Name	Section/ Committee	Description	Funded By	Final Report
DR001: Engineering Kits Grades 6-9	Pittsburgh	Development, distribution and use of a set of "engineering exploration kits" for girls in grades K-12 to assemble and test. SWE members act as mentors and role models. Project goal is to mitigate some of the issues that prevent girls from understanding engineering, its specialty areas, and considering it as a career. E-Kits are a cut above current hands-on kits. (Grade 6-9)	EXXON Mobil
DR006: Super Engineering Saturday for Homeschoolers and Girl Scouts	New York	Super Engineering Saturday will begin in the Rider University with a participative engineering quiz, live demonstrations by Dan Weissman and a short film. The children (planned for 300, ages 6-14) will then attend small group workshops on the 5 engineering themes civil, chemical, mechanical, electrical and aerospace. An exhibit, engineering handouts and role models available all day. Older children may attend career counseling sessions. (40 volunteers)	EXXON Mobil
DR007: Engineering Awareness Day	Region G MALs	Target sophomore and junior high school students, and their math/science faculty and guidance counselors. Covers qualifications, opportunities and educational options available for a career in engineering through presentations, handouts videos, hands-on lab. During Engrs Week	EXXON Mobil
DR008: Engineering & Science Expo	Wichita	Engineering and Science Expo for the Home Schooled Students in the area. Consists of 10 booths demonstrating different areas of engineering and science.	EXXON Mobil
DR012: Get in Gear	Los Angeles	Workshop intended to provide engineering and science related activities for elementary school girls (250) to spark an interest in the field of engineering. Expansion of an existing 4-year program to include broader view of engineering, participation with Girl Scouts and other technical associations.	EXXON Mobil
DR017: Wonderscope Museum Raceway Exhibit	Kansas City	Hands-on interactive exhibit targeted children ages 3-12. Raceway is a series of tracks where children roll golf balls through different configurations. Demonstrates concepts of objects in motion - gravity, Friction, acceleration. Construction site will be living exhibit.	EXXON Mobil
DR018: Engineering Road Show	Cal Poly , San Luis Obispo	Consists of well-orchestrated set of skits or short sketches of various engineering disciplines. Brochure to compliment "Road Show" and to provide information to schools who can't have the road show. Aim to develop professional quality play that is transferable. College students travel and perform at high/junior high schools.	EXXON Mobil
DR021: SWE Survey - Minority Data	Statistics	Support to conduct a revised and updates survey with an expanded population to include statistically significant number of minority or under-represented engineers. (Based on 1993 SWE conducted, first-ever statistically valid comparative survey of women and men engineers.	EXXON Mobil
DR022: Diversity Workshop	Rochester	Workshop with the objective of effectively training section membership and other local engineers on the subject of diversity. Features professional speakers and local HR managers.	EXXON Mobil
DR023: SEED Program	Baltimore/Washington	Continuation of BWS SEED program in order to assist and encourage minority and inner-city women prepare for and choose careers in engineering, science, and technology. Program targets minority and inner-city eighth grade female students for a 4-year program that provides 1-week of hands-on science and engineering experiences each summer.	EXXON Mobil
DR028: Girl Scout Science in Action Merit Badge (Video)	Kansas City	Create and distribute an interactive video that will facilitate the achievement of the Science in Action merit badge by either a trop or individual junior Girl Scout (ages 12-14). Includes production and distribution of interactive booklet.	EXXON Mobil
DR029: Exploring Engineering (Video)	Santa Clara University	The goal of project is to provide an entertaining way to educate high school students about the opportunities in engineering. Will document the highlights of and engineering degree From the students' perspective. Focus of documentary will be lab experiments, classroom demos, and student interview with a youthful undertone.	EXXON Mobil
DR041 Scitrek Women in Science	Atlanta Section	Program targets girls in grades K-8 and exposes them to pioneering women in science and engineering. The Exxon Education Fund will provide monies for the program workshops, essay contest and panel discussion.	EXXON Mobil
DR043 SWE ME and the McWane Center	Birmingham Section	The McWane center is a interactive Science Center offering programs for students in a sleep-over atmosphere. This program will be part of a 5 step series to introduce Science and Math. This is in conjunction with Girl's Inc.	EXXON Mobil
DR044 SWE Science club	Central Indiana Section	The SWE Science club will present "Engineering our Environment" as an evening series of hands-on tutorials to participants of Girl's Inc. The program will consist of one-hour tutorials biweekly for 4 months.	EXXON Mobil
DR046 AWSEM Science Club	Columbia River Section	Four science clubs are funded using the Framework From Advocates for Women in Science Engineering and Mathematics (AWSEM). The science club targets middle and high school girls for a six-month program offering hands-on science and engineering workshops.	EXXON Mobil
DR051 Wooden Model Car	Kern County Section	Program will provide model cars for racing during the local girl scout troops "Girl in Science" workshops held in the Spring 1999. SWE will sponsor the race	EXXON Mobil
DR054 Girl Scout Patch	Pittsburgh Section	Development of a girl scout badge program. The program is based on workshops conducted during engineer's week where participants go through several hand-on engineering workshops. The program is done in conjunction with Girl Scouts and the Carnegie Science Center.	EXXON Mobil
DR055 Engineering Kits K-12	Pittsburgh Section	Girls in grades K-12 are targeted to use exploration kits "E-Kits by SWE organizations and others such as Girl Scouts, 4J and schools. The kits "E-Kits" will be designed by college students and selected through a competition and will initially be distributed through a non-profit organization focused on hands-on education for science and engineering. (Grade K-5)	EXXON Mobil
DR057 High Tech Vocations for Young Women with Disabilities	Space Coast Section	The section will work in conjunction with the Space Coast Center for Independent Living and Florida Institute of Technology to design a pilot program to provide young women with physical, sensory, learning disabilities exposure to technology and science careers. The program is modeled after the DO-IT program From the University of Washington.	EXXON Mobil
DR059 Email Mentoring	Williamette Valley Section	The program will provide email mentoring to 5th -8th grade middle school girls. The girls will be chosen through an application process. The program is based on the HP E-Mail mentoring program.	EXXON Mobil
DR060 Ready, Set, Take Off for Engineering	Pikes Peak Section	This program will develop a FUN web site that is designed by and for Junior and Senior High School Students. The web site would be a single resource to find out about careers in engineering, engineering degrees, and what students can do to prepare themselves to enter into an engineering degree. The web site would contain video, sound bites, young people’s language, and lots of "flash" so it is an interesting place for students to visit.	EXXON Mobil
DR061 Pinewood Derby Model Car Race	Kern County	Brief Description – The section will sponsor a Pinewood Derby car race for local Girl Scout troops. The section is required to complete a document describing the model car race program process. The documentation will include a detailed description of the program and where to obtain kits, weights, wheels, and the track and any other information required facilitating other sections to conduct this program. The process will be made available as a tool for other sections to use.	EXXON Mobil
DR062 Diversity Seminar	Wichita Area Section	The diversity seminar will be a six-hour seminar with lunch for participants. A diversity instrument will be used to help each individual identify areas of bias and sensitivity in a non-threatening atmosphere. The seminar will be advertised to other	EXXON Mobil
DR063 Middle School Mentor Program	Detroit Section	This proposal would fund the development of a new mentor program. The program would be targeted to 7th and 8th grade girls. It is this age at which girls begin to lag academically in science and math fields, due to various social factors. The program’s prime objective would be to encourage and sustain the interest of middle school girls in the pursuit of engineering careers. A science educator will be hired to develop the curriculum for the program. A curriculum manual that will be created that will be made available to other sections. In addition the overall background information requirements will include how to select a science educator to write a curriculum, explanation on the Wayne State grant project guidelines, and details on the number of hours the science educator will spend developing the curriculum.	EXXON Mobil
DR064 GetSET	Santa Clara Valley Section	GetSET (Get Science, Engineering and Technology) is an outreach program which encourages high school girls, that are From groups underrepresented (Hispanic, Native Americans, AFrican Americans and Pacific Islanders) in engineering, to consider and pursue technology careers. The GetSET Summer Week program will be held at Stanford University August 8-11 and will have Freshmen through senior classes participate. The curriculum is rich in hands-on workshops, aimed at teaching creative, team focused approaches to engineering problem solving and basic use of electrical, mechanical and computer based tools. A manual detailing the curriculum and an overview on how to setup a similar program will be made available to other sections electronically or as a manual.	EXXON Mobil
DR067 Gateways to Engineering;The Weekend Experience	Catholic University	This proposal will fund a weekend and one more Saturday on campus experience for High School Girls, including workshops, facility tours and role models.	EXXON Mobil
DR068 Experiments in Fun and Science	Duke University	This program will provide experiments taken to the elementary and middle school classrooms in several disciplines in an entertaining and captivating way.	EXXON Mobil
DR069 Expanding Girls Choices to Include Engineering	Greater Syracuse Area	This proposal will produce a career night focusing on the various engineering specialties and their tandem support positions targeted at the 6th to 9th grade girls	EXXON Mobil
DR070 Math Achievement Through Hands On Internships 2000	Houston	This program provides for 20 8th grade girls to be trained to be interns a the Houston Children's Museum, conducting math related demonstrations.	EXXON Mobil
DR071 SWE Internet Activity Center	MAL, Region D	This proposal will produce web-based engineering lessons and hands-on student activities designed for young women (grades 5-8) and a guide book on how to share engineering with young students. It will include 15 engineering related activities/experiments focused on aeronautical, aerospace and mechanical engineering.	EXXON Mobil
DR072 CAWMSET Forum	Mt. Diablo	This is a joint sponsorship of a one day forum to collect inputs for the Congressional Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering and Technology Development.	EXXON Mobil
DR073 Leap into the Millennium with Engineering and Technology	New Jersey	This is a two day/night program on the campus of New Jersey Institute of Tech for 8th to 10th grade girls to expose inner city girls about the opportunities in engineering.	EXXON Mobil
DR074 Gearing Up for Engineering	North Alabama	This is a two week summer program (non resident) to introduce high school students to a variety of engineering topics, primarily focusing on civil engineering.	EXXON Mobil
DR075 Engineering Mini-Camp for high School Girls	Philadelphia	The mini-camp will be a one-day (Saturday) program for high school girls who will participate in lab experiences that provide a context in which to discuss engineering careers.	EXXON Mobil
DR076 In Pursuit of Real-Time Diverse Solutions in Silicon Valley	Santa Clara Valley	This program will be a joint professional development conference (one day) with other professional societies concerned with diversity.	EXXON Mobil
DR078 Smart Grrls	SW Texas	This proposal will sponsor a SmartGrrls Affiliate Technical Camp for Girls at one school with involvement From the local SWE Section.	EXXON Mobil
DR079 Guiding Counselors in Engineering	U of Alabama	This program is a one day workshop for guidance counselors to demonstrate that engineering is an acceptable career for women.	EXXON Mobil
DR080 Science in Action Badge Workshop	U of Rochester	This is a basic Science in Action Girl Scout Badge Workshop.	EXXON Mobil
DR081 Development and Implementation of Utah K-12 Science Curriculum Teaching Aids	Utah State	This program is a Big Sister/Little Sister project to develop hands-on science projects that will be provided as web based modules.	EXXON Mobil
DR082 Women Mentoring Women	Kansas State	This is a college student peer mentoring program to attempt to reduce attrition of Freshman women in the engineering college by providing a support network and exposing them to more information about engineering careers.	EXXON Mobil
DR083 Engineering Road Show	Cal Poly San Luis Obispo	This project builds off a previous proposals skits and takes the skits and actors on two road trips for presentation of short sketches of engineers in an entertaining fashion to Junior High and High School Students.	EXXON Mobil
DR084 50th Anniversary Industry Reception	Space Coast	This project funded the production of SWE story boards. The story boards were used to tell the SWE story at Woman Engineer of the Year Banquet and at an industry reception for senior technical leaders and managers in the Space Coast Section area.	Ford
DR085 Early Elementary Computer Laboratory	North Country	This project created a computer curriculum appropriate for kindergarten. CD's were created for each studentwith 15 different lessons.	Ford
DR089 Girl Scout Engineering Awareness Day	North Alabama	This project helped cadet and senior girl scouts earn their "Build a Better Future" badge. Topics included an introduction to blue prints, computer aided drafting, hardward analysis through reverse engineering, and the role of engineering in recycling.	Ford
DR090 Engineering a Flight Experiment Video	Seattle	This project funded a video for 4th through 6th grade students that showcased the efforts of women enginers in the space program. It documented the Materials on International Space Station Experiment which evaluated the effects of space on spacecraft materials. The principal investigators for the project were women.	Ford
DR091 K-12 Learning Modules	Utah State	The program utilizes activities from SWE-sponsored Engineering Week contest for K-12. These projects were chosen to fulfill Utah Core Science Curriculum Requirements (as specified by the Utah Department of Education) so that our programs provided actual assistance for K-12 teachers.	EXXON Mobil
DR092 Girl Scout Tub	Wichita Area	The Wichita Area Section plans to develop an educational "tub" for the local Girl Scout Council that explores the different disciplines of Engineering. A tub is a set of four to eight activities that are related and has instructions for each activity.	EXXON Mobil
DR093 Girl Power Science Club	Space Coast	A middle school girl's science club consisting of hands-on lab experiments combined with role model speakers.	EXXON Mobil
DR094 SWE Section Vitality Training	Membership Committee	The Section Vitality Task Force is a pilot program to provide proactive intervention to at-risk sections. This Task Force is needed to stop the decline in membership and decreased program participation of our ailing and failing sections. With the initial emphasis on at-risk sections, trained Task Force members will provide intervention and develop additional training modules that will support the development of our leadership and management skills at the section level.	EXXON Mobil
DR095 Go With the Flow	Humboldt- California State University	This program will introduce the concepts of open channel flow, fluid mechanics and appropriate engineering applications to elementary and middle school children through use of fun, hands-on activities.	EXXON Mobil
DR096 EXPO 01	Kettering University SWE-B	This project is a weekend program for middle school girls. Girls are paired with SWE mentors, participate in a campus wide scavenger hunt to collect materials for a team engineering design challenge, and participate in chemistry, mechanical, manufacturing, and electrical engineering demonstrations. A session for parents is included.	Ford
DR097 Engineering Explorers	University of Massachusets at Amherst	This project is a day long program for girls aged 12 to 15. It includes educational engineering activities all with the goal of encouraging girls to choose, prepare for, and succeed in an engineering career. Undergraduate student role models, successful alumnae and representatives From the student affairs office will be featured.	Ford
DR098 Spring Seminar Series	Columbia River	This project is very unique in that it provides three seminars From which practicing engineers can receive professional development hours. In Oregon, 30 credits are required every two years to maintain accreditation by the state.	Ford
DR099 Engineering Week and Girl Scout Project	Charlotte-Metrolina	This project is a workshop on hands-on activities that demonstrate fundamentals of engineering for middle-school students. There are five activities based on Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental, Civil, and Industrial Engineering.	Ford
DR100 Teacher and Parent Engineering Packets	Iowa State University	This project is to design a resource packet for middle school and high school teachers and parents. The packets include information about engineering and ways to encourage children interested in engineering. The packets will be mailed to area schools.	Ford
DR101 Middle School and High School Leadership	Iowa State University	This project is a one day conference to strengthen teamwork, leadership, and engineering skills for midle school and high school students. Participants are chosen by area teachers.	Ford
DR103 Prepare for Your Future	Central Illionis	This project is a two day career workshop for engineering college students. The workshop includes sessions on resume writing, interviewing, dressing for success, and evaluating job offers. Students also attend an engineering plant tour and a networking night event with SWE members.	Ford
DR104 Professional Engineering Progress	Smokey Mountain	This program prepares a participant for the Engineer In Training Exam, and discipline specific examinations offered by the State Board of Architects and Engineers. It also offers mentoring and networking opportunities, as well as workshops to map out five and ten year career goals.	Ford
DR105 Building a Better SWE	Region C Students	This project is a workshop for SWE student members that includes leadership and diversity training, idea sharing, and information on the roles and responsibilities for each leadership position in SWE.	Ford
DR106 Diversity Workshop	Central Illinois	This workshop is for the general public and the technical community. It includes three interactive skill/awareness sessions that will help participants embrace diversity and leverage it as an asset.	Ford
DR111 Engineering Egypt in the Year 2001	San Diego County	Teams of seventh and eighth grade students participate in workshops designed to demonstrate simple engineering principles used by the Ancient Egyptians. Engineering principles demonstrated include: mechanical advantage, pyramid design, and the use of different materials to reduce sliding Friction.	EXXON Mobil
DR112 Technology and Engineering Summer Camp	Atlanta	This project is a week long summer camp for middle school students. The camp presents a comprehensive view of engineering and computer science disciplines and features academic activities, hands-on workshops, and field trips. The camp helps dispel stereotyps students may hold about technical professionals by providing them with female role models.	EXXON Mobil
DR115 Females Understanding Solar Energy	Central Florida	This project is a one week summer day camp for 5th and 6th grade girls. Students will gain an understanding of solar cell technology and the effect of solar energy on the environment. Teams will design and build model cars powered by solar energy.	EXXON Mobil
DR116 SWE Space Campership Program	Multi-cultural Committee	This program provides space camp scholarships to girls From ethnic minority populations who have participated in a Science Fair.	EXXON Mobil
DR117 Science in Motion	North Country	This project provides teachers for grades 3-5 with basic science and design materials for classroom chemistry, electricity and design technology workshops. It incorporates information on gender learning differences and how to provide learning opportunities for girls.	EXXON Mobil
DR118 Backpack Buddies- A project to encourage young girls' interest in engineering	Purdue University	This project brings SWE members and other engineers to after-school programs for elementary school girls ten times a year. Each specific area of engineering will be taught with five units. The materials for the hands-on activities are packed in backpacks for each student.	EXXON Mobil
DR119 SWE Internet Activity Center Enhancement	Members At Large	This project adds 25 new hands-on student activities to the Internet Activity Center on SWE's website. These projects are modifications or adaptations of SWE programs developed over the years by SWE members From various segments of the Society. The materials are disigned for grades 5-12 and meet national science and math standards.	Microsoft Equal Access
DR 120 Sierra Nevada Women Engineering Forum	Sierra Nevada Section	Panel discussion to address issues that have prevented non-traditional women from pursuing hard science professions. Hands-on demonstrations and networking opportunities.	EXXON Mobil
DR 121 Lego League Mentor Training	Region D	Training program for team leaders for FIRST LEGO League teams. Teams use LEGO Mindstorms robotics kits to learn programming, critical thinking and problem solving.	Microsoft Equal Access
DR 124 Get SET Trading Cards	South Ohio Section	Wallet sized trading cards and a web page to provide examples of real women and minorities in engineering and science professions to 4th - 8th grade girls.	Ford
DR 125 GetSET Java Programming Module	Santa Clara Valley Section	One day Java programming computer workshop for senior highschool students. Part of summer week curriculum.	Microsoft Equal Access
DR 126 Technology Road Girls Hope of Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Section	Program to introduce girls to technology. Includes computer courses, field trips, career night, and mentoring program.	Microsoft Equal Access
DR 128 Technology and Sound	University of Tennessee Section	Expose students to engineering through music. Curriculum and experiments using computer instrumentation to demonstrate applied sound.	Ford
DR 129 Computer Camp	Kansas City Section	Workshop where girls learn about computer hardware and software and build their own personal computers. Includes individual computer application problems.	Microsoft Equal Access
DR 130 Keys to Empowering Youth	UC San Diego Section	Two day long program for ages 11-13. Includes career life game, egg drop teams, assembling a computer, and a Lego MindStorm robotic challenge.	Ford
DR 131 Engineering and Education Partnership for Outreach	Miami University (Ohio) Section	Interactive engineering and Math fair for Junior Girl Scouts and traveling exhibits for outreach programs and classroom activities.	EXXON Mobil
DR 133 Greatland Outreach Program	Greatland Section	Girl Scout badge workshops with experiments that cover math, science, and technology and range from cleaning up a simulated oil spill to exploring computers.	Ford
DR 135 Women Making Machines Work	Mercer University Student Section	Workshops for high school students and counselors where participants operate computer-driven machinery; a CNC and a MTS machine.	Ford
DR 138 EYH Wet, Wild Wonderful Workshops	University of South Alabama Student Section	Wild, wet and wonderful workshops that study streamlines and flow visualization; lasers through water mediums; cleaning groundwater; and chemical engineering.	Ford
DR 140 Engineering Girls Camp Parent Program	Widener University Student Section	Parent camp companion to engineering camp, where parents learn about engineering career opportunities and how to prepare and support their daughters for a career in engineering.	Ford
DR 141 Outreach Innovation	Northern Arizona University SWE Student Section	Sixth through 12th grade students will be introduced to the scientific method and basic engineering formulas through a set of hands-on, guided, and fun experiments.SWE members will visit a local junior high and high school 1-2 times each month .	Ford
DR 144 Engineering Expo	Kettering University - A Student Section	30 high school girls attend a two-day residential event on campus. During the two days, the girls participate in interesting demonstrations, thought-provoking projects, and panel discussions.	Ford
DR 152 Professional Development Series	Twin Tiers Section	A five session series of different aspects of professional development. One of the sessions will include one-on-one feedback and a professional assessment of the individual by women who have learned how to overcome barriers to advancement.	Ford
DR 153 Multicultural Appreciation Program	Twin Tiers Section	Three workshops:Cultural Exchange with a diversity team ;Asian Cooking’ or a ‘Native American Pow-Wow’;poster-session presented at our booth in the city’s annual Culturefest.	Ford
DR 160 Engineering Excitement: Workshops for Kids	Stevens Institute of Technology Student Section	A project designed to train and equip a network of women engineering students to lead engineering workshops in New Jersey classrooms.	Ford
DR 161 Junkyard Battles	Ohio State University Student Section	SWE member and high school student teams are given a heap of “junk” that will consist of anything from rags and wood scraps to compact discs, each group will try to invent the best device that will accomplish the given mission.	Ford
DR 165 Engineering Your Future	SWE Girl Scout Task Force	The Engineering Your Future (EYF) will be a one-day event for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts (ages 12-17) held in conjunction with the Detroit 2002 SWE National Conference.	Ford

Updated on ... July 8, 2002