IVCC'S NSF GRANTS IN THE NEWS:  

IVCC RECEIVES $520,000 NSF GRANT FOR RECRUITING

Building an Engineering Technology Workforce: 
A Plan for Reaching Young People, Adults and Women

#0802505 totaling $520,975 for 2008 - 2011

In 2008, IVCC received a grant from the National Science Foundation to recruit students into engineering-related careers.

The three-year Advanced Technological Education grant focuses on increasing awareness of and interest in engineering among middle school and high school students, adults and women in the IVCC district.

Teachers Resource Manual for Adapting the MIMIC Project Model

Plans for Multidisciplinary Projects Adapted from the MIMIC Model

MIMIC Student Guidebook

Modules for Integrating Workplace Skills

Establishing A Leadership Team

Grant initiatives address the barriers that prevent each of the target groups from selecting engineering careers:

• for young people the major barrier is perceived difficulty

• for adults the major barrier is lack of awareness of engineering career benefits

• for women the major barrier is the perception of engineering as not feminine and not relevant to their lives

For more information on this grant project, contact:

• Principal Investigator Dorene Perez, CAD/CAE Program Coordinator, Email:  dorene_perez@ivcc.edu
• Co-Principal Investigator Jim Gibson, Electronics Program Coordinator, Email:  jim_gibson@ivcc.edu
• Co-Principal Investigator Sue Caley Opsal, Anatomy and Physiology Instructor, Email:  sue_caley@ivcc.edu
• Co-Principal Investigator Rose Marie Lynch, Communications Instructor, Email: rosemarie_lynch@ivcc.edu