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 UpdateMay 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Engineering For You2 (E4U2): NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering A contest held in 2015 highlighting how engineering will create a more sustainable, healthy, secure and/or joyous world by addressing the NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering Latest UpdateMay 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Engineering For You (E4U) Contest A Contest in Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the National Academy of Engineering Latest UpdateMay 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Developing Metrics for Assessing Engineering Instruction: What Gets Measured is What Gets Improved Study on the development and implementation of metrics for scholarly teaching or 'instructional scholarship' within the discipline of engineering Latest UpdateMay 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Energy Futures and Urban Air Pollution: Challenges for China and the United States This report summarizes current trends in addressing urban air pollution, profiles two U.S. and two Chinese cities, and recommends actions to enable both countries to improve urban air quality. Latest UpdateMay 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Integrated Network for Social Sustainability (INSS) INSS seeks to convene the a diverse group of individuals and experiences to accelerate the rate at which social aspects of sustainability are more authentically included in policy, planning, and research about the built environment. The INSS network will provide annual summits and year-long opportunities for networking and collaboration. Latest UpdateMay 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Understanding the Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum Over a 20-month period, an ad hoc committee will explore a set of questions about the career choices of engineering graduates and those employed as engineers with non-engineering degrees in the United States in order to provide a comprehensive view of the career pathways and related decision making of engineering graduates and working engineers in the United States. Latest UpdateMay 22, 2019 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 UpdateMay 8, 2019 Read More
In Progress Frontiers of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering symposia bring together emerging engineering leaders from industry, academe, and government labs to discuss pioneering technical work and leading-edge research. Latest UpdateApril 24, 2019 Read More
Completed Summit Series on the Grand Challenges 2009 and 2010 Series of summits for leading scientists and engineers, educators, policy leaders, innovators and corporate executives to sustain critical dialogue and engagement with grand challenges Latest UpdateApril 24, 2019 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 UpdateApril 24, 2019 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 UpdateApril 23, 2019 Read More
Completed Committee on Capitalizing on the Diversity of the Science and Engineering Workforce in Industry An ad hoc committee will conduct a study on how to maximize the recruitment, retention, and advancement of women and underrepresented minorities in industries that have a large science and engineering (S & E) component. Latest UpdateApril 4, 2019 Read More
Completed Engineering Education Leadership Institute The Engineering Education Leadership Institute served to imbue leaders of the engineering academic community with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to create environments that will successfully prepare engineering students for the technical and social challenges of practice in the 21st Century. Latest UpdateApril 3, 2019 Read More
Completed Engineering Equity Extension Service (EEES) Five-year project to increase the number of women attaining baccalaureate degrees in engineering. Latest UpdateApril 1, 2019 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 1, 2019 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 UpdateApril 1, 2019 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 UpdateMarch 22, 2019 Read More
NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering The NAE convened a select, international committee to evaluate ideas on the greatest challenges and opportunities for engineering. Latest UpdateMarch 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Developing an On-line Resource for Ethics Education in Science and Engineering This project modified and enhanced the Online Ethics Center (OEC) to help principal investigators and institutions respond knowledgeably to NSF requirements for ethics education instituted as part of the America COMPETES Act of 2007. Latest UpdateMarch 20, 2019 Read More
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