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This article, originally published in the Journal of Faculty Development, outlines techniques for involving engineering professors in faculty development programs and for making the programs effective. The article describes a faculty development program designed specifically for engineering faculty...

This 119-page book is provided by the National Academy Press and discusses Community college pathways to engineering careers. "This report describes how some community colleges and four-year educational institutions have facilitated the transfer process for students transferring from two-year...

This 6-page article, written by Christine Andrews and Leslie Wilkins, discusses the Environmental and Spatial Technology (EAST) Project. This project involves "a high school class that uses technology in service projects designed to improve student's critical thinking and problem solving skills."...

This web page offers a brief summary of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) as it concerns the Environmental Protection Agency's regulation of pesticides. Links to both the EPA's archive of materials regarding the FQPA and a summary of the FQPA are provided.  In addition, the web page includes a...

This paper, from Ravindra Thamma of the School of Engineering and Technology at Central Conneticut State University, covers the estimation of position and orientation of unmanned vehicles with ultrasound and radio frequency sensing. Topics include methods to find position for navigational aid,...

This 2-page resource, provided by the Centers Collaborative for Technical Assistance (CCTA), is an evaluation best practice guide. CCTA offers a series of National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education best practice guides. CCTA comprises five NSF ATE centers. CCTA was formed "in response ...

This worksheet, developed by the Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education (EvaluATE), serves as a tool to aid in the development of an evaluation plan for a project. Users are encouraged to consider indicators, data source, data collection methods, responsible party, timing,...

87.9% of college-bound female students reported that The Engineer Your Life (EYL) website made them more interested in a career in engineering and 75.5% said the website inspired them to take an engineering class in college. The EYL website also helped 99% of counselors surveyed learn something...

This checklist was developed by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education to assist prospective Advanced Technological Education (ATE) principal investigators in developing education plans for proposals to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) ATE program. This...

This 1-page resource, provided by EvaluATE: Evaluation Resource Center for Advanced Technological Education, includes fourteen tips to use when writing evaluation recommendations. Tips include the following: determine the type of recommendations that stakeholders need/expect, generate...