
NSF Org: |
EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers |
Recipient: |
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Initial Amendment Date: | February 26, 2007 |
Latest Amendment Date: | February 17, 2010 |
Award Number: | 0647387 |
Award Instrument: | Continuing Grant |
Program Manager: |
Esther Bolding
EEC Division of Engineering Education and Centers ENG Directorate for Engineering |
Start Date: | February 15, 2007 |
End Date: | January 31, 2011 (Estimated) |
Total Intended Award Amount: | $0.00 |
Total Awarded Amount to Date: | $309,000.00 |
Funds Obligated to Date: |
FY 2008 = $102,655.00 FY 2009 = $105,563.00 |
History of Investigator: |
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Recipient Sponsored Research Office: |
4200 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA US 15260-0001 (412)624-7400 |
Sponsor Congressional District: |
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Primary Place of Performance: |
4200 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA US 15260-0001 |
Primary Place of
Performance Congressional District: |
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Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): |
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Parent UEI: |
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NSF Program(s): | EWFD-Eng Workforce Development |
Primary Program Source: |
01000809DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT 01000910DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT |
Program Reference Code(s): |
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Program Element Code(s): |
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Award Agency Code: | 4900 |
Fund Agency Code: | 4900 |
Assistance Listing Number(s): | 47.041 |
ABSTRACT
EEC-0647387
Eric Beckman
The award provides support for a three-year REU Site at the University of Pittsburgh. The REU site will engage 14 undergraduate students each year for three years in a
12-week summer program. The undergraduates will form design teams to tackle research projects that focus on problems in the design of sustainable neighborhoods, namely green construction, the sustainable use of water, distributed energy systems, etc. The overall goals of the program are to: 1) teach undergraduate engineers to incorporate sustainability as a constraint in designs; 2) teach engineering undergraduates to work in design teams that progress from initial reliance on faculty and graduate student advisors to reliance on team members over the course of the program; and 3) teach undergraduate engineers how their research impacts people and the planet. To enhance the hands-on research experience, a variety of activities have been incorporated. These include: team building and leadership workshops; modules on sustainable design and effective communications; a series of sessions on ethics; and a number of social activities.
Recruitment efforts will be targeted at four populations: 1) engineering and science students attending primarily undergraduate institutions in the region; 2) ten minority serving institutions with which the Assistant Dean for Diversity has negotiated articulation agreements; 3) the University of Texas-El Paso and the University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez; and 4) students who participate in Engineers without Borders and Engineers for a Sustainable World.
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