Completed NAE Grand Challenges for Engineering A diverse committee of experts from around the world, some of the most accomplished engineers and scientists of their generation, proposed 14 grand challenges for engineering. The panel, which was convened by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering NAE at the request of the U.S. National Science ... Latest UpdateSeptember 19, 2025 Read More
Completed Sharing Admissions Practices That Promote Diversity in Engineering All students should have the opportunity to study engineering, but despite long-standing calls to increase the numbers of women, African-Americans, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Hispanics of any race, students from low-income families, and other underrepresented groups in undergraduate ... Latest UpdateFebruary 23, 2024 Read More
In Progress Practices for Engineering Education and Research (PEER) Practices for Engineering Education and Research (PEER) will conduct studies, workshops, and other activities focused on equitable and inclusive engineering education and related research at the precollege and higher education levels. This program will consider the entire educational system, ... Latest UpdateSeptember 13, 2023 Read More
Completed Educator Capacity Building In PreK-12 Engineering Education This 18-month project, overseen by the National Academy of Engineering in partnership with the Board on Science Education , will conduct extensive data gathering to better understand the current and anticipated future needs for engineering-literate PreK-12 educators in the United States and how ... Latest UpdateAugust 9, 2023 Read More
Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education Inaugurated in 2001 by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the intent of the Gordon Prize is to recognize new modalities and experiments in education that develop effective engineering leaders. Latest UpdateMay 24, 2023 Read More
Completed Guiding Implementation of PreK-12 Engineering in the United States NAE Transitions the Management of LinkEngineering to the ITEEA The goal of this three-year project is to provide guidance to key stakeholders in US K-12 education regarding effective engineering education. The stakeholders include organizations leading development and implementation of the ... Latest UpdateApril 20, 2021 Read More
Completed Understanding the Engineering Education-Workforce Continuum Over a 20-month period, an ad hoc committee will explore a set of questions about the career choices of engineering graduates and those employed as engineers with non-engineering degrees in the United States in order to provide a comprehensive view of the career pathways and related decision making of engineering graduates and working engineers in the United States. Latest UpdateMay 22, 2019 Read More
Completed Engineering Education Leadership Institute The Engineering Education Leadership Institute served to imbue leaders of the engineering academic community with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to create environments that will successfully prepare engineering students for the technical and social challenges of practice in the 21st Century. Latest UpdateApril 3, 2019 Read More
Completed Engaging the Engineering Community in a Constructive Dialogue Regarding ABET Criteria Changes An ad hoc committee will support an effort to engage the engineering education and broader engineering community in a constructive dialogue on the proposed ABET Engineering Accreditation Commission (EAC) changes to Criteria 3 and 5. As part of this effort, the NAE will be hosting a public forum ... Latest UpdateJanuary 18, 2019 Read More
Completed A Vision for the Future of Center-Based, Multidisciplinary Engineering Research In this 21-month project, the National Academy of Engineering and the National Materials and Manufacturing Board will develop a vision and high-level, strategic recommendations for the future of National Science Foundation (NSF)–supported center-scale, multidisciplinary engineering research. ... Latest UpdateOctober 24, 2017 Read More
Completed Exploring Content Standards for K-12 Engineering Education Assesses the potential value and feasibility of developing and implementing content standards for engineering education at the K-12 level. Latest UpdateJune 14, 2017 Read More
Completed Infusing Real World Experiences into Engineering Education We will highlight exemplary models of infusing real world experience into engineering education. Latest UpdateJune 14, 2017 Read More
Completed Engineering Technology Education in the United States The ability of the United States to support innovation requires production and retention of individuals highly skilled in the sciences, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM). These STEM professionals work in a widely disseminated global enterprise spanning government, industry, and ... Latest UpdateFebruary 15, 2017 Read More
Completed Strengthening HBCU Engineering Education Research Capacity Through this NSF-supported (HRD-0411994) project, HBCU deans identified annually 3-person teams that included at least 2 engineering faculty and up to 1 faculty member from a social science or education discipline. Each team participated in a one-year cycle of activities in 2004, 2005, or 2006. ... Latest UpdateJanuary 5, 2016 Read More
Completed Alliance for Graduate Education Postdoctoral Engineering Education Researchers The Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) program allowed CASEE to place postdoctoral fellows with members of our Research Community. Fellows were selected from among recent doctoral recipients in engineering and science disciplines who wished to receive 12 months of ... Latest UpdateJanuary 5, 2016 Read More
Completed Toward Integrated STEM Education: Developing A Research Agenda The National Academy of Engineering and NRC Board on Science Education are overseeing a new study of integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (iSTEM) education at the K-12 level. The project aims to develop a strategic research agenda for determining the approaches and ... Latest UpdateSeptember 2, 2014 Read More
Completed Peer Reviewed Research Offering Validation of Effective and Innovative Teaching (PR2OVE-IT) A digital clearinghouse summarizing research on educational interventions to enhance student learning, retention, and professional success in post-secondary engineering and science Latest UpdateNovember 25, 2013 Read More
Completed Understanding and Improving K-12 Engineering Education in the United States This study explores the status and prospects for K-12 engineering education in the United States. Latest UpdateAugust 2, 2013 Read More
Completed Social Dynamics of On-Campus Change Workshop This workshop, supported by NSF (via grant DUE-0523255), brought together engineering education researchers and sociologists to frame a research agenda by which to begin to explore the challenge of integrating pedagogical and curricular innovations into the engineering classroom. In order to ... Latest UpdateFebruary 21, 2013 Read More
Completed Frontiers in Education New Faculty Fellows From 2005 to 2010, CASEE underwrote the expenses of the New Faculty Fellows program of the Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). The FIE conference is sponsored by the ASEE Education Research and Methods Division, the IEEE Education Society, and the IEEE Computer Society. The purpose of the ... Latest UpdateFebruary 19, 2013 Read More