DOCUMENT RESUME ED 394 845 SE 058 357 TITLE Advanced Technological Education Program: 1995 Awards and Activities. INSTITUTION National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Education and Human Resources. REPORT NO NSF-96-54 PUB DATE 96 NOTE 91p.; For 1994 version, see ED 380 288. AVAILABLE FROMNational Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230. PUB TYPE Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Awards; Higher Education; Science Course Improvement Projects; Science Curriculum; *Technology Education ABSTRACT The Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program promotes exemplary improvement in advanced technological education at the national and regional level through support of curriculum development and program improvement at the undergraduate and secondary school levels, especially for technicians being educated for the high performance workplace of advanced technologies. This book contains abstracts of awards for fiscal year 1995. The awards cover a wide range of advanced technological education fields including biotechnology, environmental technology, computer and information systems technology, chemical technology, manufacturing technology, electronics, geographic information systems technology, telecommunications, instrumentation and calibration technologies, and laser technology as well as mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, and other core courses which serve such programs. Three indexes contain a listing of awards by state, a partial listing of World Wide Web Pages for FY 1995 Standard and Continuing ATE awards, and a list of principal investigators. (JRH) *********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied ay EDRS are the best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** .0 MI mil I 6 Il I i I k ... ,.',.. I? 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Abstracts of Awards Centers of Excellence (New Awards) 15 C'enters of Excellence (Continuing Awards) 17 Projects (New Awards) 19 Projects (Continuing Awards) 33 Special Projects 43 ATE Contributions to Other Funded Projects 47 ILI* FY 1995 Awards in Two-Year Colleges in Advanced Technology Fields 53 III. Appendix Award Maps 61 Index of Awards By State (New and Continuing Awards) 65 Index of Project World Wide Web Home Pages 83 Index of Principal Investigators 85 *Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement Introduction ADVANCED TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION(ATE) The ATE program promotes exemplary improvement inadvanced technological education at the national and regional level through support of curriculumdevelopment and program improve- ment at the undergraduate and secondaryschool levels, especially for technicians being educated for the high performance workplace of advancedtechnologies. Curriculum development encom- passes the design and implementationof new curricula, courses, laboratories, and instructional materials. Program improvement encompasses faculty andteacher development, student aca- demic support, and formal cooperative arrangements amonginstitutions and other partners. ATE projects and Centers result in major improvements in advancedtechnological education, serve as models for other institutions, assure that students acquire strongbackgrounds in mathematics and science, and yield nationally-applicable educationalproducts. All projects and Centers have a vision for technician education which is used to guide projectdevelopment. The ATE program is managed jointly by the Division of Undergraduate Education(DUE) and the Division of Elemen- tary. Secondary, and Informal Education(ESIE). LEADERSHIP AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES In its second year of operation, many development andoutreach activities occurred in the ATE program. NST has made significantefforts to involve all interested parties in the continuing de- velopment of the program:two-year colleges, four-year colleges anduniversities, secondary schools, industry, and other government agencies. The focushas been on developing partner- ships among several levels with two-year colleges in leadershiproles. Activities included: ATE Leadership Workshop held in cooperation with theAmerican Association of Com- munity Colleges (AACC) and involving education leaders from two-and four-year col- leges, universities, and secondary schools; leaders from industrywith interest in technical education; and representatives from professional societies. ATE Principal Investigator's (PIs) Conference held incooperation with AACC and in- volving the 3 FY 1994 ATE Centers, the 16 ATE planning grantsfor Centers, and ap- proximately 6 of the large curriculum development projects. Theconference was designed to help ATE award recipients begin toconsider applications of the programs beyond the parameters of their own projects and to considerhow the entire ATE program can impact and improve the Nation's technological education. Eight ATE Outreach Workshops sponsored by DUE and ESIE andattended by many ad- ministrators and faculty members. Participation in Professional Society Meetings by DUE and ESIE programdirectors. A number of workshops and several notable NSF publications,including: February, 1995: publication of the Advanced Technological Education:1994 A wards and Activities (NSF 95-6). February, 1995: Partnering to Build a Quality Workforce: Critical Issuesin Envi- ronmental Technician Education sponsored with the AdvancedTechnological Envi- ronmental Education Center. Report published August, 1995. March, 1995: publication of Technical Education