IEEE FOUNDATION GRANTS
By Professor Bill Conrad, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, IUPUI
The IUPUI Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology received
their second IEEE Foundation grant in three years. Ken Reid received a grant (
$56,105) that was awarded in 2000 titled Introducing Electrical Engineering/Technology
to K-12. The most recent grant ($26,035) was just awarded to William Conrad titled
Introducing Robotics to K-12.
The new project will provide Lego Mindstorms for two 5
th
grade classes at
Indianapolis Public Schools Otis E. Brown School # 20. The teachers will be
trained by using them as teachers in the IUPUI Young Scholars program.
The length of the grant is for three years.
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