HR: 0830h
AN: ED11B-0115    [PDF]
TI: Northwest Tribal Interaction with Washington State University: Research and Education Opportunities Afforded Through the Center for Multiphase Environmental Research
AU: * Rumburg, B
EM: brumburg@wsunix.wsu.edu
AF: Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Sloan Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-2910 United States
AU: Yonge, D
EM: yonge@wsu.edu
AF: Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Sloan Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-2910 United States
AU: Jacob, J
EM: jpjacob@mail.wsu.edu
AF: Center for Multiphase Environmental Research, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Washington State University, Sloan Hall, Pullman, WA 99164-2910 United States
AB: The under-representation of Native Americans in engineering and science at the student and practicing engineer or scientist level is a national problem. To begin addressing this problem Washington State University (WSU) has initiated discussio with local Native American tribes to strengthen the relationship between WSU and the tribes and to improve the educational opportunities available to tribal members. The Center for Multiphase Environmental Research (CMER) received a 1999 National Science Foundation (NSF) Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) grant to train Ph.D. students. The main goal of the program is to foster multidisciplinary research and education for future scientists and engineers in the broad field of study that incorporates the fate and transport of environmentally significant species between interfaces. We are also focused on recruiting and educating Native American students. CMER is committed to cultivating its relationship with Native American tribes by identifying the environmental concerns of the tribes and developing collaborative research efforts utilizing CMER's infrastructure. Through these collaborative projects the CMER hopes to better understand the social and cultural aspects important to the tribes and develop the familiarity needed to effectively enhance student recruitment. This poster highlights the CMER's interdisciplinary research and teaching efforts and focuses on Native American recruitment.
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 6699 General or miscellaneous
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting