National Science Foundation – ATE Project Grants

Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program
Manufacturing Related Grants

Through ATE’s competitive grant process, the National Science Foundation provides seed money to innovative educators to develop and test their ideas for improving the education of technicians and the educators who teach them. The NSF provides two types of support: ATE Project Grants and ATE Center Grants.

ATE Project Grants focus on specific ways to enhance technician education, teacher education, technical expertise, students’ laboratory experiences, and applied research. Projects use multifaceted approaches to add rigor to STEM courses, infuse classroom instruction with industry standards and workplace competencies, and provide professional development to educators.

MERC Online and other ATE Resource Centers will disseminate the resources created by these grants.

The title of each grant links to its NSF abstract and pertinent contact information:

Award Number:  0202373
High School Technology Initiative Principle Investigator:  Andrew Hoff, University of South Florida
Expires:  May 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0302328
Enhancing the Resource Center Role of the National Center for Manufacturing Education
Principle Investigator:  Monica Pfarr, Sinclair Community College
Expires:  May 31, 2008 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0302523
Work-Ready Electronics: An Industry-Supported System for Synchronizing Curriculum to the Rapidly Changing Workplace
Principle Investigator:  Michael Lesiecki, Maricopa County Community College District
Expires:  April 30, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0302574
A Distributed Hybrid Approach to Creating a Community of Practice Using NSF Funded Manufacturing Engineering Technology Curriculum Modules
Principle Investigator:  James Houdeshell, Sinclair Community College
Expires:  July 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0302754
Maryland Center for Manufacturing Education Excellence 
Principle Investigator:  Dennis Faber, TIME Center
Expires:  September 30, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0355246
Oklahoma Center for Information Assurance and Forensics Education (OCIAFE)
Principle Investigator:  Sujeet Shenoi, University of Tulsa  (co-pi) Sheryl Hale, Oklahoma Career Tech
Expires:  August 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0402023
Faculty Development in Collaborative Design and Rapid Tooling and Manufacturing
Principle Investigator:  Thomas Singer, Sinclair Community College
Expires:  August 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0402075
Factory Wise: Preparing Underserved Students for Higher Education and Careers in Highly Automated Manufacturing
Principle Investigator:  John Underwood, Maricopa County Community College District
Expires:  June 30, 2008 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0402215
Florida Advanced Technological Education (FL-ATE) Regional Center for Manufacturing Education Principle Investigator:  Marilyn Barger, Hillsborough Community College
Expires:  June 30, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0402263
Highly Automated Technology Education: - The Future Is Now
Principle Investigator:  Robert C. Decker, Mohawk Valley Community College
Expires:  July 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0402625
The National Center for Pulp and Paper Technology
Principle Investigator:  Randy Parker, Alabama Southern Community College (co-pi) James Bond, David Deas, NPT2
Expires:  June 30, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0442087
Interactive Video Tutorials for Enhancing Problem Solving, Reasoning and Meta-cognitive Skills of Introductory Physics Students
Principle Investigator:  Chandralekha Singh, University of Pittsburgh
Expires:  May 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0442531
National Dissemination of Multimedia Case Studies that Bring Real-World Issues into Engineering Classrooms
Principle Investigator:  Polapragada Raju, Auburn University
Expires:  December 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0442944
Integrating Systematic Creativity into the Engineering Curriculum
Principle Investigator:  Madara Ogot, Pennsylvania State Univ University Park
Expires:  July 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0501328
Alabama Regional Center for Automotive Manufacturing Technology (CARCAM)
Principle Investigator:  Ronald Cox, Gasden State Community College
Expires:  August 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0501412
Retention Solutions in Advanced Electromechanical Technology
Principle Investigator:  Terry Bartelt, Fox Valley Technical College
Expires:  June 30, 2008 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0501626
MATEC - National Resource Center
Principle Investigator:  Kim Grady, Maricopa County Community College District
Expires:  June 30, 2008 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0501698
Maximizing Learning and Retention in On-Line Courses for Electronics Students with Interactive Laboratory Experiences
Principle Investigator:  Bill Ware, Piedmont Technical College  (co-pi)Charles Dixon, Piedmont Technical College
Expires:  June 30, 2008
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Award Number:  0501854
Planning Grant for Institution Level Reform for Adult Technological Education Principle Investigator:  Michael Lesiecki, Maricopa County Community College District
Expires:  May 31, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0501885
Embedding CQI Methodology In Two-Year College Technical Curricula
Principle Investigator:  Dorene Perez, Illinois Valley Community College
Expires:  June 30, 2008 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0550368
Developing Effective Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering Principle Investigator:  Greg Pearson, National Academy of Sciences
Expires:  April 30, 2008
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Award Number:  0603024
Faculty Development in Automotive Hybrid Vehicle Technology
Principle Investigator:  Rex Kent, Sinclair Community College
Expires:  March 31, 2008 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0603327
Automotive Manufacturing Technical Education Collaborative (AMTEC)
Principle Investigator:  James White, Kentucky Community & Technical College System  (co-pi) Annette Parker, Lansing Community College
Expires:  June 30, 2008
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Award Number:  0603367
Advanced Manufacturing: Establishing Foundations for Education and Career Pathways from Middle School through College
Principle Investigator:  Stan Komacek, California University of Pennsylvania
Expires:  June 30, 2008
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Award Number:  0603389
Computer-Assisted Performance Assessment in Advanced Technological Education
Principle Investigator:  Paul Horwitz, Concord Consortium
Expires: April 30, 2007 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0603421
Nanoscale Manufacturing Curriculum for Advanced Technological Education
Principle Investigator:  David Shaw, SUNY at Buffalo
Expires: July 31, 2008
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Award Number:  0603427
The Robotics Corridor Collaborative
Principle Investigator:  George Bilokonsky, Noreen Grover, Cuyahoga Community College
Expires:  June 30, 2008
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Award Number:  0603465
Integrated Learning Systems: A Model Approach
Principle Investigator:  Dale Doty, Mesa State College  (co-pi) Bill McCracken, Mesa State, WCCC
Expires:  May 31, 2009 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0636505
Applying Research-Based Instructional Methods in the Classroom
Principle Investigator:  James Houdeshell, Sinclair Community College
Expires:  September 30, 2008 (Estimated)
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Award Number:  0637288
SBIR Phase I: eLearning --- Training and Enabling the Manufacturing Workforce: Computer Aided Decision Tools for Training and Assessment Optimization
Principle Investigator:  Chris Chiu, ACCU Measurement and Testing, Inc.
Expires:  June 30, 2007 (Estimated)
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