24, 2017 Read More
Completed Enhancing Teachers' Voices in Policy Making Related to K-12 Engineering Education Over the past 15 years, there has been a steady growth in efforts to introduce engineering teaching and learning at the K-12 level. A variety of curricular and professional development programs have been put in place, and some have achieved significant scale (e.g., Engineering is Elementary, ... Latest UpdateOctober 24, 2017 Read More
Completed Engineering For You3 (E4U3): Engineering Mega Projects The National Academy of Engineering's 3 rd annual Engineering for You Video Contest (E4U3) on Mega Engineering! Most of humankind’s biggest endeavors are mega engineering projects that provide solutions that span disciplines, geographies, and cultural boundaries. The Grand Prize of ... Latest UpdateOctober 24, 2017 Read More
In Progress Frontiers of Engineering Education Symposium bringing together engaged and innovative engineering educators to recognize, reward, and promote effective, substantive, and inspirational engineering education Latest UpdateOctober 24, 2017 Read More