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Welcome to the Community Pages, where you will find links to national and international engineering education communities. Prominent among these is the Engineering Pathway, a digital library of high-quality teaching and learning resources in engineering education and computer science education for use by K-12 and university educators and students. It is the engineering education "wing" of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), and features Disciplinary Community pages for Engineering Education and Computer Science Education.

Other community links found on this section of NEEDS are the NSF Coalitions page and our features archive.

U.S. Engineering Education Communities

• Accreditation Board of Engineering Education (ABET)
  ABET, Inc. is the recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and technology, is a federation of 30 professional and technical societies representing these fields. Among the most respected accreditation organizations in the U.S., ABET has provided leadership and quality assurance in higher education for over 70 years. ABET currently accredits some 2,700 programs at over 550 colleges and universities nationwide. Over 1,500 dedicated volunteers participate annually in ABET activities.
  
  
• American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)
  AISES is a national, nonprofit organization which nurtures building of community by bridging science and technology with traditional Native values. Through its educational programs, AISES provides opportunities for American Indians and Alaska Natives to pursue studies in science, engineering, and technology arenas. The trained professionals then become technologically informed leaders within the Indian community. AISES' ultimate goal is to be a catalyst for the advancement of American Indians and Native Alaskans as they seek to become self-reliant and self-determined members of society.
  
  
• American Ceramic Society (ACerS): Education
  The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) is a 100-year-old non-profit organization that serves the informational, educational, and professional needs of the international ceramics community. The Society's more than 7,500 members comprise a wide variety of individuals and interest groups that include engineers, scientists, researchers, manufacturers, plant personnel, educators, students, marketing and sales professionals, and others in related materials disciplines. ACerS provides members and subscribers in 80 countries with access to periodicals and books, meetings and expositions, and on-line technical information. Their education site includes information on ceramic courses, professional education, colleges and universities with ceramic programs and a link to the Ceramic Educational Council.
  
  
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA): Students and Educators
  For nearly 75 years, AIAA has been the principal voice and technical society devoted to continuing contributions and global leadership in the aerospace community. Their education site includes online resources for tomorrow's pioneers, resources for teachers and students, the Kid's Place and a history of aerospace.
  
  
• American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE): Education
  Founded in 1908, AIChE is a professional association of more than 40,000 members that provides leadership in advancing the chemical engineering profession. AIChE fosters and disseminates chemical engineering knowledge, supports the professional and personal growth of its members, and applies the expertise of its members to address societal needs throughout the world. Their education site includes online resources, publications, conferences, and resources for students & young engineers. They have recently entered a partnership with ASME for continuing education and CD- ROMS.
  
  
• American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME)
  AIME was founded in 1871 by 22 mining engineers in Wilkes-Barre, PA. Just as when it was founded, the goal of AIME today is to advance the knowledge of engineering and the arts and sciences involved in the production and use of minerals, metals, materials and energy resources, while disseminating significant developments in these areas of technology. Today the memberships of the AIME Member Societies total nearly 90,000 and include some of the most important, influential and innovative figures in the engineering and scientific communities.
  
  
• American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
  The American Society for Engineering Education is a nonprofit member association, founded in 1893, dedicated to promoting and improving engineering and technology education.
  
  
• ASEE PRISM Magazine
  Readers include faculty, administrators, and graduate students in all disciplines of engineering and engineering technology education as well as industry and government representatives who are members of ASEE. Features, columns, and departments provide useful and timely information in these specific areas: instructional methods, innovative curricula, lifelong learning, research opportunities, trends, and developments, education and research projects with government and industry, outreach activities that encourage youth to pursue studies and careers in engineering and engineering technology, initiatives that increase the participation of women and minority groups in engineering and engineering technology studies and careers, and efforts that support the recruitment, retention, and development of quality faculty members.
  
  
• ASEE Journal of Engineering Education (JEE)
  JEE is a peer-reviewed international journal published quarterly by the American Society for Engineering Education. It serves as an archival record of scholarly research in engineering education.
  
  
• ASEE: Profiles of Engineering Colleges
  The online profiles provides detailed profiles of U.S. and Canadian schools offering undergraduate and graduate engineering, as well as engineering technology programs with the intent of preparing prospective students for their future education in engineering. The descriptions of institutions represented in this directory allow students to compare schools using a range of characteristics from location and degrees offered to student appointments and research expenditures.
  
  
• ASEE Connections Newsletter for Engineering Education
  Published monthly by the American Society for Engineering Education, this newsletter is free to engineering educators across the nation. Connections provides you with timely information about engineering education that you won't find anywhere else. We'll let you know the latest in engineering news and will tell you what's happening in Congress and how it will affect you.
  
  
• ASEE EngineeringK12 Center
  The ASEE EngineeringK12 Center promotes engineering and technology as academic and career pathways for tomorrow's workforce.Ê Check out everything the K12 Center has to offer at www.engineeringk12.org.
  
  
• American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air- Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE): Education and Publications
  ASHRAE's mission is to advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration and related human factors to serve the evolving needs of the public and ASHRAE members. The education and publications site includes links to journals, books, discussion groups, newsletters, satellite broadcasts, consumer information and the ASHRAE Learning Institute.
  
  
• American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE): Students
  The American Society of Agricultural Engineers is an educational and scientific organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in St Joseph, Michigan, ASAE comprises 9,000 members in more than 100 countries. Their preprofessionals/student site contains information on student sections, career resources, competitions & awards, scholarships, and academic programs.
  
  
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): Body of Knowledge Project
  
  
  
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME): Education and Training
  Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, today's ASME is a 120,000-member professional organization focused on technical, educational and research issues of the engineering and technology community. ASME conducts one of the world's largest technical publishing operations, holds numerous technical conferences worldwide, and offers hundreds of professional development courses each year. ASME sets internationally recognized industrial and manufacturing codes and standards that enhance public safety. ASME's Education and Training site provides resources on products, publications, education & training workshops, professional development, communities & groups, career center, conferences, news, and pre-college education.
  
  
• Anita Borg Institute of Women and Technology (IWT)
  The two-halves of the Anita Borg Institute mission; to increase the impact of women on all aspects of technology and to increase the positive impact of technology on the world's women, are inextricably linked. As connections between technology and social impact are increasingly demonstrated more women at all levels will be pulled into technology. The Institute accomplishes its mission through programs which build this connection, celebrate and highlight the success of women in technology, develop new leaders, foster communities of support and encourage cutting-edge initiatives on women and technology.
  
  
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Education
  Founded in 1947, ACM is a major force in advancing the skills of information technology professionals and students worldwide. Today, our 80,000 members and the public turn to ACM for the industry's leading Portal to Computing Literature, authoritative publications and pioneering conferences, providing leadership for the 21st century. The education site contains information on the education board, accreditation activities, curricular recommendations, lectureship program, as well as grants resources.
  
  
• Biomedical Engineering Society (BES): Accreditation
  In response to a manifest need to provide a society that gave equal status to representatives of both biomedical and engineering interests, the Biomedical Engineering Society was incorporated in 1968. The purpose of the Society is: "To promote the increase of biomedical engineering knowledge and its utilization." The accreditation corner contains information on the accreditation of biomedical and bioengineering programs.
  
  
• Chemical Engineering Education Journal (CEE)
  CEE is a quarterly journal serving the needs of the international community of educators in chemical engineering. Published in February, May, August, and November of each year for the past thirty-nine years, Chemical Engineering Education (CEE) is the premier archival journal for chemical engineering educators.
  
  
• Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA): Education
  CSTA is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines by providing opportunities for K-12 teachers and students to better understand the computing disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to teach and to learn.
  
  
• Engineering Pathway
  Creathed through the merger of NEEDS and TeachEngineering, this digital library is a portal to high-quality teaching and learning resources in engineering education and computer science education for use by K-12 and university educators and students. It is the engineering education "wing" of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), and features Disciplinary Community pages for Engineering Education and Computer Science Education.
  
  
• The Institute of Biological Engineering (IBE): Teaching Resources
  The emerging discipline of biological engineering lies at the interfaces of biological sciences, engineering sciences, mathematics and computational sciences. It applies biological systems to enhance of the quality and diversity of life. IBE is a professional organization which encourages inquiry and interest in biological engineering. The teaching resources site contains lesson plans, publications, and information on academic programs.
  
  
• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS): Education and Student Affairs
  INFORMS is a 12,000 member society representing professionals in the fields of Operations Research and the Management Sciences. The INFORMS Online Education and Student Affairs page provides general information about INFORMS activities in OR/MS education and links to pages with more specific information.
  
  
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE): Education Society
  The IEEE is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 360,000 individual members in approximately 175 countries. Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, to electric power, aerospace and consumer electronics, among others. The Education Society strives for the advancement of the theory and practice of electrical and computer engineering and of the allied arts and sciences, and the maintenance of a high professional standing among its members and affiliates. Their website includes Educational Methods, Educational Technology, Instructional Materials, History of Science and Technology, and Educational and Professional Development Programs within Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, and allied disciplines.
  
  
• Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEEE): Careers and Education
  The IEE is an innovative international organization for electronics, electrical, manufacturing and IT professionals, with specifically tailored products, services and qualifications to meet the needs of today's technology industry. The IEE supports knowledge and education that will underpin engineering in the 21st century.
  
  
• Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE): Student Center
  IIE is the world's largest professional membership society dedicated solely to the support of the industrial engineering profession and individuals involved with improving quality and productivity.
  
  
• International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE): Education
  SPIE is a not-for-profit society that has become the largest international force for the exchange, collection and dissemination of knowledge in optics, photonics and imaging. Founded in 1955, SPIE is the growing legacy of those who seek to learn, discover and innovate by building a better world with light.
  
  
• Junior Engineering Technical Society (JETS)
  JETS is a national non-profit education organization that has served the pre-college engineering community for over 50 years. Through competitions and programs, JETS serves over 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers, and holds programs on 150 college campuses each year. JETS promotes interest in engineering, science, mathematics, and technology, and is dedicated to providing real-world engineering and problem-solving experience to high school students. JETS programs challenge students to discover engineering in high school. JETS puts students in touch with engineers, shows them what engineers do, and demonstrates how the math and science concepts they are learning in class are applied in real life to engineering problems. JETS programs and resources get students involved with engineering and preparing for the future.
  
  
• Materials Research Society (MRS): Connections
  The Materials Research Society is a not-for-profit organization which brings together scientists, engineers and research managers from industry, government, academia and research laboratories to share findings in the research and development of new materials of technological importance. Founded in 1973, MRS now consists of more than 13,000 members from the United States -- as well as over 50 other countries.
  
  
• MentorNet: The E-Mentoring Network for Engineering and Science
  MentorNet is a nonprofit e-mentoring network that addresses the retention and success of those in engineering, science and Mathematics, particularly women. Founded in 1997, MentorNet provides highly motivated students from many of the world's top colleges and universities with positive, one-on-one, email-based mentoring relationships with mentors from industry and academia. In addition, the MentorNet Community provides opportunities to connect with others from around the world who are interest in diversifying engineering and science.
  
  
• Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS): Education
  The mission of TMS is to promote the global science and engineering professions concerned with minerals, metals, and materials.
  
  
• The National Academy of Engineering (NAE)
  NAE's mission is to promote the technological welfare of the nation by marshaling the knowledge and insights of eminent members of the engineering profession.
  
  
• National Academy of Engineering (NAE): Committee on Engineering Education
  The Committee on Engineering Education (CEE), a standing committee of the National Academy of Engineering Office of the President, is composed of thought leaders and experts from the business, academic, and public sectors that have a demonstrated commitment to the advancement of education issues in engineering.
  
  
• National Academy of Engineering (NAE): Diversity in Engineering
  The mission of the NAE diversity program is to increase the diversity of the U.S. engineering workforce through developing a strong domestic talent pool. In addressing this mission, the NAE convenes stakeholders to share knowledge, identify information and program needs, and initiate actions to address those needs.
  
  
• National Academy of Engineering (NAE): Engineer Girl
  The EngineerGirl education section hosts a large collection of resources and links on engineering including professional organizations, student competitions, and an engineering quiz.
  
  
• National Academy of Engineering (NAE): Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education (CASEE)
  CASEE is the first operating center of the National Academy of Engineering. They are dedicated to achieving excellence in engineering education, education that is effective, engaged, and efficient.
  
  
• National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)
  Since 1974, NACME has provided leadership and support for the national effort to increase the representation of successful African American, American Indian and Latino women and men in engineering and technology, math- and science-based careers.
  
  
• National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT)
  The mission of NCWIT is to ensure that women are fully represented in the influential world of information technology and computing.
  
  
• National Science Foundation's Engineering Education Coalitions
  The NSF-funded Engineering Education Coalitions Program was developed to stimulate bold, innovative and comprehensive models for systemic reform of undergraduate engineering education and to increase the retention of students, especially women and those minorities underrepresented in engineering.
  
  
• NSF Engineering Education Programs Home Page
  The National Science Foundation's Program in Engineering Education encourages the integration of engineering research and education to accelerate technological and educational innovation and improve the quality and diversity of engineering graduates entering the technical workforce. This NSF program encourages partnerships that infuse both research and education with new knowledge from multiple disciplines, take advantage of new understanding of how students learn, and focus on engineered systems. The objective is to graduate engineering leaders with a global outlook and the ability to adapt to the rapidly evolving technical environment in industry, academe, and society. It also supports the active involvement of K-12 teachers and community college faculty in engineering research in order to bring knowledge of engineering and technological innovation into their classrooms.
  
  
• National Society of Black Engineers
  NSBE's mission is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community. With more than 10,000 members, NSBE is comprised of more than 270 chapters on college and university campuses, 75 Alumni Extension chapters nationwide and 75 Pre-College chapters.
  
  
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE): Education
  The National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) is the only engineering society that represents individual engineering professionals and licensed engineers (PEs) across all disciplines. Founded in 1934, NSPE strengthens the engineering profession by promoting engineering licensure and ethics, enhancing the engineer image, advocating and protecting PEs' legal rights at the national and state levels, publishing news of the profession, providing continuing education opportunities, and much more. NSPE serves some 60,000 members and the public through 53 state and territorial societies and more than 500 chapters.
  
  
• Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE): Events and Education
  The Society of Automotive Engineers has more than 84,000 members - engineers, business executives, educators, and students from more than 97 countries - who share information and exchange ideas for advancing the engineering of mobility systems. SAE is your one-stop resource for standards development, events, and technical information and expertise used in designing, building, maintaining, and operating self-propelled vehicles for use on land or sea, in air or space.
  
  
• Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE)
  The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) was founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1974 by a group of engineers employed by the city of Los Angeles. Their objective was to form a national organization of professional engineers to serve as role models in the Hispanic community.
  
  
• Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME): Training
  SME is the world's leading resource to advance manufacturing knowledge. Innovation, productivity,flexibility, and continuous improvement are key ingredients to success in the constantly evolving world of manufacturing. At the core of everything SME does is the belief that continuous learning is the most effective way for individuals and organizations to accomplish these objectives and gain a sustainable competitive advantage.
  
  
• Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE): Energy Education
  SPE is a member-run organization. Members formulate policies and programs, and carry out much of the work in seeing that goals are met and extended. SPE standing and ad hoc committees oversee the peer-review process, support continuing education efforts, select award recipients, plan meetings, coordinate technical interest groups, select future publications, provide input to JPT, guide SPE.org, and promote the engineering profession and its many disciplines that encompass the E&P industry.
  
  
• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
  The Society of Women Engineers (SWE), founded in 1950, is a not-for- profit educational and service organization. SWE is the driving force that establishes engineering as a highly desirable career aspiration for women. SWE empowers women to succeed and advance in those aspirations and be recognized for their life-changing contributions and achievements as engineers and leaders.
  
  
• Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List
  Mailing List with postings twice weekly, usually on Monday and Thursday mornings, Pacific Standard Time. The Mailing List seeks to foster a diverse, world-wide teaching and learning ecology among its over 21,000 subscribers at over 600 institutions and organizations in over 108 countries around the world. To date there have been over 600 postings under the following categories: academy, graduate students and postdocs, academic careers, teaching and learning, and research.
  
  

International Engineering Education Communities

• EJEE: European Journal of Engineering Education
  Published quarterly, EJEE examines the economic, cultural, and social factors which influence the education of engineers in different societies and provides a forum in which teachers in engineering schools, institutions and industry can share accounts of good practice and discuss methodology . Technological change constantly creates new demands on both engineers and the educational system that produces them. This journal contributes to the development and improvement of engineering education necessary to meet those demands. Each issue, with its specially appointed Guest Editor, concentrates on a theme which is of general value to everyone involved in engineering education and which also has particular applications within the different engineering disciplines.
  
  
• Global Journal of Engineering Education
  The mission of the UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education is the empowerment of developing nations to achieve technical development and economic progress. Its modus operandi is both to facilitate the exchange between institutions and individuals of information, expertise and research on textbooks, engineering teaching courseware, software, teaching methodologies and equipment utilized in engineering education, and to transfer this knowledge from developed to developing countries. In its role as a clearinghouse of engineering education information and material, the UICEE has established the Global Journal of Engineering Education (GJEE) with the principal objective of providing the international engineering education community with a forum for discussion and the exchange of information on engineering education and industrial training at tertiary level.
  
  
• International Journal of Engineering Education
  This journal serves as an international interdisciplinary forum of reference for engineering education. It provides a balance between papers on developments in educational methods technology, case studies, laboratory applications, new theoretical approaches, educational policy and survey papers is aimed for. The goal is to offer comprehensive coverage of new education schemes and techniques makes the journal a unique source of ideas for engineering educators who are keen to keep abreast of latest developments in educational applications in all fields of engineering.
  
  
• International Network for Engineering Education and Research
  A global networking, professional organization formed by the world engineering community to promote mutual progress in teaching and learning through international cooperation, iNEER helps in developing international understanding and partnership through information sharing and networking. The widening iNEER network of educators and researchers covers 98 countries, and is linked through the iNEER website, archival publications, electronic communication system and various conferences, workshops, and retreats.
  
  

Related Math and Science Education Communities

• American Chemical Society (ACS): Educators & Students
  The ACS education site includes a wide array of educational resources and links to educational standards.
  
  
• American Geological Institute (AGI): Geoscience Education
  AGI is a nonprofit federation of 42 geoscientific and professional associations that represents more than 100,000 geologists, geophysicists, and other earth scientists. Founded in 1948, AGI provides information services to geoscientists, serves as a voice of shared interests in our profession, plays a major role in strengthening geoscience education, and strives to increase public awareness of the vital role the geosciences play in society's use of resources and interaction with the environment. The AGI education site includes online curricular resources, professional development, conferences, awards, scholarships, career information, and links to standards.
  
  
• American Geophysical Union (AGU): Education
  AGU is a worldwide scientific community that advances, through unselfish cooperation in research, the understanding of Earth and space for the benefit of humanity. The AGU education site includes education briefs and information on the heads/chairs of earth science departments, research grants, and student travel grants.
  
  
• American Institute of Physics (AIP): Education
  The American Institute of Physics (AIP) is a 501(c)(3) membership corporation chartered in New York State in 1931 for the purpose of promoting the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. The AIP education site contains information for students and educators, as well as information on academic resources and the annual world year of physics.
  
  
• American Mathematical Society (AMS): Outreach
  Founded in 1888 to further mathematical research and scholarship, the American Mathematical Society fulfills its mission through programs and services that promote mathematical research and its uses, strengthen mathematical education, and foster awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and to everyday life. The Society has over 28,000 individual members and 550 institutional members in the United States and around the world. Programs and services for AMS members and the mathematical community include professional programs such as meetings and conferences, surveys, employment services; publications including Mathematical Reviews (a database of nearly 2 million items covering over 60 years of mathematics literature), journals, and over 3,000 books in print; support for Young Scholars Programs and the Mathematical Moments program of the Public Awareness Office. The AMS outreach site contains information for students and educators, as well as academic directories, surveys and articles on mathematics education.
  
  
• American Nuclear Society (ANS) Public Information
  The American Nuclear Society serves its members in their efforts to develop and safely apply nuclear science and technology for public benefit through knowledge exchange, professional development, and enhanced public understanding. The ANS public information site contains news & events, resources, career information as well as sites geared towards teachers and students.
  
  
• Math Forum
  The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. Operating under Drexel's School of Education, the mission is to provide resources, materials, activities, person-to-person interactions, and educational products and services that enrich and support teaching and learning in an increasingly technological world. Math Forum's online community includes teachers, students, researchers, parents, educators, and citizens at all levels who have an interest in math and math education.
  
  
• Optical Society of America (OSA): Education
  OSA promotes the generation, application, archiving and worldwide dissemination of knowledge in optics and photonics.
  
  
• Society for Biomaterials
  The vision of the Society For Biomaterials is to promote the discipline of biomaterials and their uses in medical and surgical devices including synthetic, natural, and biologically sourced materials. It is the premier Society For Biomaterials education, and the leader in dissemination of biomaterials research for the benefit of humankind.
  
  
• Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM): Educational Resources
  Problems in applied mathematics and computational science arise in companies that manufacture aircraft, automobiles, engines, textiles, computers, communications systems, chemicals, drugs, and a host of other industrial and consumer products, and also in various service and consulting organizations. They also arise in many research initiatives of the federal government, such as those in global change, biotechnology, and advanced materials. SIAM fosters the development of the methodologies needed in these application areas. It is fitting that the acronym SIAM also represents the society's slogan-Science and Industry Advance with Mathematics.