12 ASME Student Sections Receive DAG Awards for 2008-2009

Twelve ASME Student Sections have been awarded a total of $12,050 in grants through the Diversity Action Grant (DAG) Program.

The DAG Program, supported by the Center for Leadership & Diversity, is a competitive program which awards grants ranging from $500 to $1,500 to ASME Student Sections to sponsor events which:

• Promote the inclusion of women and under-represented minorities in ASME Student Sections and in mechanical engineering;
• Inspire K-12 students to excel in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education; and/or,
• Assist minority- and/or women-owned businesses solve engineering design problems.
  

ASME Student Sections receiving awards for the 2008-2009 academic year are:

ASME Student Section Awardees	Description of Funded Projects (For reports of the project, please click on the project description) To see all reports CLICK HERE	Award Amount
University of Akron College of Engineering	2009 Kid’s Career Day for Girls	$1,250
Penn State	Open House Diversity Event	$500
Florida International University*	1-Delicious Structures Design Competition 2-Solar & Renewable Energy Project	$1,500
Grove City College	Inviting a speaker from the NASA Hubble space program to a high school	$300
Camarines Sur Polytechnic College of Nabua & ASME Mapua Student Section**	Reaching-out to Women and Underprivileged Students in Mechanical Engineering	$1,500
University of Toronto	Teach Toronto FIRST involved students fundamentals of Computer Aided Design	$550
Cal Poly*	JUST DO Mechanical Engineering Fair	$1,500
Iowa State University	1-encouraging WIME participants to become ASME members. 2-partner with WIME in high schools outreach to get more women into ME major	$700
Gannon University ASME Student Section	Start an “Engineering Day”	$1,500
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology ASME Student Section	Wilson Elementary Outreach Activity	$500
Lamar University	“Mechanical Engineering Day” for University freshmen and high school students	$1,000
United States Naval Academy	A Walk For Education: Annapolis	$1,250
	* Institutions have not yet submitted a report.  Links will be established as reports are submitted ** Institutions have submitted partial reports due to ongoing projects

The 12 proposals accepted for funding met the DAG Program criteria. In addition, many included collaboration with other organizations on campus or within the community, cost sharing of associated expenses and a method for measuring the success of the project.

For additional information on the DAG Program, go to http://www.asme.org/Communities/Diversity/Diversity_Action_Grant.cfm