The ASME Board on Diversity and Outreach is pleased to announce the selection of the 2003/2004 Diversity Action Grant recipients. The Board awarded $24,115 in grant funds to 19 ASME Student Sections, with individual grants ranging from $500 to $1,500. The Student Sections, along with a description of their projects, are listed below.

The Diversity Action Grants program is sponsored by the Board on Diversity and Outreach in cooperation with the ASME Student Section Committee (SSC).  The grants are awarded to ASME Student Sections for projects that promote inclusiveness and encourage the participation of women and underrepresented minority students in student section activities and in mechanical engineering.

ASME Student Section	Amount	Description of Project
Boise State University	$570	One-day event outreach program to Hispanic local high schools. Event components: presentation, design, construction and testing device competition. In partnership with SHPE and Boise State College Engineering Students Support Cooridnators.
Dexel University	$1,500	"ESAT" Engineering Scholarship Application Training program for local underrepresented, minority and women high school students. Program components: engineering students mentor training sessions on: availability minority scholarship opportunities; scholarship application completion; application essay development; scholarship selection and evaluation; application process; proposal development; and final scholarship application. Program partnership with NSBE, SHPE, and SWE.
Cal State University, Los Angeles	$1,500	In partnership with SWE, NSBE, and SHPE. Outreach program to local high school underrepresented minority and women students. Program components: activities, engineering speakers, design contest, seminar, and in conjunction with National Engineering Week.
California State University	$1,500	"Minds in Motion" One-day outreach program event celebrating Math, Science and Engineering to K-12 local schools program. Project component: design, construction, team building, test and hands-on displays. Partnering with SWE, ASCE, SPS and Tau Beta Pi (TBP).
California State University, Northridge	$1,500	Partnership with SWE. "Young Engineers Day" middle school one-day engineering program to women and underrepresented students. Components: speakers, tour, Popsicle sticks, design, construction competition and teamwork development.
Georgia Institute of Technology	$1,500	In partnership with SWE, NSBE, AASU, and SHPE" "ASME Diversity Day" One-day outreach program to local high school women and underrepresented minority students. Program components: Keynote speaker; panel discussion; consecutive workshops; mentoring program; and design competition.
Lake Superior State University	$1,225	Partnership with SWE outreach program to local high school students promoting continued engineering education. Program components: Mobile workshop, construction, design competition and student mentoring.
Lamar University	$1,500	Partnering with SWE, SHPE, and NSBE "Mechanical Engineering Day" One-day event outreach to high school and freshman college students continued education in engineering. Event components: seminars, poster design, presentations, design, construction competition and lab/school tours.
North Carolina A&T University	$1,500	Math Too Engineering" Two-day event outreach program to local high school and college underrepresented groups and women. Components: Mathematic interactive session, demos of engineering to math, teamwork development, guest speaker, design construction competition and experimental kits.
Princeton University	$900	In partnership with NSBE. P&FR: Princeton and FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics. Outreach, mentoring program to local high school women and minority students. Project components: student section mentoring, construction, design and testing competition.
Tufts University	$1,500	In parternship with SWE. "Girls Engineering Club" outreach program to local elementary girl and underrepresented minority students engineering promotion. Project components: hands-on activities, leadership development, teamwork, student mentoring, problem solving lessons/sessions in fields of multidisciplinary engineering, design construction competition.
United States Military Academy, West Point	$1,500	In cooperation with SWE, ASCE, and NSBE." Second Annual U.S. Military Academy Engineering Exposition" One-day forum promote diversity to engineering societies and recruitment engineering society membership to regional and local women and underrepresented students. Forum components: displays, sessions, speakers, open house, and student and faculty sharing engineering practices, and intern program.
University of Guanajuato	$1,500	Outreach program to local high school students and recruitment of women undergraduate students pursuing continued education in engineering. Program components: poster design construction and competition, school visits, and speakers.
University of Hartford	$1,500	"Engineering for All" outreach program promote engineering to local high school and middle school minority and underrepresented students. Outreach components: presentations, hands-on-activities, sessions, engineering labs and speakers.
University of Miami	$500	Partnering with SWE, NSBE, SHPE, and University of Miami Advisory Board. "Build It" Design and engineering awareness competition and outreach program local high school women and underrepresented minority students. Program components: building materials, student mentoring and shadow day, and team work development.
University of Nebraska	$650	Partnered with NSBE and SWE. Outreach one-day event. Promote engineering and increase awareness and recruit women and minorities local high school students. Event program components: speaker, presentation, and network meeting.
University of Wisconsin-Madison	$850	SWE and Wisconsin Black Engineering Student Society (WBESS) partnered for outreach forum and luncheon to local middle school women and minority students. Increase diversity awareness and student engineering retention. Forum components: industry, engineering societies and faculty speakers; panel question and answer session; posters and flyers; student mentoring; and high school visits.
Virginia Tech	$1,500	"2004 Annual Engineering Perspectives Conference" ongoing one-day conference outreach program promote engineering to local women and underrepresented middle school students and diversity awareness. Conference components: Corporate sponsorship, industry faculty speakers; project business development; construction and design; presentation and tours.
Western Michigan University	$930	Partnering with NSBE and SWE. "Bronco for A Day" One-day event outreach and design construction competition program to local women and minority students promote, awareness, continued math and sciences, engineering, education. Event components: design construction competition; student mentoring; high school visits; and team work development.