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REV Awardees

Awardees for Year 6: 2008 - 2009

  • Dr. Julia Keen, Architectural Engineering and Construction Science
    • Attend the ASHRAE Winter Meeting in Chicago
    • Attend the ASHRAE Annual Meeting in Louisville

Awardees for Year 5: 2007 - 2008

  • Dr. Kimberly Kramer, Architectural Engineering and Construction Science
    • Attend the ACI Convention in Puerto Rico
    • Attend the ACI Spring Convention in Los Angeles, CA
  • Dr. Doina Caragea, Computing and Information Sciences
    • Visit the IBM Research Facilities in New York
  • Dr. Dunja Peric, Civil Engineering
    • Visit the University of California, San Diego, CA
  • Dr. Rhonda Wilkinson, Architectural Engineering and Construction Science
    • Attend the Labwise Conference in Houston, TX
    • Attend the ISPE Education Conference in Arlington, VA
  • Dr. Julia Keen, Architectural Engineering and Construction Science
    • Attend the ASHRAE Winter Meeting in New York
    • Attend the ASHRAE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City

Awardees for Year 4: 2006 - 2007

  • Dr. Jennifer Anthony, Chemical Engineering
    • Attend the ICDD X-ray Powder Diffraction Clinic, Newtown Square, PA

  • Dr. Doina Caragea, Computing and Information Sciences
    • Visit and meet with NSF program directors

  • Dr. Sunanda Dissanayake, Civil Engineering
    • Attend the 11th World Conference on Transportation Research & visit the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley

  • Dr. Kimberly Douglas, Women in Science & Engineering Program (WESP)/Industrial & Manufacturing Systems Engineering
    • Travel to Purdue to experience Diversity Forum
    • Travel to Purdue to learn about new training for incoming freshmen and strategy for increasing diverse hiring for faculty (with LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin)
    • Travel to Penn State to learn more about their multicultural and gender based bridge programs
    • Travel to Arizona State to learn more about their Center for Engineering Diversity and Retention (CEDAR) and Student Outreach and Retention Programs (SORP)
    • Travel to Washington State to learn more about their Engineering Bridge Program, WISE Conference, and their Pre-Engineering Kick-Off

  • Ms. Julia Keen, Architectural Engineering & Construction Science
    • Attend the 2006 Leadership Development Conference for Women
    • Attend the 2007 ASHRAE Winter Meeting, Dallas, TX
    • Attend the 2007 ASHRAE Annual Meeting, Long Beach, CA
    • Attend Energy Codes 2007 in Pittsburgh, PA

  • Ms. Kimberly Waggle Kramer, Architectural Engineering & Construction Science
    • Attend ACI Fall Convention, Denver, CO
    • Attend and present two papers at the ACI Spring Convention, Atlanta, GA
    • Attend the ASCE Roebling Symposium and Tours, Brooklyn, NY
    • Visit industry leaders and discuss methodologies on concrete structures with scientists, professional engineers, architects, and constructors in the Chicago, IL area

  • Dr. Mary Rezac, Chemical Engineering
    • Attend the Annual American Chemical Society Meeting

  • Dr. Krista Walton, Chemical Engineering
    • Attend a workshop in Seattle, WA
    • Partial support to attend 15th International Zeolite Conference in Beijing , China
    • Attend American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah

Awardees for Year 3: 2005 - 2006

  • Dr. Sunanda Dissanayake, Civil Engineering
    • Visit the National Driving Simulator (NADS) facility at the University of Iowa

  • Dr. Stacy L. Hutchinson, Biological & Agricultural Engineering
    • Visit several funding agencies including NSF, EPA, and USDA and interact with several experts in the field of ecological/environmental/natural systems engineering at the University of Maryland and the center for Watershed Protection (CWP)

    • Attend the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Superfund Basic Research Program Spring 2006 Conference in Kiev, Ukraine

  • Ms. Julia Keen, Architectural Engineering & Construction Science
    • Tuition for Education Course Work at Kansas State University

  • Ms. Kimberly Waggle Kramer, Architectural Engineering & Construction Science
    • Attend the Fall 2005 national meeting of American Concrete Institute (ACI) in Kansas City, MO

    • Attend the Concrete Bridge Council National Convention in Reno, Nevada

  • Dr. Dunja Peric, Civil Engineering
    • Visit Professor Ning Lu at Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado

Awardees for Year 2: 2004 - 2005

  • Dr. Sunanda Dissanayake, Civil Engineering
    • Visit the Center for Advanced Transportation Systems Simulation (CATSS) at the University of Central Florida

  • Ms. Kimberly Waggle Kramer, Architectural Engineering & Construction Science
    • Attend the American Concrete Institute (ACI) Spring 2005 National Meeting in New York
    • Attend the first Annual Fib Symposium in Budapest, Hungary

  • Dr. Dunja Peric, Civil Engineering
    • Visit Prof. Ronaldo Borja at Stanford University and Prof. Francisco Armero at University of California, Berkeley

  • Dr. Mary Rezac, Chemical Engineering
    • Attend the University of Washington's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change's Second National Summer Leadership Workshop for department chairs in science and engineering related fields

Awardees for Year 1: 2003 - 2004

  • Dr. Sunanda Dissanayake, Civil Engineering
    • Visit to National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology at the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID

  • Dr. Stacy L. Hutchinson, Biological & Agricultural Engineering
    • Visit to Purdue University to meet with experts in field and other researchers

  • Ms. Julia Keen, Architectural Engineering & Construction Science
    • Attend the Kitchen Hoods and Supply Systems Conference in Madison, WI

  • Ms. Kimberly Waggle Kramer, Architectural Engineering & Construction Science
    • Attend the American Concrete Institute National Meeting in San Fransisco, CA

  • Dr. Dunja Peric, Civil Engineering
    • Visit Prof. Deborah Goodings affiliated with University of Maryland, College Park

  • Dr. Mary Rezac, Chemical Engineering
    • Attend the meeting of the North American Membrane Society in Honolulu, Hawaii



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Last updated: September 10, 2008
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. SBE-0244984. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.